This Startup is being Recorded

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! But then in the middle of the wedding we got an urgent email about the Series A!Takeaways:Happy, joy, celebration!!

Agenda:Stand up - some exciting and some disturbing newsTakeaways:Eric to add one more egg to the digital easter egg huntSet up a Rube Goldberg machine / human mouse trap in the officeKate and Thea to have a discussion, NOT as a part of SYT, about Kate’s choicesKate to do her daily exercises to remind herself that SYT is not her real family

Agenda:Final update on the camera replacement project (to remove the WeWatch malware)Introduction of new intern, Melanie Hubbard!Takeaways:Everyone review results of Melanie’s background check and vote on if we should offer her a position to stayMatt follow through on idea of how to connect Melanie and JohnKate to remember to take breaksMelanie Hubbard was played by Jenny Kessler, who can be found online and in person doing improv with Letters to Chicken, Brad's Dad, and Babeprov. You can request to follow @JennyKessKlump on both Instagram and Twitter.

Agenda:Executive Stand up!Takeaways:Reach out to Lifetime about a movie deal related to the Product Manager / Developer GDPR Love StoryCreate a fake Twitter account for an African dictator and use it to convince John to stop illegal logging and perhaps start a revolutionCreate new landing page to take money and data from couch buyers in new markets… it’s a growth strategyAs always, follow us on Twitter @StartupRecorded! 

Agenda:Recap of what’s been going on at SXSWTakeaways:Thea to do some social monitoring to see how beholden SYT will have to be to John’s promises (like carbon absorbing cushions, selling carbon credits, and having whole workforce - including drivers - work from home 50% of the time)Reach out to DJ Khalid to propose a blood exchange to make up for the incidentJot down ideas for next years SXSW - become the respite booth where you can have an excellent vomiting experience

Agenda:Executive StandupTakeaways:No one eat seafood! Except the office cat, they’re a contractor, so it’s OKEveryone create a top 12 list of people they care about and would like the cameras of their devices replaceInvestigate if we can geofence the new augmented reality experience to prevent people from putting couches in the middle of intersectionsEric - bring in your smart fridge and Nest thermostat to have the cameras replaced but do NOT say you’re bringing in the Nest in front of the Nest

Agenda:Melvin is here to discuss WeWatch, the software company he runs. WeWatch builds an exclusive meeting recording software. SYT has been testing WeWatch with a free trial the last week, and Melvin wants to come in for feedback.Takeaways:Matt to replace all the cameras for all devices the employees, their friends, their family, and acquaintances  Weekly privacy meetings coming backDuckDuckGo is about to be required in SYTThea to keep dealing with the John PR nightmareMarvin Janine Simpson is a businessman and raconteur with homes in Italy, Manhattan, and Detroit. He is not on social media, but would like to plug his primary investor: talented actor and comedian Declan Gallagher. You have find him on Instagram and Twitter @therealdeclang

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 about Hard Things) and switch placesTakeaways:Thea and Matt can, shockingly, switch back 2.5 days ahead of scheduleMatt to work on getting new iPads for the Creative teamSomeone to call Verizon about the bonfire by their trucksMatt and Thea to start whiskey swaps

Agenda:We’re ready to reveal the new company name!Also, Executive StandupTakeaways: Kate to keep wearing away at Francis’s fear of robotsTake away the pavlovian shock keyboards from the Support teamEric to create final report on covert supply chain QA testCreate a decriminalized typography zone for Tech and Creative to resolve conflicts inTry to subliminally convince John of different brand scents

 Agenda:A user finally showed up to our weekly user interview session! Zach Lambic from Al Dente, WyomingTakeaways:Kate to figure out if the server room’s sprinklers are going, hope the company isn’t destroyed, and hope she doesn’t have to pull Matt out of his therapy sessionAdd “Wresting with Dog” as a human impact couch breaking test scenario Calathea and Zach to talk offline about paying for some sponsored content on Dominic the Mastiff’s Instagram accountZach is played by Adal Rifai. Adal is an improviser, podcaster, producer and writer in Chicago. He is the creator and host of Hey Riddle Riddle and plays Chunt on the podcast Hello From the Magic Tavern. You can find him on Twitter @adalrifai

Agenda: Review pitches for branded content from Matt Matthews and Matt Matthews of Big Matt’s ContentTakeaways:Reach out to Matt and Matt, by letter, with our decisionMatt and Matt are going to meet with their lawyers… as alwaysWhoever sees John first (or ever again) tell them hi from everyoneMatt and Matt Matthews were played by Austin Weiford and Andrew Farley. You can hear them both with co-host Leah Morse on the Better Movie Club podcast, an improv comedy podcast about movies that could be better. Find it on your favorite podcasting app or visit www.bettermovieclub.com for links.

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 review ourselves.Takeaways:Thea and Matt to work together to tame the negative energy leaking out of the server roomKate to make some red lines with her red pensUpdates to the Delivery teams zombie apocalypse planning process to be updated.Eric and Matt to have discussions with David and Lars, respectively, about their “marital issues”

Agenda:Executive Stand upTakeaways:Pull all the embroidered couches and disposable couches - NOWContact Zola about pausing partnership temporarilySupport doesn’t get to handle account deletion requests for a little whileThea will be in Des Moines for the rest of the weekKate to make executive decision on the Dessert Machine vote

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?Takeaways:Everyone send feedback to Kate on Mr. Mister Vooo and Frederick Lamar. She’ll add it to her positives and negatives notes and send that to John.Update the “prohibited words” sheetLook out for another Craigslist ad (depending on how John interprets the notes)Our guests today were Cameron Clark as Mr. Mister Voooo and Dr. London Smith as Frederick Lamar. They have their own character-based improvised comedy called the Jock Doc Podcast that’s an absurdist take on medical education podcasts. Links at JockDocPodcast.com.

If you're interested in the visuals for this episode, check them out on our Twitter @StartupRecordedAgenda:Review proposal from Creative for new names - start saying goodbye to Meta Market!Takeaways:Consider the name ideas… must decide on something soon.Reconsider partnerships with dating appsKate to read all the updated contracts NCIS sent overThea to reach out to the typeface contractor and work through their unique pricing, perhaps while at sea

Agenda:Clean up odds and ends from 2021Takeaways:Matt to have a gentle 1:1 with RachelMatt going to move his Peloton and get a telehealth visit and some EKGsComplete contracting regarding NCIS cameo

Agenda:Emergency meeting (again)! Taxes are due we need our employer ID number from IowaTakeaways:Kate to complete taxesMatt taking a Lyft ASAP to the airportEveryone delete the medical records from their phoneThea to feed the office catSomeone to re-register Meta Market in Iowa

Agenda:Share feelings - not about OKRs or goals - share your true feelingsTakeaways:Eric to lock down the website so Kate can’t change it anymoreKate to coordinate Zoom interview with up to 40 intern candidatesThea to decide whose made it on her best friend listStore Thea’s holiday couches in John’s office

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 matter what noises you hear from behind the privacy curtain. Eric to send everyone the video of John getting stuck in a couch, just for funKate to work with Phil to pull Bugsby out into it’s own legal entityEmail back Facebook! Drink some alcohol! 

Agenda:Prep for screaming room training with Lindsay, who is here from BhutanTakeaways:Eric to make extra carpet square for JohnKate to share with Lindsay template for how to have 30 people share one toiletEveryone to send out the experience from the warm up (WITHOUT specific details) to their teams to encourage participationListen to Katie Overbey's podcast, Teach Me Something Good, which can be found at teachme.show