The MEI vs DEI debate, tech press, Chime buys Salt Labs, and more! | E1974
(0:00) Jason and Alex kick off the show
(1:47) Weekend recap and political debate analysis
(10:50) Media's role in political coverage
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(16:12) The weekend debate regarding MEI/DEI and that TechCrunch article
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(29:20) Discussion on DEI vs MEI and meritocracy in Silicon Valley
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(42:39) Amazon buys Adeptโs key talent
(52:20) Chime's acquisition of Salt Labs
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Mentioned on the show:
https://techcrunch.com/2024/06/28/dei-more-like-common-decency-and-silicon-valley-is-saying-no-thanks
https://techcrunch.com/2010/09/21/so-a-blogger-walks-into-a-bar
https://x.com/alexandr_wang/status/1801331034916851995
https://techcrunch.com/2024/06/28/amazon-hires-founders-away-from-ai-startup-adept
https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/19/microsoft-hires-inflection-founders-to-run-new-consumer-ai-division
https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/21/microsoft-inflection-ai-investors-reid-hoffman-bill-gates
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kna9E_3kFF0
https://www.chime.com/blog/chime-acquires-enterprise-employee-rewards-company-salt-labs
https://www.saltlabs.com
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Jason is gearing up to take his Kids Investment Club concept from the drawing board to the living room. There's a question regarding how to handle buying and selling legally, but getting more kids invested early would be good for the country.
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The internet weirdo to creator of new industries pipeline
RFS: AI to build enterprise software
As a startup, your path is full of errors.
It only really matters if you can find a handful of users that use your product habitually.
What Is ZIRP And How Did It Poison Startups?
ZIRP stands for โZero Interest Rate Policy,โ and it refers to a stretch of time โ most recently throughout the pandemic โ in which the Federal Reserve sets interest rates around 0% and commercial banks are able to borrow money for next-to-nothing.
In this episode of Dalton & Michael, weโll talk about some of the downstream side effects we saw during this stretch of time: an explosion of unicorns, a surge of new investors, and the impact it had on the way founders think. Weโll share the advice we gave YC founders to brace them for the future, and how some companies made the right move in the middle of an unusual/unsustainable moment. Join us as we look back at how it all played out.
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Chapters (Powered by https://bit.ly/chapterme-yc) -
00:00 - Intro
00:12 - What is ZIRP?
01:51 - Why ZIRP
03:39 - The Corn Analogy
04:20 - Startups & Stocks
06:06 - Money โ Success
07:53 - Unicorns
09:55 - Winter Was Coming
11:15 - Lucrative Lending
12:56 - 3 Types of VCs
14:09 - Build for Endurance
15:24 - The Aftermath
17:45 - Outro
Better models, better startups.
10 People + AI = Billion Dollar Company?
As AI continues to evolve and advance, a line of thinking has emerged that humans will no longer need to learn how to write code in the future. If so, could this mean that a staff of ten or less could create a unicorn? The hosts of Lightcone analyze this prediction and discuss whether it has merit.
Chapters (Powered by https://bit.ly/chapterme-yc) -
0:00 Coming Up
0:51 What Jensen Huang said about coding
1:38 Now that computers can code, what does this mean for CS?
3:16 How good are AI programmers right now?
11:44 Good ideas come from the building process
14:50 The evolution of programming languages
17:52 The benefits of learning to code, even if computers can do it
18:57 Will we see more unicorns with 10 people (or fewer)?
23:58 A startup should be like a sports team, not a family
27:23 Applying engineering problem solving to non-engineering issues
28:55 What will happen if AI takes on more programming roles?
36:58 The verdict - learn to code!
38:07 Outro
You should probably still learn how to code.