Equity
The intersection of technology, startups, and venture capital touches everything now. That’s why Equity, TechCrunch's flagship podcast, digs into the business of startups for entrepreneurs and enthusiasts alike. Every Wednesday and Friday, TechCrunch reporters keep you up-to-date on the world of business, technology, and venture capital. Equity is ranked the No.2 podcast in the Top 100 Venture Capital All time leaderboard on Goodpods—As well as No.17 for the Top 100 Finance All time chart and No.32 for the Top 100 Business News All time chart.
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Brex's 2022 reality
This week, Mary Ann is taking the reins with another favorite from the TechCrunch Disrupt stage. She sat down with Brex CEO and co-founder, Henrique Dubugras, and Anu Hariharan, YC’s managing director for continuity and an early Brex investor, to expose the context around this whirlwind of a year.
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Special episode: SBF doesn't need SPF where he'...
This week on the TechCrunch podcast: Darrell talked with Tim De Chant about his coverage of fusion energy and what feels like a rare hopeful story in renewable energy tech. And Jacquelyn Melinek walks us through Sam Bankman-Fried’s alleged crimes and confirmed arrest. Plus he goes over the top stories in tech from the week. And as always, Darrell breaks down the biggest stories in tech.
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Equity's 2023 predictions on the future of buil...
To end the year, we are bringing back our predictions episode with the entire Equity crew: Alex, Natasha, Mary Ann, Theresa, Maggie, and Becca. Grace couldn't make the mic but we have a feeling she'd agree with at least 2% of our predictions.
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The impact of hype with Clubhouse's Paul Davison
This is our Wednesday show, where we niche down to a single topic, think about a question and unpack the rest. This week, Natasha is bringing one of her favorite panels from Disrupt to your ears. She sat down with Clubhouse co-founder and CEO, Paul Davison, to talk about the core of Clubhouse, competition, and the impact of hype.
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Special episode: AI art? More like AI fart and ...
While the Equity team prepares more special end-of-year episodes for you, we wanted to share an episode from our sister pod: The TechCrunch Podcast! This week Darrell Etherington talks with Taylor Hatmaker on to talk about Lensa AI and the possible ramifications for artists. Then we’ll hear from some attendees at the TC sessions: Space event And as always, Darrell breaks down the biggest stories in tech.
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2022: The good, the bad, and the wake-up calls
Your friendly, local podcast crew is trying to make sense of just what happened in 2022. Mary Ann, Natasha, and Alex were able to collate the news into a few distinct categories, so that we can all look back at the year with a bit more clarity. And we even got to hear from a bunch of you, thanks to your dozens and dozens of great taglines you sent in concerning the year and how it felt from your chair.
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Ego-ish: how tech's main characters are all a b...
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.
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Is this what good news feels like?
It is the first Monday of December, so this show is getting into the holiday spirit. And by that, we mean thinking far too much about the geopolitical-technological landscape, naturally. Alex has you covered with this morning's latest on stocks, Chinese tech, Circle's SPAC deal, Giraffe360, and ChatGPT.
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Are we bullfighting in Spain? Because that's a ...
For the last time in 2022, the whole Friday gang got together to chat through the latest and greatest in the world of technology and startup news. From here on out, Equity is heading into Holiday Mode. We have a regular Monday show for you next week, but past that we have a string of kick-butt end-of-year episodes planned for you. Onward!
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How tech PR's job changed in 2022
This week, Natasha interviewed Vijay Chattha, a startup comms leader who has spent over 20 years in the storytelling world. Chattha is the CEO and founder of VSC and founding partner of VSC Ventures, a $21 million investment vehicle to back startups.
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What's next on crypto's chopping block?
Natasha is starting things off this week as a sneak peek of what's to come while Alex is on paternity leave. We have lots to get to, so shake off the holiday feels, and let's remember how this ecosystem works : starting with markets, a look at BlockFi and the crypto landscape, Pact, and Pipe.
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Party rounds are either the dinner party of you...
While the Equity crew unwinds from Thanksgiving here in the U.S., we're bringing you one of our favorite conversations from earlier this year when Natasha, along with Alex's help, asked: Who should be raising Party Rounds?
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Tech’s homogeneity problem
This week, Natasha interviewed Karla Monterroso, a long time leadership coach, racial equity advocate and the founder of Brava Leaders. We talked about her route into the leadership coaching space, but mainly sought to answer questions about the challenges facing executives today.
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Good morning, assets are selling off
Alex, as per usual, is back with the kickstart to your week! Let's talk through the latest on stocks, crypto, Twitter, and good news on the startup front from Wove and SponsorUnited.
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Pick your poison: recruitment or retention?
This week, Alex and Natasha discussed the latest and greatest of this consuming news cycle starting with some good news on the growth front from Maven and Alibaba followed by a deeper dive into the FTX fallout and tech layoffs.
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Corporate comms for the startup soul
To get more perspective on the role a corporate comms team plays in both startups and public companies alike -- especially in light of the never-ending Musk-Twitter saga -- Alex sat down with two folks who have just that experience set: Kelly Boynton, senior director of communications at Gusto, and Keyana Corliss, former head of global communications and PR at Databricks.
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Cleanup, aisle FTX
Alex is back with the weekly kick-off, and here's what he got into: stocks, FTX & the crypto market, fake meats, Klarna, India's VLC un-ban, and e-commerce infra startups
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It’s not a rug pull if it’s an accident
We thought that last week was a lot. It was, but this week was somehow more. More chaotic, rapid-fire change at a number of massive tech companies kept us on our toes. So, while our beloved co-host Natasha was out, we couldn’t do the recording down a set of hands, so we brought Becca aboard with Mary Ann and Alex.
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Tech layoffs may get worse before they get better
This week, Natasha interviewed Nolan Church, the CEO and co-founder of Continuum, about his perspective on the tech layoff wave.
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One day all tech news will merely be updates to...
Stocks are up around the world, which is a nice thing to wake up to! As always, Alex is on the mic with the weekend rundown. Let's take a look at the markets, the latest Twitter news, PhotoRoom, Yassir, and the Unity megadeal.
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Most of the unicorns aren’t
Natasha, Mary Ann, and Alex are back on the mic, and things are busier than ever at TechCrunch, where we're coming out of our post-conference stupor and charing straight back into a packed news cycle. Sure, Musk is still making waves, but there are startup rounds to cover, layoffs to chew on, earnings coverage, unicorn reports, new data, and more.
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Investors are either ghosting, quiet quitting o...
This week, Natasha and Alex interviewed one of their favorite reporters, Business Insider's Melia Russell! The trio chatted through how the role of a venture capitalist is changing. We spoke about emerging fund managers, seasoned operators, and, of course, Russell's latest story about how some investors are re-writing the playbooks when it comes to maternity leave policies at their firms.
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Elon Musk and Twitter Close Deal: Hot Takes (Bo...
It's official - Elon Musk has sealed the deal on Twitter, and we're bringing you a bonus episode to talk through it all. In case you missed it, Alex took to Twitter Spaces on Friday with Darrell Etherington, Amanda Silberling, Anita Ramaswamy, and Taylor Hatmaker to process some of what’s gone down and what comes next on a special joint Equity/TechCrunch Podcast episode, so have a listen and be sure to read all about the Elon era at Twitter on TechCrunch.
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Twitter is a startup again, I guess
Happy Halloween! Alex is back on the mic for Equity Monday and unpacking the weekend's headlines. This morning, we got into: markets Twitter leaks, startup funding, and...ghost jokes?
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I regret to inform you that Elon has something ...
In a change of pace, as our dear Mary Ann was off this week, the excellent Anita Ramaswamy joined Natasha Mascarenhas and Alex Wilhelm on the mics.
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