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 news

Takeaways:

• Eric to add one more egg to the digital easter egg hunt
• Set up a Rube Goldberg machine / human mouse trap in the office
• Kate and Thea to have a discussion, NOT as a part of SYT, about Kate’s choices
• Kate 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 stay
• Matt follow through on idea of how to connect Melanie and John
• Kate to remember to take breaks

Melanie 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 Story
• Create a fake Twitter account for an African dictator and use it to convince John to stop illegal logging and perhaps start a revolution
• Create new landing page to take money and data from couch buyers in new markets… it’s a growth strategy

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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 (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 incident
• Jot down ideas for next years SXSW - become the respite booth where you can have an excellent vomiting experience

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 they care about and would like the cameras of their devices replace
• Investigate if we can geofence the new augmented reality experience to prevent people from putting couches in the middle of intersections
• Eric - 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 back
• DuckDuckGo is about to be required in SYT
• Thea to keep dealing with the John PR nightmare

Marvin 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 places

Takeaways:

• Thea and Matt can, shockingly, switch back 2.5 days ahead of schedule
• Matt to work on getting new iPads for the Creative team
• Someone to call Verizon about the bonfire by their trucks
• Matt and Thea to start whiskey swaps