#93 David vs. Godzilla

Cam Richardson built Paysquad to make group payments easy with a button at checkout and no awkward Venmo requests. Can he convince VCs that Gen Z wants to pay together for all their events, trips, and gifts? This is The Pitch for Paysquad. Featuring investors Elizabeth Yin, Jesse ...  Show more

Dacia Leon wants to make it rain on demand. Cloud seeding technology isn't new – people have been making it rain with silver iodide since the '50s – but Supercool Earth pioneered a way to seed clouds with a natural protein. Can Dacia close her $3 million round before the weather ...  Show more

We're talking about the challenges and chess moves of the biggest tech company in the world: Apple. We're joined by Wall Street Journal columnist Dan Gallagher and comedian Gianmarco Soresi.Binge all episodes early and ad-free with Wondery+. Join Wondery+ for exclusives, binges, ...  Show more

It’s 2012 and Apple’s legendary designer in chief, Jony Ive, decides the company’s first product launch after Steve Jobs’ death should be a smartwatch. But he struggles to get buy-in from CEO Tim Cook and upper management. Meanwhile Samsung races to beat Apple to market.. Then Sa ...  Show more

Apple launches the groundbreaking Macintosh after a long delay. And Bill Gates' Microsoft team has made the software for the Mac. But pretty soon, Jobs grows worried about their partnership. He fears that Gates and Microsoft might be taking... more than they're giving.Binge all e ...  Show more

Apple reaches a trillion-dollar milestone. Baidu faces a Google-sized potential competitor. Blue Apron fails to deliver. And Red Robin and TripAdvisor lose altitude. Ron Gross, Jason Moser and Matt Argersinger analyze those stories, as well as the latest from Tesla, Square, Take- ...  Show more