Inside Get the Check: Bella Malvini from Bridges Social Club interviews Maya, Anika, and Priya

<p>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.</p><p>*Just kidding, she said “I don’t know”</p><p>Bella takes the pod through their origin story:</p><p>- How to get past being “cringe”<br />- Why one of the pod's earliest written goals was literally "keep Maya doing the podcast." Goal accomplished!<br />- The moment when they started reading each other’s minds</p><p>The conversation dives into careers in the age of AI:</p><p>- Why a tier one VC on the cap table doesn't make a startup good<br />- How recruiters exploit an information asymmetry most engineers don't know exists<br />- How a personal brand got Anika the early stage VC meetings recruiters swore she'd never get<br />- Priya’s advice for anyone entering the workforce at 22: optimize for talent density.</p><p>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.</p><p>00:00 The pod takes the hot seat with Bridges' Bella Malvini<br />01:12 Maya coded an AI agent to text Anika instead of her<br />03:42 Sam Altman asked Maya what she wants to be when she grows up<br />05:54 Bella drops her favorite tech social media account<br />09:12 How the pod got its name<br />10:07 How they picked a target audience (they didn't)<br />11:28 Early goal number one: keep Maya from quitting<br />14:01 The never before told story behind their first event<br />16:25 The art of hosting an event<br />18:37 Are they all the same person??<br />20:09 Why the pod shows the BTS <br />21:09 Which host would be a lifestyle influencer<br />22:02 The art of the personal brand<br />22:51 How the podcast got Maya her OpenEvidence job<br />23:34 How to tell a good startup from a bad one<br />25:00 What the they will never put online<br />30:49 Why people hate influencers<br />32:02 Consumerism is breaking our brains<br />32:38 How they find time between startup jobs and the pod<br />33:21 What happens when one host does less work<br />35:01 Anika predicted Maya's wake-up time today<br />36:42 Hot take on the “Do Not Smile” article<br />37:23 When the pod tried scripting episodes <br />37:43 The future of work<br />46:17 Hot takes on SF dating<br />50:41 Does Maya ever see her banker boyfriend</p>