Jacqui Deegan

Shivani Siroya is the CEO and founder of Tala, a company is tackling a massive problem: there are 3 billion people around the world that are currently underserved from financial services—they don’t have bank accounts, access to formal credit options, traditional loan products, small business loans, or insurance products. Tala makes micro-loans in Kenya, Tanzania and the Philippines by using a...

00:38 Welcome back (it's Part 2!). 01:12 Chris asks audience to register to vote. VOTE.ORG Says it's your patriotic duty. Discussion on voting rights, rules, challenges, responsibilities, fraud. 05:21 eSports discussion. Matt is very enthusiastic & explains the appeal in-depth. Big crowds, high energy & intensity, great business opportunity. 13:33 Partner break, thank you Braintree! 15:58...

Chris Sacca & Matt Mazzeo of Lowercase Capital join Jason in L.A. for a rollicking two-parter. In between the ribbing, Part 1 finds the three catching up on the universal principles of building companies, what Chris & Matt can bring to the table, why Twitter isn’t growing & its best buyer prospects, why Snapchat is genius but hard (for Chris & Jason but not Matt, the native swiper), the lost...

Entrepreneurs are driving all of the innovation today, and this episode's guest is no exception. Adam Ludwin, CEO & Co-founder of Chain created a tool that's helping top financial firms (NASDAQ, CapitalOne, Citi, Fidelity, Visa & more) deploy the blockchain. Adam demos his technology, and offers a fascinating and super clear explanation of how/why bitcoin & the blockchain were developed, how it...

Hi everyone! Today's two-parter begins with a 52-point Series A checklist from Jed Katz, Managing Director of Javelin Venture Partners. Speaking to the LAUNCH Incubator, Jed lays it all out, from how to present yourself to investors, to how much money to raise, to which VCs to target. Then a bonus segment, and one of the most popular talks from LAUNCH Scale 2015: Kyle Hill, founder of HomeHero,...

Producer Jacqui here. Space is the topic today, where out there exists incredible business opportunities. From mining asteroids to low-orbit internet satellites, the entrepreneurial space race is on! Jason's guest is Chris Impey, astronomy professor and author of "Beyond: Our Future in Space," and they dive into everything from our "exploration gene" to Mars colonization and the Mars tsars, the...

Happy Holidays, everybody! The latest TWiST is a special ecommerce episode. Jason sits down with three startup founders innovating in this exciting space. First is Edgar Blazona of BenchMade Modern, an on-demand furniture service that builds personalized sofas, to-the-inch, in 24 hours; second is Kate Kendall from CloudPeeps, a marketplace that connects businesses with the top freelance...