EP1: Jonathan Wegener, founder Timehop and serial entrepreneur, on building the first social memories product (Timehop), joining Evan's design team at Snap, and why he's excited about "active audio" experiences

Paradigm Shift
11/04/2021 52 min Temporada 1 Episodio 1
EP1: Jonathan Wegener, founder Timehop and serial entrepreneur, on building the first social memories product (Timehop), joining Evan's design team at Snap, and why he's excited about "active audio" experiences

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Interview with Jonathan Wegener -- one of the most innovative product thinkers we know. We talk about his experience founding Timehop, working on Evan Spiegel's design team at Snap, and what he's working on next ("active" audio-based products). Episode Highlights:How Jonathan got started building productsHow he got into startups and started building online businessesHow Timehop started at a Foursquare hackathonTimehop early traction and explosive growthLessons from raising Series A and hyper growth phaseFacebook launches competing "on this day" productTimehop's evolution and new advertising businessJoining Evan's design team at SnapSnap's vision driven design culture "Willy Wonka chocolate factory of tech"What he's working on now-- Active Auditory ExperiencesFramework for Active Audio (Eg: Detour), Passive Audio (Eg: Music), Active Video (Eg: Gaming) and Passive Video (Eg: Netflix)How and why Active Audio experiences could be a big new categoryLinks:Follow Jonathan on Twitter at @JWegenerDownload his latest app GoGoGames! to experience active audio adventuresHit subscribe to keep up with new episodes!Follow Ashish and Zane on Twitter for summariesClick here to give feedback — it only takes a minute.

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