FOLLOW Domm: https://twitter.com/domm
FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis
Listen here…
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-startups-audio/id315114957
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6ULQ0ewYf5zmsDgBchlkr9
Overcast: https://overcast.fm/itunes315114957/this-week-in-startups-audio
More from us…
Twitter: https://twitter.com/twistartups
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/twistartups
Official site: https://thisweekinstartups.com
Thanks to our partners…
Klaviyo – Get started with a free trial at https://www.klaviyo.com/twist
LinkedIn Jobs – Get a $50 credit toward your first job post at https://www.linkedin.com/twist
OurCrowd – Sign up for a free account at https://www.ourcrowd.com/twist
Show notes:
1:06 Jason intros Domm Holland
3:53 Domm on his experience throughout quarantine
5:33 What is Fast? Who do they charge and how do they make money?
8:21 Why do millennials use debit cards more than their predecessors?
10:04 Klaviyo – Get started with a free trial at https://www.klaviyo.com/twist
11:28 Moving to San Francisco from Australia, e-commerce boom during quarantine, talent pool in the Bay Area
17:09 Working as a third-party, Fast’s founding story & Amazon’s one-click patent
20:54 LinkedIn Jobs – Get a $50 credit toward your first job post at https://www.linkedin.com/twist
22:42 Fast’s partnerships with Big Commerce & other launch partners
24:55 Taking on Apple Pay, how Fast creates a purchasing hub for consumers, relationship with Amazon
32:30 OurCrowd – Sign up for a free account at https://www.ourcrowd.com/twist
34:20 Cultivating Fastronauts, raising money in a competitive space pre-launch, adjacent competitors
38:49 Thoughts on the Apple Card, major retailers financing their own products for consumers, why companies are petrified of Amazon
43:15 Is retail dead?
47:21 Thoughts on Facebook/Instagram Shops & Google Shopping, how e-commerce logistics still isn’t solved?
56:49 How lockdowns impacted Fast’s hiring strategy, business strategies for year two of the pandemic
Subscribe to TWiST Clips for all the best moments… https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS7tJlcUA6PzVHEMo-X7ddg