The PressClub podcast offers recordings of Josh Constine's Clubhouse show PressClub, which brings together journalists, experts, and founders to discuss tech’s top stories. Your host Josh Constine is a VC at SignalFire & ex-editor of TechCrunch where he was tech’s most cited journalist from 2016-2020. Past guests include CEOs of Instagram, Shopify, Signal, Substack, Postmates, and Craigslist.
Fighting The Next Pandemic with healthtech giant Color's CEO Othman Laraki
Color spun up huge COVID testing sites overnight to slow the pandemic. Now it's got a $4.6B valuation and is working on making genomics, vaccines, antivirals, and more accessible to the masses. Color founder and CEO Othman Laraki joins PressClub to discuss the little things that make a big difference in population health, and how we can be better prepared for the next pandemic.
Listen in to learn:
-How Color spun up 13K COVID test sites when the government hesitated
-Why laughably ambitious healthcare initiatives now seem feasible
-How economic subsidies for bad food are making Americans sick
-What will unlock improvements in heart, cancer, and mental health care
-What's still broken in healthcare, from insurance to doctor burnout
-Why making healthcare convenient is our next big challenge
This PressClub will make you see we're all in it together
Subscribe to PressClub at http://constine.club/. This podcast is recorded live on Josh Constine's PressClub on Clubhouse, Thursdays at 4pm PT. PressClub is Clubhouse's first show, where the big names in tech discuss the big ideas. It's hosted by Josh Constine, an investor at early-stage venture fund SignalFire and the former Editor-At-Large of TechCrunch. PressClub is a relaxed venue where luminaries can share their stories, passions, thoughts on trends, and visions of the future. Past guests on PressClub include the founders of Facebook, Instagram, Slack, Shopify, Spotify, Substack, WordPress, Patreon, and more. Thanks for being part of our futurist community!
15 Sept 2022
Future Of Learning: Educational gaming with ClassDojo founders Sam Chaudhary and Liam Don
ClassDojo quietly became the world’s biggest edtech company, now in 95% of US K-8 schools. Now it's building an educational metaverse where teachers and developers can turn lesson plans into games. ClassDojo's co-founders CEO Sam Chaudhary and President Liam Don join PressClub to discuss what schools can learn from gaming, the future of remote learning, and how not to turn kids into robots.
Listen in to learn about:
-What Minecraft and Roblox get wrong
-How play lets kids fail safely
-The need for a new third-space since kids aren't allowed to roam
-How to distinguish good and bad screentime
-Why bureaucratic schools have broken incentive systems
-How to inspire uniqueness in children instead of conformity
-Why the classroom must become a developer platform
This PressClub will make you want to go back to school
Subscribe to PressClub at http://constine.club/. This podcast is recorded live on Josh Constine's PressClub on Clubhouse, Thursdays at 4pm PT. PressClub is Clubhouse's first show, where the big names in tech discuss the big ideas. It's hosted by Josh Constine, an investor at early-stage venture fund SignalFire and the former Editor-At-Large of TechCrunch. PressClub is a relaxed venue where luminaries can share their stories, passions, thoughts on trends, and visions of the future. Past guests on PressClub include the founders of Facebook, Instagram, Slack, Shopify, Spotify, Substack, WordPress, Patreon, and more. Thanks for being part of our futurist community!
12 Aug 2022
Future Of Social DAOs with Friends With Benefits mayor Alex Zhang
What if your friends shared a bank account to throw parties & fund each other’s ideas? That’s FWB aka Friends With Benefits, the top social DAO where founders and creators convene to build the culture of web3. FWB "Mayor" Alex Zhang (there's no FWB CEO) joins us to discuss the evolution of friendship and crypto communities.
Join us to learn about:
-The return of the "cozy web"
-How to grow a community without asking
-Why shared context breeds camaraderie
-How DAOs are becoming nation-states
-The tradeoffs of exclusivity
-How to embrace becoming uncool
-Why "a strong community isn't leaderless, it's leader-full"
This PressClub will make you friendlier!
Subscribe to PressClub at http://constine.club/. This podcast is recorded live on Josh Constine's PressClub on Clubhouse, Thursdays at 4pm PT. PressClub is Clubhouse's first show, where the big names in tech discuss the big ideas. It's hosted by Josh Constine, an investor at early-stage venture fund SignalFire and the former Editor-At-Large of TechCrunch. PressClub is a relaxed venue where luminaries can share their stories, passions, thoughts on trends, and visions of the future. Past guests on PressClub include the founders of Facebook, Instagram, Slack, Shopify, Spotify, Substack, WordPress, Patreon, and more. Thanks for being part of our futurist community!
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