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EMERGENCY POD! Bob Iger returns as Disney CEO | E1618 episode artwork

Nov 21, 2022 48 min

EMERGENCY POD! Bob Iger returns as Disney CEO | E1618

from This Week in Startups Hosted by Jason Calacanis

Bob Iger is BACK as Disney CEO, and Bob Chapek has left the company! First, Jason and Molly break down how we got here (11:49) before Lon Harris joins to go deeper on Chapek's missteps and join in on some speculation and predictions for Iger's second stint as CEO! (23:25) (0:00) J+M tee up today's EMERGENCY POD! (1:40) Jason and Molly catch up on some wild news from the weekend: Elizabeth Holmes's sentencing, crypto contagion, and more! (10:21) OpenPhone - Get an extra 20% off any plan for your first 6 months at https://openphone.com/twist (11:49) Bob Iger is back as Disney CEO as Bob Chapek steps down, Molly's Chapek intuition (21:56) Crowdbotics - Get a free scoping session for your next big app idea at crowdbotics.com/twist (23:25) Streaming expert Lon Harris joins to break down where Chapek went wrong as Disney CEO (34:30) More Chapek missteps, how he could have handled things differently, theories/predictions on Iger's next big swing FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis FOLLOW Molly: https://twitter.com/mollywood Subscribe to our YouTube to watch all full episodes: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkkhmBWfS7pILYIk0izkc3A?sub_confirmation=1

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