Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines.
This is our Wednesday show, where we niche down to a single topic, think about a question, and unpack the rest. 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.
We talked about:
What Holmes and Bankman-Fried have in common, from centralized ownership to a cult of personality
The differences between the two entrepreneurs, and why their stories tend to blur together
How Adam Neumann, Elon Musk and others fit into the conversation
Learning lessons from startups from a chaotic, and main-character-driven year
We have a lot of really fun stuff coming up in the next week or two. Thanks for sticking with Equity in 2022, and we cannot wait for 2023.
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Ego-ish and how tech’s main characters are all a bit different by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch