When Maya was 12, her dad took her to YC Demo Day and Sam Altman asked what she wanted to be when she grew up. Her answer: a podcaster.* A decade later she texted Priya "I have a crazy idea," and Get the Check was born. This week the tables turn. Bella Malvini, founder of Bridges Social Club, sits down with the pod for their first real interview as guests. Before recording they tell her nothing is off limits.
*Just kidding, she said “I don’t know”
Bella takes the pod through their origin story:
- How to get past being “cringe” - Why one of the pod's earliest written goals was literally "keep Maya doing the podcast." Goal accomplished! - The moment when they started reading each other’s minds
The conversation dives into careers in the age of AI:
- Why a tier one VC on the cap table doesn't make a startup good - How recruiters exploit an information asymmetry most engineers don't know exists - How a personal brand got Anika the early stage VC meetings recruiters swore she'd never get - Priya’s advice for anyone entering the workforce at 22: optimize for talent density.
They even let Bella ask them about their personal lives. What they will never put online, what they think about SF dating, and if the city is as transactional as everyone says.
00:00 The pod takes the hot seat with Bridges' Bella Malvini 01:12 Maya coded an AI agent to text Anika instead of her 03:42 Sam Altman asked Maya what she wants to be when she grows up 05:54 Bella drops her favorite tech social media account 09:12 How the pod got its name 10:07 How they picked a target audience (they didn't) 11:28 Early goal number one: keep Maya from quitting 14:01 The never before told story behind their first event 16:25 The art of hosting an event 18:37 Are they all the same person?? 20:09 Why the pod shows the BTS 21:09 Which host would be a lifestyle influencer 22:02 The art of the personal brand 22:51 How the podcast got Maya her OpenEvidence job 23:34 How to tell a good startup from a bad one 25:00 What the they will never put online 30:49 Why people hate influencers 32:02 Consumerism is breaking our brains 32:38 How they find time between startup jobs and the pod 33:21 What happens when one host does less work 35:01 Anika predicted Maya's wake-up time today 36:42 Hot take on the “Do Not Smile” article 37:23 When the pod tried scripting episodes 37:43 The future of work 46:17 Hot takes on SF dating 50:41 Does Maya ever see her banker boyfriend
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