E75: Fast shuts down, board culpability, Elon buys 9% of Twitter, deplatforming's evolution & more

0:00 Jason's big night out, bestie intros, All-In Summit update and more

8:01 Layoffs and shutdowns: Fast, Better.com, GoPuff; Chamath gives a macro- and micro- overview for startups

14:09 Preventing layoffs, culpability in Fast's shutdown, VC diligence strategy, VC/founder model

41:51 Elon buys a 9% stake in Twitter and joins the board: what does this mean for Twitter, free speech online, evolution of deplatforming

1:03:24 Food shortage update, ideal US objectives going forward

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Referenced in the show:

https://www.theinformation.com/articles/live-fast-die-young-behind-the-fall-of-a-one-click-wonder

https://techcrunch.com/2022/04/08/better-com-cto-steps-down-agrees-to-voluntary-separation-in-wake-of-mass-layoffs

https://techcrunch.com/2022/04/06/better-com-offering-employees-60-days-severance-losing-tens-of-millions-per-month-per-sources

https://www.theinformation.com/articles/gopuff-plans-hundreds-of-layoffs-to-cut-40-million-in-costs

https://articles.sequoiacap.com/rip-good-times

https://sacks.substack.com/p/the-saas-board-meeting

https://medium.com/craft-ventures/blitzfail-how-not-to-go-off-the-rails-24ccaf92c410

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-04/musk-takes-9-2-stake-in-twitter-after-questioning-platform

https://twitter.com/paraga/status/1511320953598357505

https://twitter.com/jack/status/1511329369473564677

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1507259709224632344

https://twitter.com/micsolana/status/1511360061670662149

https://twitter.com/micsolana/status/1511674851202945024

https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/06/tech/pinterest-climate-change-misinformation-policy/index.html

https://gro-intelligence.com/insights/gro-predicts-us-corn-stocks-will-drop-sharply-in-2022-23

https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/the-state-department-failed-to-prevent-the-war-will-it-now-prevent-the-peace