E21 - When SXSW goes Wrong

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 newsTakeaways:Eric to add one more egg to the digital easter egg huntSet up a Rube Goldberg machine / human mouse trap in the officeKate and Thea to have a discussion, NOT as a part of SYT, about Kate’s choicesKate 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 stayMatt follow through on idea of how to connect Melanie and JohnKate to remember to take breaksMelanie 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 StoryCreate a fake Twitter account for an African dictator and use it to convince John to stop illegal logging and perhaps start a revolutionCreate new landing page to take money and data from couch buyers in new markets… it’s a growth strategyAs always, follow us on Twitter @StartupRecorded! 

Agenda:Recap of what’s been going on at SXSWTakeaways: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 incidentJot down ideas for next years SXSW - become the respite booth where you can have an excellent vomiting experience

Agenda:Executive StandupTakeaways:No one eat seafood! Except the office cat, they’re a contractor, so it’s OKEveryone create a top 12 list of people they care about and would like the cameras of their devices replaceInvestigate if we can geofence the new augmented reality experience to prevent people from putting couches in the middle of intersectionsEric - 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 backDuckDuckGo is about to be required in SYTThea to keep dealing with the John PR nightmareMarvin 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 placesTakeaways:Thea and Matt can, shockingly, switch back 2.5 days ahead of scheduleMatt to work on getting new iPads for the Creative teamSomeone to call Verizon about the bonfire by their trucksMatt and Thea to start whiskey swaps

Agenda:We’re ready to reveal the new company name!Also, Executive StandupTakeaways: Kate to keep wearing away at Francis’s fear of robotsTake away the pavlovian shock keyboards from the Support teamEric to create final report on covert supply chain QA testCreate a decriminalized typography zone for Tech and Creative to resolve conflicts inTry to subliminally convince John of different brand scents

 Agenda:A user finally showed up to our weekly user interview session! Zach Lambic from Al Dente, WyomingTakeaways:Kate to figure out if the server room’s sprinklers are going, hope the company isn’t destroyed, and hope she doesn’t have to pull Matt out of his therapy sessionAdd “Wresting with Dog” as a human impact couch breaking test scenario Calathea and Zach to talk offline about paying for some sponsored content on Dominic the Mastiff’s Instagram accountZach is played by Adal Rifai. Adal is an improviser, podcaster, producer and writer in Chicago. He is the creator and host of Hey Riddle Riddle and plays Chunt on the podcast Hello From the Magic Tavern. You can find him on Twitter @adalrifai