Anxious About Not Coding

This week on Jake & JZ, we talked about:Advantages of remote vs IRL work for startup teamsCharacter Labs, our sprint program for pre-seed foundersWhy some founders feel anxious when they aren’t writing codeOur first exit of a Character portfolio company (Reclaim was acquired by Dropbox)The ongoing quest for a distraction-free phone (Jake ordered the Lightphone III)The story of Nintendo on the Acquired podcastBit Timer, a nice timer for iPhoneAnd much more📩 Get an email about every episode at JakeAndJZ.com💸 Learn more about our seed fund Character Capital🥸 Find Jake on LinkedIn and X🤠 Find JZ on LinkedIn and XChapters00:00 Jake’s Sketchy Business Expense06:39 Introducing This Podcast08:10 Character Labs10:24 Even More About Character Labs22:11 The First GPU? Maybe?23:17 In-Person is Special25:38 Geographic Memory36:25 Dropbox Buys Reclaim40:18 How We Invested In Reclaim42:11 That One Really Long Taylor Swift Song42:35 Reclaim’s Multiplayer Sprint43:35 Sort of a Magic Recipe44:06 JZ Needs a Decent Timer App49:46 $17 Per Week?!51:56 Jake Talks About Nintendo For A Long Time