Episode 3: Today, hosts Alex Lieberman (@businessbarista), Sophia Amoruso (@sophiaamoruso), and Jesse Pujji (@jspujji) get into the MADNESS of the Gas app – a new social networking platform that has surpassed Instagram, TikTok and Twitter for daily downloads. Then, they get into how to & how NOT to conduct a layoff, whether it’s for one person or a company-wide one. And finally, the trio gets real about the secrets of QSBS and how understanding it can save you MILLIONS.
00:01 – Cold Open: Jesse speaking to Zuckerberg about the highschool version of Facebook
00:32 – Intro
01:35 – The Rundown
02:27 – How the “Gas” app works and how it stays positive
03:50 – Sophia on the Founder of Gas being a “master” of testing & iterating
05:45 – Alex on Highschoolers being the “best demographic” to build an app for
07:40 – Jesse on the difficulty of building consumer businesses
07:57 – Jesse’s highschool version of Facebook
10:00 – Jesse speaking to Mark Zuckerberg
12:44 – Where does the Gas app go from here?
13:35 – The “Gas” app’s ‘money printing machine’
15:40 – The second & third gen of Social Apps
17:50 – The Takeaways from Gas
21:48 – The “Hub & Spoke” Model of building your business
23:10 – Microsoft & the trend of Tech Industry Layoffs
24:32 – Sophia on layoffs needing more clarity & planning
28:50 – Jesse on Founders needing to be passionate about people & leadership
30:35 – The HORRIBLE Better.com Zoom layoff & reaction
34:30 – What is QSBS & how it saves founders MILLIONS
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