Better.com
company on 9 shows · 4 statements across 3 episodes · said 25 times in 10 episodes since 2021
Latent Space 6 
the MAD Podcast 5 
All-In 5 
No Priors 3 
Founder's Journal 2 
My First Million 1 
the Official SaaStr Podcast 1 
A Product Market Fit Show 1 
20VC 1
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2024 6 mentions in 1 episode
2023 7 mentions in 3 episodes 2 per episode
2022 6 mentions in 2 episodes 3 per episode
2021 2 mentions in 2 episodes 1 per episode
- E58: November's CPI, preparing for a downturn, macro outlook, Better.com's botched layoffs & more
- 20VC: Ramp's Eric Glyman on Why You Should Never Take The Highest Price, Working With Venture Funds vs Crossover Funds and How To Determine What To Buy vs Build as a Founder Today?
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Better.com Grew to 10,000 Employees Before Shrinking Back to 1,000
“Yeah, I mean, the company, like, grew from, like, 10 people when I joined to 10,000, now it's back to a thousand, and, but yeah, they actually went public a few months ago, kind of crazy.”
Calacanis: Better.com laid off 3,900 employees across December and March
“And they laid off 900 people December first, 3000 people on March eighth, according to TechCrunch.”
SoftBank planned to invest $1.5 billion in Better.com's SPAC PIPE.
“They were in a SPAC. SoftBank was gonna put in 1.5 billion in the pipe.”
Chamath Palihapitiya argues excess capital caused Better.com to mismanage its growth.
“The root cause of why this is here, as far as I can tell, is not a company that doesn't have consumer demand. It's a company that may have been mismanaged for growth to meet the consumer demand because of too much money.”