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Ego-ish: how tech's main characters are all a bit different
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Length:
34 minutes
Released:
Dec 7, 2022
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Podcast episode
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This week, Natasha chatted with Alex about ego, how recent news from Sam Bankman-Fried and Elizabeth Holmes gives us a window into how it works, and impacts on the tech and venture landscape.We talked about:What Holmes and Bankman-Fried have in common, from centralized ownership to a cult of personalityThe differences between the two entrepreneurs, and why their stories tend to blur togetherHow Adam Neumann, Elon Musk and others fit into the conversationLearning lessons from startups from a chaotic, and main-character-driven yearWe have a lot of really fun stuff coming up in the next week or two. Thanks for sticking with Equity in 2022, and we cannot wait for 2023.Equity drops every Monday at 7 a.m. PT and Wednesday and Friday at 6 a.m. PT, so subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the casts. TechCrunch also has a great show on crypto, a show that interviews founders, a show that details how our stories come together and more!
Released:
Dec 7, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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Equity Monday 8/3: Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This is Equity Monday, our weekly kickoff that tracks the latest big news, chats about the coming week, digs into some recent funding rounds and mulls over a larger theme or narrative from the private markets. You can follow the show on Twitter here, and myself here, and don’t forget to check out last Friday’s episode. by Equity