Overheard at TechCrunch Disrupt 2022 • TechCrunch

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So far as weeks go, this one was as disruptive as they arrive.

TechCrunch Disrupt 2022 has formally come to an in depth after an iconic three days of interviews, startup pitches and “Oh my god I do know you from Twitter” moments. I feel I can converse for my co-workers once I say we’re all exhausted and refreshed, by some means, on the similar rattling time.

So, let’s do one thing a little bit completely different for Startups Weekly. This week, as a substitute of working by our common digest of stories, I need to honor among the greatest moments, on stage and off, of the convention. Under you’ll discover some hilarious, witty and nuanced quotes linked with a associated story if accessible.

If you would like extra than simply the excerpt, don’t fret. Right here’s a live transcription of all of the panels, and ensure to take a look at TechCrunch and TechCrunch+ for additional context on information that broke on stage. As at all times you possibly can follow me on Twitter and ahead this text to a pal. However solely if you’d like.

Get pleasure from, and we’ll be again to repeatedly scheduled programming subsequent week.

Overheard at TechCrunch Disrupt 2022

• “Would I decide this? If I had a magic wand to design a well being care system that leaves folks behind desperately, each single day? A well being care system that claims that somebody like me, who seems to be like me, simply by advantage of my race has a 3 to 6 occasions extra possible probability of dying in being pregnant due to systemic elements due to fully unchecked racism in our system and our society and our well being care system due to stigma? Due to lack of equitable entry to companies? Completely not,” Cityblock Well being co-founder and CEO Toyin Ajayi. Full story here.
• “Social merchandise have a tendency to not invent new behaviors. They have a tendency to take issues that we’re wired to do as people that we have now essentially proven we get pleasure from doing, they usually simply make it dramatically simpler to do it with anybody on the planet,” Clubhouse co-founder and CEO Paul Davison.
• “TechCrunch? That seems like a sweet bar,” “Chic woman in the elevator.”
• “We’re previous COVID, I once more, argue, and we’re now taking a look at a possible recession. And in a recession, transportation traditionally is at all times steady; it’s a obligatory factor that folks want. And $30 salads on meals supply isn’t steady in a recession,” Lyft co-founder John Zimmer on why he’s not entering into the meals supply enterprise. Full story here.
• “I used to be instructed you of us didn’t discuss hydrogen over glad hour fairly as a lot final evening as you have been presupposed to. In order that they introduced me again so we will actually form of r-emphasize it a bit right here.” Superior Ionics founder and CEO Chad Mason. Full story here.
• “Be sure you say it once more; I’m not being paid for this,” Comic and investor Kevin Hart. Full story here.
• “Belief is consistency over time,” Figma CEO Dylan Subject. Full story here.
• “Simply to make clear, you extract lithium from brine and produce battery grade lithium and drinkable water?” TechCrunch Editor-in-Chief Matthew Panzarino to the co-founders of Minerva Lithium (and this yr’s winner of Startup Battlefield). Full story here.
• “The best way I take into consideration fundraising is it’s theater for toddlers,” Metafy CEO Josh Fabian.
• “We really purchased a lot of the billboards in San Francisco for 3 months for $300,000. Which, you understand, might seem to be some huge cash however we had raised round $60 million on the time so it wasn’t big for us. It was massively profitable. We positively received far more than that in income within the first month than we spent on billboards,” Henrique Dubugras, founder and co-CEO of Brex.
• “I don’t must BeReal as a result of I’m actual day-after-day,” TechCrunch viewers improvement supervisor Alyssa Stringer.
• “If taking tremendous glue from a founder to repair a damaged acrylic nail disaster is the worst selection I make at Disrupt then I feel I’ll have succeeded,” TechCrunch senior reporter Amanda Silberling.
• “What’s your podcast?” Golden State Warriors participant Draymond Inexperienced to TechCrunch {hardware} editor Brian Heater. Full story here.
• “I’m gonna present up and possibly be beat up by safety guards or one thing. [I’ll tell them] she mentioned I may play,” TechCrunch Deputy Editor Jordan Criminal on taking part in tennis with tennis legend and enterprise capitalist Serena Williams.
• And in response: “I mentioned you would watch,” tennis legend and enterprise capitalist Serena Williams. Full story here. 
• “There’s a brand new problem that we have now with doing Fairness on stage. I haven’t worn make-up for like 4 years and I contact my face so much. So now I’ve make-up throughout my hand. So for those who see me, don’t let me hug you since you’ll get a bizarre formed handprint,” TechCrunch+ Editor-in-Chief Alex Wilhelm. Full podcast here.

Chat subsequent week,

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