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Mitigating the Virus
39:13 - 48:26 (09:12)
Testing and data are keys to mitigating the virus outbreak, leveraging short term commercial paper and money markets as collateral to put in the market. There is a chance of containing the virus in the next 60 days with the use of drugs.
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In this podcast, Bill Gurley, the General Partner at Benchmark, discusses how startups and venture capital firms can navigate the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, and whether this crisis will truly lead to a new wave of innovation, or the end of the startup era.
39:13 - 42:02 (02:48)
Summary
In this podcast, Bill Gurley, the General Partner at Benchmark, discusses how startups and venture capital firms can navigate the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, and whether this crisis will truly lead to a new wave of innovation, or the end of the startup era.
ChapterMitigating the Virus
EpisodeE1: US Response to COVID-19 & Impact on Startups, Venture Capital & Public Markets with David Friedberg
PodcastAll-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
This episode discusses the relationship between the COVID-19 pandemic and the repo market, highlighting the importance of testing and data to prevent market crises.
42:02 - 45:52 (03:49)
Summary
This episode discusses the relationship between the COVID-19 pandemic and the repo market, highlighting the importance of testing and data to prevent market crises.
ChapterMitigating the Virus
EpisodeE1: US Response to COVID-19 & Impact on Startups, Venture Capital & Public Markets with David Friedberg
PodcastAll-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
The process of COVID-19 testing involves multiple steps and machines that amplify viral RNA and measure its content, taking 30 to 60 minutes per cycle.
45:52 - 48:26 (02:34)
Summary
The process of COVID-19 testing involves multiple steps and machines that amplify viral RNA and measure its content, taking 30 to 60 minutes per cycle. Due to the urgency of the pandemic, research departments that were working on general population testing were redirected to scale-up RT-PCR testing.