Breaking down Ryan Breslow's YC critique + Spotify's solution & Joe Rogan's response | E1374

Jason Calacanis and Molly Wood discuss the recent resignation of Bolt CEO Ryan Breslow and his controversial thread on Y Combinator. They also delve into the creation of Orange DAO by YC alumni and critique Joe Rogan's apology for spreading COVID misinformation.

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Jason Calacanis

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Molly Wood

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0:00	Jason and Molly tee up today’s topics: Bolt CEO steps down after another spicy thread, Rogan “apologizes” for COVID misinformation
2:11	Bolt CEO Ryan Breslow stepped down as CEO to executive chair: was it really his decision?
7:07	Jason and Molly break down Breslow’s thread on YC not being worth it for founders
15:43	Lemon.io - Get 15% off your first 4 weeks of developer time
17:00	Breslow’s YC thread cont.: breaking down Breslow’s five beliefs about YC
27:53	Ourcrowd - Check out the deal of the week
29:11	YC scaling fundraising and opening access to venture capital to more groups of founders; Breslow’s advice on building a network and fundraising
36:03	Marlow - Get 15% off your individual or team memberships
37:18	YC alumni have started a blockchain-based DAO called Orange DAO to invest in crypto startups
44:32	Joe Rogan’s “apology” video and Spotify’s new COVID disclaimer: Molly nails the prediction, has Spotify done a bad job of content moderation so far?
53:42	Breaking down Joe Rogan’s explanology (explanation/apology) piece by piece
1:13:17	Jason breaks down the math of Spotify acquiring Joe Rogan for ~$100M and Howard Stern’s similar deal with Sirius XM

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