Hello and welcome back to Equitya podcast about the business of startups, where we unravel the numbers and nuances behind the headlines.
This week Natasha Mascarenhas, Mary Ann Azevedo And Rebecca Szkutak were joined by the returning Alex Wilhelm, back from paternity leave. Yes, we had the whole gang back together today to flip through the week’s pile of news – and you can definitely tell how exciting it was by how quickly we all talked through the news (sorry to our dear producers!).
Now, the news. This is what we started:
- Amazon has invested heavily in an Indian meat delivery company. No, no cultured meat or plant-based meat. Just meat, delivered. Also in our Deals of the Week category was news from a former WeWork resident who wants to help you plan a tiny house, and notes on how Klarna finally found a huge market in the United States.
- Then it was time to talk about money. Reddit could go public later this year, though we’ve heard that story before; Lime is apparently self-sufficient and could be pursuing an IPO at some point; and Coinbase is doing poorly and better than expected at the same time.
- Then we talked about how layoffs could lead to a founder boom, and the results of an enterprise group’s efforts to fund recently divorced tech residents.
- And to wrap up, we looked at Becca’s piece on the importance of early founders and corporate responsibility.
A big thank you to Becca for spending so much time with the Equity crew over the past few months while also hosting Found. We’ll be back with Alex on Monday! Chat soon!
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