ABOUT THIS EPISODETwitch Co-Founder Justin Kan | Do Anything But Do it Well!As a child Justin Kan’s mother told him that he could do anything in life as long as he did it well, and that laid the foundation for the path he’s been on since his early 20’s. As a child, Kan says that… Continue reading Behind the Brand with Bryan Elliott : Twitch Co-Founder Justin Kan | Do Anything But Do it Well!
Tag: Entrepreneurship
McKinsey on Start-ups : From existential threat to change agent: Airbnb’s Brian Chesky on navigating the pandemic
ABOUT THIS EPISODE Read more >Listen to the podcast (duration: 43:25) > For Airbnb and its co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky, the pandemic crisis was a crazier roller-coaster ride than almost any other organization experienced. The online lodging marketplace went from predictions that it might not survive the COVID-19 crisis to staging a successful IPO… Continue reading McKinsey on Start-ups : From existential threat to change agent: Airbnb’s Brian Chesky on navigating the pandemic
Means of Creation : Building a Driver-Owned Alternative to Uber and Lyft
ABOUT THIS EPISODEIn an increasingly platform-mediated world, platforms have outsized control over their participants—whether that’s app developers in the creator economy, or rideshare drivers in the gig economy. We’ve been trying to understand how this can be changed for the better—how platform participants can be made rightful stakeholders; bridging the gap between labor and capital.… Continue reading Means of Creation : Building a Driver-Owned Alternative to Uber and Lyft
The Quest Pod with Justin Kan : Alexis Ohanian: Reddit Founder, Y-Combinator, Seven Seven Six, Parenting, Investing
ABOUT THIS EPISODEAlexis Ohanian: Reddit Founder, Y-Combinator, Seven Seven Six, Parenting, InvestingI’ve known Alexis Ohanian for almost fifteen years, ever since we were in the trenches together as part of the first Y Combinator cohort. He is best known as the co-founder of Reddit, a fellow former partner at YC, and the founder of his… Continue reading The Quest Pod with Justin Kan : Alexis Ohanian: Reddit Founder, Y-Combinator, Seven Seven Six, Parenting, Investing
The Quest Pod with Justin Kan : Austen Allred: Lambda School, Y-Combinator, Free Education, Programming and Code
ABOUT THIS EPISODEAusten Allred: Lambda School, Y-Combinator, Free Education, Programming and CodeAusten Allred is the founder and CEO of Lambda School, an online coding school that doesn’t charge students tuition until they get hired. Growing up Mormon, Austen worked as a missionary and lived out of a car before applying to Y-Combinator. These experiences taught… Continue reading The Quest Pod with Justin Kan : Austen Allred: Lambda School, Y-Combinator, Free Education, Programming and Code
The Quest Pod with Justin Kan : Matteo Franceschetti: Eight Sleep, Tech, Y-Combinator, Health, Fitness and Longevity
ABOUT THIS EPISODEMatteo Franceschetti: Eight Sleep, Tech, Y-Combinator, Health, Fitness and LongevityMatteo Franceschetti is the CEO and co-founder of Eight Sleep, a smart mattress company focused on optimizing sleep quality, duration, and recovery through insights and analytics. The company has raised over $40 million since its inception in 2014. In this episode, we discuss practical… Continue reading The Quest Pod with Justin Kan : Matteo Franceschetti: Eight Sleep, Tech, Y-Combinator, Health, Fitness and Longevity
Means of Creation : Playing Games to Earn a Living in the Metaverse
ABOUT THIS EPISODEWithin traditional games like RuneScape and World of Warcraft, there have always been vibrant economies where players buy, sell, and exchange in-game assets. But these traditional games are also closed ecosystems—none of them let players transfer assets across different games or exchange their in-game assets for money.Blockchain-based games totally disrupt this model. Not… Continue reading Means of Creation : Playing Games to Earn a Living in the Metaverse
The Quest Pod with Justin Kan : Conor White-Sullivan: Networked Thought (Part 2) | Roam Research, Climate Change, Community, Empowerment
ABOUT THIS EPISODEConor White-Sullivan: Networked Thought (Part 2) | Roam Research, Climate Change, Community, EmpowermentMissed Part 1 of this conversation? Check out last week’s episode, or head over to The Quest YouTube channel for the full episode. Last week, Conor and I discussed augmenting collective and individual intelligence, evangelical churches, anthropology, and truth-seeking. Continuing from… Continue reading The Quest Pod with Justin Kan : Conor White-Sullivan: Networked Thought (Part 2) | Roam Research, Climate Change, Community, Empowerment
Means of Creation : Inside the Longform Content Game at Twitter
ABOUT THIS EPISODEhere’s a shift afoot at Twitter. The long-time microblogging platform has recently made a series of moves to position itself beyond just tweets, including acquiring the newsletter company Revue and introducing tools to help creators make money on the platform.When Twitter acquired Revue, the company declared that it was making a “better home… Continue reading Means of Creation : Inside the Longform Content Game at Twitter
The Quest Pod with Justin Kan : Conor White-Sullivan: Networked Thought (Part 1) | Roam Research, Evangelical Churches, Augmenting Collective and Individual Intelligence
ABOUT THIS EPISODEConor White-Sullivan: Networked Thought (Part 1) | Roam Research, Evangelical Churches, Augmenting Collective and Individual IntelligenceYou are listening to Part 1 of the episode. The full uncut conversation is available on The Quest Youtube Channel. Conor White-Sullivan is the founder of Roam Research, a note-taking app that is taking the world by storm.… Continue reading The Quest Pod with Justin Kan : Conor White-Sullivan: Networked Thought (Part 1) | Roam Research, Evangelical Churches, Augmenting Collective and Individual Intelligence