Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
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Today’s show:
There are $100 trillion in global assets sitting on top of what Hanover Park co-founder/CEO Chris Hladczuk calls “human duct tape”: armies of accountants in offices patching together work from various legacy tools (QuickBooks, Excel) that are holding funds’ own data hostage. Can all of this be replaced with AI? Find out how their startup went from overseeing $1B to $20B in assets in just 15 months.
PLUS, we flash back to March 2020, when Jason and Figma co-founder/CEO Dylan Field broke down the design tool’s initial go-to-market strategy, made some WILDLY inaccurate COVID predictions, and considered anxiety about “SaaS burnout” years before the category went full apocalyptic.
Guests:
Chris Hladczuk on X: https://x.com/chrishlad
Hanover Park: hanoverpark.com
Dylan Field: https://x.com/zoink
Figma: figma.com
Relevant Links:
Turner Novak on X: https://x.com/TurnerNovak
Banana Capital: https://www.bananacapital.vc/
Emergence Capital: emcap.com
Lux Capital: luxcapital.com
Susa Ventures: susaventures.com
Bill.com: bill.com
METR: metr.org
Granola AI note taker: granola.ai
Vanta: vanta.com
Foo Camp on YouTube: youtube.com/c/foocamp
TechCrunch Mahalo coverage: techcrunch.com/2014/01/27/inside-mobile-news-launch
Timestamps:
0:00 Hanover Park & the fund admin problem
2:51 Why funds outsource instead of building
5:03 Why fund accounting is so complex
9:57 The "one click migration" goal
10:07 Northwest Registered Agent - Get more when you start your business with Northwest. In 10 clicks and 10 minutes, you can form your company and walk away with a real business identity — Learn more at northwestregisteredagent.com/twist
13:10 Context vs. intelligence gaps
15:30 No PMs, No Designers
20:05 Vanta - Get $1000 off your SOC 2 at vanta.com/twist
22:37 This is a $100T opportunity
24:55 Flashback w/ Dylan Field of Figma
28:34 Sentry - Your team should be focused on shipping features — not chasing down bugs. New users can get $240 in free credits when they go to sentry.io/twist and use the code TWIST
30:41 Pre-AI enterprise security worries
35:49 SaaS overload and SaaS burnout
36:49 The evolution of Figma pricing
41:57 The rise and fall of Mahalo dot com
50:57 The work-from-home revolution begins
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Great TWIST interviews: Will Guidara, Eoghan McCabe, Steve Huffman, Brian Chesky, Bob Moesta, Aaron Levie, Sophia Amoruso, Reid Hoffman, Frank Slootman, Billy McFarland
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This Week In Startups is made possible by:
Northwest Registered Agent
northwestregisteredagent.com/twist
Vanta
vanta.com/twist
Sentry
sentry.io/twist
Today’s show:
There are $100 trillion in global assets sitting on top of what Hanover Park co-founder/CEO Chris Hladczuk calls “human duct tape”: armies of accountants in offices patching together work from various legacy tools (QuickBooks, Excel) that are holding funds’ own data hostage. Can all of this be replaced with AI? Find out how their startup went from overseeing $1B to $20B in assets in just 15 months.
PLUS, we flash back to March 2020, when Jason and Figma co-founder/CEO Dylan Field broke down the design tool’s initial go-to-market strategy, made some WILDLY inaccurate COVID predictions, and considered anxiety about “SaaS burnout” years before the category went full apocalyptic.
Guests:
Chris Hladczuk on X: https://x.com/chrishlad
Hanover Park: hanoverpark.com
Dylan Field: https://x.com/zoink
Figma: figma.com
Relevant Links:
Turner Novak on X: https://x.com/TurnerNovak
Banana Capital: https://www.bananacapital.vc/
Emergence Capital: emcap.com
Lux Capital: luxcapital.com
Susa Ventures: susaventures.com
Bill.com: bill.com
METR: metr.org
Granola AI note taker: granola.ai
Vanta: vanta.com
Foo Camp on YouTube: youtube.com/c/foocamp
TechCrunch Mahalo coverage: techcrunch.com/2014/01/27/inside-mobile-news-launch
Timestamps:
0:00 Hanover Park & the fund admin problem
2:51 Why funds outsource instead of building
5:03 Why fund accounting is so complex
9:57 The "one click migration" goal
10:07 Northwest Registered Agent - Get more when you start your business with Northwest. In 10 clicks and 10 minutes, you can form your company and walk away with a real business identity — Learn more at northwestregisteredagent.com/twist
13:10 Context vs. intelligence gaps
15:30 No PMs, No Designers
20:05 Vanta - Get $1000 off your SOC 2 at vanta.com/twist
22:37 This is a $100T opportunity
24:55 Flashback w/ Dylan Field of Figma
28:34 Sentry - Your team should be focused on shipping features — not chasing down bugs. New users can get $240 in free credits when they go to sentry.io/twist and use the code TWIST
30:41 Pre-AI enterprise security worries
35:49 SaaS overload and SaaS burnout
36:49 The evolution of Figma pricing
41:57 The rise and fall of Mahalo dot com
50:57 The work-from-home revolution begins
Subscribe to the TWiST500 newsletter: ticker.thisweekinstartups.com
Check out the TWIST500: twist500.com
Subscribe to This Week in Startups on Apple: https://rb.gy/v19fcp
Follow Lon:
X: https://x.com/lons
Follow Alex:
X: https://x.com/alex
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/alexwilhelm
Follow Jason:
X: twitter.com/Jason
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/jasoncalacanis
Check out all our partner offers: partners.launch.co
Great TWIST interviews: Will Guidara, Eoghan McCabe, Steve Huffman, Brian Chesky, Bob Moesta, Aaron Levie, Sophia Amoruso, Reid Hoffman, Frank Slootman, Billy McFarland
Check out Jason’s suite of newsletters: substack.com/@calacanis
Follow TWiST:
Twitter: twitter.com/TWiStartups
YouTube: youtube.com/thisweekin
Instagram: instagram.com/thisweekinstartups
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Substack: twistartups.substack.com
