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This Startup is being Recorded

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This Startup is being Recorded is a mostly improvised, comedic audio drama that follows a few executives building, and sometimes destroying, a company. This startup is fake - you’re not listening to an audio documentary. These characters are not real - you won’t find them on LinkedIn. They are makin… read more

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Farewell

February 22nd, 2024

0:39

An important message from RadioPublic

E25 - The Finale!

May 4th, 2022

36:52

This is the season finale for This Startup is being Recorded. Thank you for listening and stay tuned for Season 2!

Agenda:

  • None! This was unplanned! …

E24 - Easter Eggs and Embryo Eggs

April 27th, 2022

35:17

Agenda:

  • Stand up - some exciting and some disturbing news

Takeaways:

  • Eric to add one more egg to the digital easter egg hunt
  • Set up a Rube Goldberg …

E23 - The Importance of Interviewing Interns

April 20th, 2022

37:51

Agenda:

  • Final update on the camera replacement project (to remove the WeWatch malware)
  • Introduction of new intern, Melanie Hubbard!

Takeaways:

  • Everyone …

E22- SYTizens United

April 13th, 2022

35:42

Agenda:

  • Executive Stand up!

Takeaways:

  • Reach out to Lifetime about a movie deal related to the Product Manager / Developer GDPR Love Story
  • Create a fake …

E21 - When SXSW goes Wrong

April 6th, 2022

33:08

Agenda:

  • Recap of what’s been going on at SXSW

Takeaways:

  • Thea to do some social monitoring to see how beholden SYT will have to be to John’s promises …

E20 - Fish are Friends, Not Food

March 30th, 2022

32:48

Agenda:

  • Executive Standup

Takeaways:

  • No one eat seafood! Except the office cat, they’re a contractor, so it’s OK
  • Everyone create a top 12 list of people …

E19 - How Important is Privacy, Really?

March 16th, 2022

42:25

Agenda:

  • Melvin is here to discuss WeWatch, the software company he runs. WeWatch builds an exclusive meeting recording software. SYT has been testing …

E18 - Freaky Friday

March 2nd, 2022

32:35

Agenda:

  • John dictated that to solve the Creative and Tech team conflict, Thea and Matt should do a “Freaky Friday” (idea came from The Hard Thing …

E17 - Don't Confuse the CDN, CMS, and CRM!

February 23rd, 2022

40:03

Agenda:

  • We’re ready to reveal the new company name!
  • Also, Executive Standup

Takeaways: 

  • Kate to keep wearing away at Francis’s fear of robots
  • Take away …

E16 - A Focus Group of One (w/ Adal Rifai)

February 16th, 2022

31:51

 Agenda:

  • A user finally showed up to our weekly user interview session! Zach Lambic from Al Dente, Wyoming

Takeaways:

  • Kate to figure out if the server …

E15 - Three Matts, One Meeting

February 9th, 2022

38:14

Agenda: 

  • Review pitches for branded content from Matt Matthews and Matt Matthews of Big Matt’s Content

Takeaways:

  • Reach out to Matt and Matt, by letter, …

E14 - How to Review a Contract

February 2nd, 2022

31:42

Agenda: 

  • Meta (Facebook) has sent over some terms for an agreement to buy the Meta Market name. We ran out of legal hours this month, so get to do the …

E13 - GDPR, Account Deletion, and Disposable Couches

January 26th, 2022

33:53

Agenda:

  • Executive Stand up

Takeaways:

  • Pull all the embroidered couches and disposable couches - NOW
  • Contact Zola about pausing partnership temporarily

E12 - Undercover Bosses for Hire (w/ Dr. London Smith and Cameron Clark)

January 19th, 2022

40:26

Agenda:

  • John called this meeting an hour ago and said there were two important people to meet. They have a pitch to make the company better… somehow?

E11 - The Great Rebranding

January 12th, 2022

40:15

If you're interested in the visuals for this episode, check them out on our Twitter @StartupRecorded

Agenda:

  • Review proposal from Creative for new …

E10 - All PR is Good PR and Matt’s Peloton

January 5th, 2022

31:41

Agenda:

  • Clean up odds and ends from 2021

Takeaways:

  • Matt to have a gentle 1:1 with Rachel
  • Matt going to move his Peloton and get a telehealth visit and …

E9 - Taxes are Due! Fuuuu...

December 29th, 2021

31:49

Agenda:

  • Emergency meeting (again)! Taxes are due we need our employer ID number from Iowa

Takeaways:

  • Kate to complete taxes
  • Matt taking a Lyft ASAP to …

E8 - A Retrospective meets Squid Game

December 22nd, 2021

30:50

Agenda:

  • Share feelings - not about OKRs or goals - share your true feelings

Takeaways:

  • Eric to lock down the website so Kate can’t change it anymore
  • Kate …

E7- Facebook Reaches Out

December 15th, 2021

29:53

Agenda:

  • Emergency! Email from Facebook/Meta’s legal counsel! Will explain more in meeting!

Takeaways:

  • No one disturb Creative team for the next week, no …

E6 - Screaming Room Training (w/ Katie Overbey)

December 8th, 2021

35:53

Agenda:

  • Prep for screaming room training with Lindsay, who is here from Bhutan


Takeaways:

  • Eric to make extra carpet square for John
  • Kate to share with …

E5 - Soviet Spies, Flammable Cereal, and Connected Couches

December 1st, 2021

28:23

Agenda:

  • Executive Standup 

Takeaways:

  • Matt and Chelsea to follow-up about the Des Moines servers… which are somehow still on
  • Calathea to reach out to her …

E4 - Team Building with a Buzzfeed Quiz

November 24th, 2021

35:21

Agenda:

  • Executive Team Building exercise (to help everyone get to know Matt a little better! Plus team building is FUN!), go through this quiz …

E3 - The Animal Death TOU Amendment and #LiberateBugsby

November 17th, 2021

32:53

Agenda:

  • Executive Standup 
  • Screaming Room training
  • Discussion on new benefits to offer

Takeaways:

  • Eric and Matt to review …

E2 - Mushroom Coffee and an Investor Misinformation Plot

November 17th, 2021

33:42

Agenda:

  • Dig into Series A Goal

Takeaways:

  • Re-evaluate data center strategy
  • Encourage fans to play Fortnite with their Bugsby skins and take the high …

E1 - A New CTO and an Ambiguous Goal

November 17th, 2021

32:34

Agenda:

  • Onboard Matt.Yachts! It’s his first day, we’re so excited to have a new CTO!
  •  Overview of each person's domain - not to overwhelm Matt, just …

Introducing: This Startup is being Recorded

November 12th, 2021

1:07

Coming November 2021! New episodes every week. It's the one meeting you won't want to miss. 

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