This Startup is being Recorded
This Startup is being Recorded is a mostly improvised, comedic audio drama that follows a few executives building, and sometimes destroying, a company. This startup is fake - you’re not listening to an audio documentary. These characters are not real - you won’t find them on LinkedIn. They are making this up as they go along - for startups, this is normal. New meetings are released weekly.
Episodes
26 episodes
E25 - The Finale!
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...
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Season 1
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Episode 25
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36:52
E24 - Easter Eggs and Embryo Eggs
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 office...
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Episode 24
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35:17
E23 - The Importance of Interviewing Interns
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 backgrou...
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Episode 23
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37:51
E22- SYTizens United
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 dict...
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Episode 22
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35:42
E21 - When SXSW goes Wrong
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 carbo...
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Episode 21
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33:08
E20 - Fish are Friends, Not Food
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 ...
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Episode 20
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32:48
E19 - How Important is Privacy, Really?
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 fee...
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Episode 19
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42:25
E18 - Freaky Friday
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:<...
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Episode 18
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32:35
E17 - Don't Confuse the CDN, CMS, and CRM!
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 key...
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Episode 17
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40:03
E16 - A Focus Group of One (w/ Adal Rifai)
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 co...
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Episode 16
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31:51
E15 - Three Matts, One Meeting
Agenda: Review pitches for branded content from Matt Matthews and Matt Matthews of Big Matt’s ContentTakeaways:Reach out to Matt and Matt, by letter, with our decisionMatt and Mat...
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Episode 15
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38:14
E14 - How to Review a Contract
Agenda: Meta (Facebook) has sent over some terms for an agreement to buy the Meta Market name. We ran out of legal hours this month, so get to do the review ourselves.Takeaways:Th...
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Episode 14
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31:42
E13 - GDPR, Account Deletion, and Disposable Couches
Agenda:Executive Stand upTakeaways:Pull all the embroidered couches and disposable couches - NOWContact Zola about pausing partnership temporarilySupport doesn’t get to handle...
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Episode 13
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33:53
E12 - Undercover Bosses for Hire (w/ Dr. London Smith and Cameron Clark)
Agenda:John called this meeting an hour ago and said there were two important people to meet. They have a pitch to make the company better… somehow?Takeaways:Everyone send feedback to Kate on M...
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Episode 12
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40:26
E11 - The Great Rebranding
If you're interested in the visuals for this episode, check them out on our Twitter @StartupRecordedAgenda:Review proposal from Creative for new names - start saying g...
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Episode 11
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40:15
E10 - All PR is Good PR and Matt’s Peloton
Agenda:Clean up odds and ends from 2021Takeaways:Matt to have a gentle 1:1 with RachelMatt going to move his Peloton and get a telehealth visit and some EKGsComplete contracti...
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Episode 10
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31:41
E9 - Taxes are Due! Fuuuu...
Agenda:Emergency meeting (again)! Taxes are due we need our employer ID number from IowaTakeaways:Kate to complete taxesMatt taking a Lyft ASAP to the airportEveryone delete t...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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31:49
E8 - A Retrospective meets Squid Game
Agenda:Share feelings - not about OKRs or goals - share your true feelingsTakeaways:Eric to lock down the website so Kate can’t change it anymoreKate to coordinate Zoom interview with ...
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Episode 8
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30:50
E7- Facebook Reaches Out
Agenda:Emergency! Email from Facebook/Meta’s legal counsel! Will explain more in meeting!Takeaways:No one disturb Creative team for the next week, no matter what noises you hear from behind the...
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Episode 7
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29:53
E6 - Screaming Room Training (w/ Katie Overbey)
Agenda:Prep for screaming room training with Lindsay, who is here from BhutanTakeaways:Eric to make extra carpet square for JohnKate to share with Lindsay template for how to have 30 people shar...
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Episode 6
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35:53
E5 - Soviet Spies, Flammable Cereal, and Connected Couches
Agenda:Executive Standup Takeaways:Matt and Chelsea to follow-up about the Des Moines servers… which are somehow still onCalathea to reach out to her Russian study abroad friends(...
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Episode 5
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28:23
E4 - Team Building with a Buzzfeed Quiz
Agenda:Executive Team Building exercise (to help everyone get to know Matt a little better! Plus team building is FUN!), go through this quiz together:
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Episode 4
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35:21
E3 - The Animal Death TOU Amendment and #LiberateBugsby
Agenda:Executive Standup Screaming Room trainingDiscussion on new benefits to offerTakeaways:Eric and Matt to review archeology/topography/illuminated, interactable manus...
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Episode 3
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32:53