Weekly Recap Aug 2-6

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• Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman on the current state and future of the US housing market | E1261
• Bootstrapping vs. taking Venture Capital (FounderU) + Ask An Angel with Zach Coelius | E1260
• Next Unicorns: Fitbod CEO Allen Chen - Scaling a SaaS App to 225K Paying Customers | E1259
• Acquired.FM Creating a new venture fund: formation, follow-on strategies & more | E1258

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Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman on the current state and future of the US housing market | E1261

Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman joins to discuss the current U.S. housing situation, homebuilding rates, San Francisco, remote work (what Redfin is doing), generational work-life balance differences, Redfin's approach to real estate, current regulation, why the Justice Department called off its settlement with the National Association of Realtors & more.

Top Quotes:

• "People are voting with their feet."
• "The people who suddenly get a three car garage and have a bedroom for each kid never go back. In general for low tax states, for every person leaving there are 4 coming in."

Listen to episode 1261

Bootstrapping vs. taking Venture Capital (FounderU) + Ask An Angel with Zach Coelius | E1260

In a Founder University segment, Jason compares running a bootstrapped vs. venture-backed company, discusses 'pegasus' companies, advises what types of businesses should take VC, and explains what motivates VCs.

Then, Zach Coelius joins to take some listener questions.

Listen to episode 1260

Next Unicorns: Fitbod CEO Allen Chen - How to a Grow Consumer SaaS App to 225K Paying Customers | E1259

Fitbod CEO Allen Chen joins to discuss how they got funded & why they haven't deployed their capital, the importance of being user-centric when building a consumer app, how Allen plans grow to 1 million customers, & more!

Listen to episode 1259

Creating a new venture fund: formation, follow-on strategies & more with Acquired | E1258

Ben Gilbert & David Rosenthal from Acquired join to discuss David's new venture fund Kindergarten Ventures, how to structure a VC fund, Jason's super pro-rata strategy, podcasting, and they tease the next episode, "The Mount Rushmore of Venture Capital" & more!

Listen to episode 1258

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