#17: How to Save Your Startup, Twitter/X, Threads (and Swift’s Stunt Romance)

The couples unpack how to "Survive to 2025" and debate whether Threads had the right launch strategy. Plus, Yaccarino needs media training.

Show Notes

[00:01:18] Our first ever More or Less event. 

[00:04:44] Startups shutting down in Q3. 

[00:07:39] Seed investor and founder cramdown risk.

[00:10:38] Not so lifestyle businesses. 

[00:13:37] Avoid debt at all costs.

[00:17:51] Normalizing shut downs.

[00:21:32] Will Twitter shut down? 

[00:24:50] Should Linda stay as CEO? 

[00:27:05] Twitter's debt negotiation strategy. 

[00:31:05] Threads’ graph and growth. 

[00:35:12] Growth hacks and social apps. 

[00:36:36] Discovery and finding new people in social apps. 

[00:40:00] FTX and Michael Lewis' new book. 

[00:43:33] Taylor Swift's media circus.

[00:49:29] See you guys next time.