Episode 1511

Andy Jassy’s lobbying efforts, small US cities enticing remote workers, Phaidra Series A | E1511

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0:00 Jason and Molly tee up today’s show

3:01 NYT published a profile of Amazon CEO Andy Jassy on his one-year anniversary of becoming CEO, and it had some interesting tidbits

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13:44 More on the legislation discussed in the NYT article

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22:54 Bezos is running for president (prediction)

27:00 WSJ reported 71 cities and towns in the US are now offering remote work incentive programs

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38:33 Producer Nick chimes in on remote workers in Manhattan

40:16 Series A: Phaidra s a startup selling machine learning software that regulates temperatures at power plants and industrial factories

47:51 WSJ reported some amateur investors see the declining state of the stock market as a chance to double down

56:08 Over the weekend Jason tweeted, “Terrify your investors in 5 words.” These were the best replies

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