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Ryan Smith on buying the Utah Jazz, evolving Qualtrics, AI's early days, and more | E1782

2023-07-24 · 70 min · 26 entities

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    Link in episode "Ryan Smith on buying the Utah Jazz, evolving Qualtrics, AI's early days, and more | E1782": https://youtube.com/thisweekin
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    Link in episode "Ryan Smith on buying the Utah Jazz, evolving Qualtrics, AI's early days, and more | E1782": https://lemon.io/twist
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    Link in episode "Ryan Smith on buying the Utah Jazz, evolving Qualtrics, AI's early days, and more | E1782": https://launch.co/apply
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    Link in episode "Ryan Smith on buying the Utah Jazz, evolving Qualtrics, AI's early days, and more | E1782": https://angelthebook.com/
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    Link in episode "Ryan Smith on buying the Utah Jazz, evolving Qualtrics, AI's early days, and more | E1782": https://intercom.com/f
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    Link in episode "Ryan Smith on buying the Utah Jazz, evolving Qualtrics, AI's early days, and more | E1782": https://qualtrics.com/

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  • mentioned twistartups.substack.com website
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    Link in episode "Ryan Smith on buying the Utah Jazz, evolving Qualtrics, AI's early days, and more | E1782": https://twistartups.substack.com/
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    Link in episode "Ryan Smith on buying the Utah Jazz, evolving Qualtrics, AI's early days, and more | E1782": https://substack.com/@calacanis
  • references twistartups.substack.com website
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    Link in episode "Ryan Smith on buying the Utah Jazz, evolving Qualtrics, AI's early days, and more | E1782": https://twistartups.substack.com/
  • references @Calacanis website
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    Link in episode "Ryan Smith on buying the Utah Jazz, evolving Qualtrics, AI's early days, and more | E1782": https://substack.com/@calacanis
  • mentioned ThisWeekIn website
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    Link in episode "Ryan Smith on buying the Utah Jazz, evolving Qualtrics, AI's early days, and more | E1782": https://youtube.com/thisweekin
  • mentioned Twist website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Ryan Smith on buying the Utah Jazz, evolving Qualtrics, AI's early days, and more | E1782": https://lemon.io/twist
  • mentioned Apply website
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    Link in episode "Ryan Smith on buying the Utah Jazz, evolving Qualtrics, AI's early days, and more | E1782": https://launch.co/apply
  • mentioned angelthebook.com website
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    Link in episode "Ryan Smith on buying the Utah Jazz, evolving Qualtrics, AI's early days, and more | E1782": https://angelthebook.com/
  • mentioned intercom.com website
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    Link in episode "Ryan Smith on buying the Utah Jazz, evolving Qualtrics, AI's early days, and more | E1782": https://intercom.com/f
  • mentioned qualtrics.com website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Ryan Smith on buying the Utah Jazz, evolving Qualtrics, AI's early days, and more | E1782": https://qualtrics.com/
  • references ThisWeekIn website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Ryan Smith on buying the Utah Jazz, evolving Qualtrics, AI's early days, and more | E1782": https://youtube.com/thisweekin
  • references Twist website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Ryan Smith on buying the Utah Jazz, evolving Qualtrics, AI's early days, and more | E1782": https://lemon.io/twist
  • references Apply website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Ryan Smith on buying the Utah Jazz, evolving Qualtrics, AI's early days, and more | E1782": https://launch.co/apply
  • references angelthebook.com website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Ryan Smith on buying the Utah Jazz, evolving Qualtrics, AI's early days, and more | E1782": https://angelthebook.com/
  • references intercom.com website
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    Link in episode "Ryan Smith on buying the Utah Jazz, evolving Qualtrics, AI's early days, and more | E1782": https://intercom.com/f
  • references qualtrics.com website
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    Link in episode "Ryan Smith on buying the Utah Jazz, evolving Qualtrics, AI's early days, and more | E1782": https://qualtrics.com/

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  • mentioned founder.university company
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    Link in episode "Ryan Smith on buying the Utah Jazz, evolving Qualtrics, AI's early days, and more | E1782": https://founder.university/podcast
  • discusses Technology company
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    Link in episode "Ryan Smith on buying the Utah Jazz, evolving Qualtrics, AI's early days, and more | E1782": https://founder.university/podcast

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  • mentioned Jason Calacanis person
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    Feed author/publisher: Jason Calacanis
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    Ryan Smith on buying the Utah Jazz, evolving Qualtrics, AI's early days, and more | E1782
  • hosted by Jason Calacanis person
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    Feed author/publisher: Jason Calacanis

books 2

  • mentioned The Sign of Four book
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    Link in episode "Ryan Smith on buying the Utah Jazz, evolving Qualtrics, AI's early days, and more | E1782": https://launch.co/four
  • references The Sign of Four book
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    Link in episode "Ryan Smith on buying the Utah Jazz, evolving Qualtrics, AI's early days, and more | E1782": https://launch.co/four

podcasts 1

  • appeared on This Week in Startups podcast
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    Ryan Smith on buying the Utah Jazz, evolving Qualtrics, AI's early days, and more | E1782
Episode description as stored
This Week in Startups is brought to you by… Fin can't burn its mouth on hot pizza. Or wave at someone who wasn't waving at them. Fin can resolve half of your customer support tickets instantly before they reach your team. Meet Fin. A breakthrough AI bot by Intercom – ready to join your support team today. Visit https://intercom.com/fin Lemon.io - Hire pre-vetted remote developers, get 15% off your first 4 weeks of developer time at https://Lemon.io/twist Superside. Design and creative are crucial for growth. Tech companies like Shopify, Amazon, and Meta have found the perfect solution: Superside. Get $2000 off with Superside's Startup Accelerator package superside.com/TWIST. * Today's show: Ryan Smith joins Jason to discuss buying the Utah Jazz while simultaneously prepping for an IPO (3:19), Qualtrics going from IPO prep to acquired to spin out IPO to a take-private in under five years (58:56), his thoughts on AI's impact (49:12), and much more! * Time stamps: (00:00) Qualtics Co-Founder Ryan Smith joins Jason (3:19) Ryan's decision to buy the Utah Jazz NBA team (9:05) The Rudy Gorbet Utah Jazz deal (12:05) Fin - Try Fin, Intercom's new AI customer support chatbot, at https://intercom.com/f (12:46) The process of owning an NBA team while prepping for an IPO (21:09) The impact of the midseason tournament (23:30) Lemon.io - Get 15% off your first 4 weeks of developer time at https://Lemon.io/twist (24:50) Providing a better user experience with free-to-watch games in Utah (26:37) Paradigm shifts in media and building an NBA media giant (36:10) The importance of going direct in media (39:52) Superside - Go to https://superside.com/twist to get $2000 off with Superside's Startup Accelerator package (41:24) Qualtrics' product evolution (49:12) Ryan's thoughts on AI's impact on business (54:49) Job displacement as a result of AI (58:56) Qualtrics going from IPO prep to acquired to spin out IPO to a take-private in under five years (1:03:31) The change in approach to private vs public businesses * Check out Qualtrics: https://www.qualtrics.com/ Follow Ryan: https://twitter.com/RyanQualtrics * Read LAUNCH Fund 4 Deal Memo: https://www.launch.co/four Apply for Funding: https://www.launch.co/apply Buy ANGEL: https://www.angelthebook.com Great recent interviews: Steve Huffman, Brian Chesky, Aaron Levie, Sophia Amoruso, Reid Hoffman, Frank Slootman, Billy McFarland, PrayingForExits, Jenny Lefcourt Check out Jason's suite of newsletters: https://substack.com/@calacanis * Follow Jason: Twitter: https://twitter.com/jason Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jason LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasoncalacanis * Follow TWiST: Substack: https://twistartups.substack.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/TWiStartups YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/thisweekin * Subscribe to the Founder University Podcast: https://www.founder.university/podcast