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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
Manage episode 314073849 series 3279229
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 products
- How he got into startups and started building online businesses
- How Timehop started at a Foursquare hackathon
- Timehop early traction and explosive growth
- Lessons from raising Series A and hyper growth phase
- Facebook launches competing "on this day" product
- Timehop's evolution and new advertising business
- Joining Evan's design team at Snap
- Snap's vision driven design culture "Willy Wonka chocolate factory of tech"
- What he's working on now-- Active Auditory Experiences
- Framework 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 category
Links:
- Follow Jonathan on Twitter at @JWegener
- Download his latest app GoGoGames! to experience active audio adventures
Hit subscribe to keep up with new episodes!
41 episodes
Manage episode 314073849 series 3279229
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 products
- How he got into startups and started building online businesses
- How Timehop started at a Foursquare hackathon
- Timehop early traction and explosive growth
- Lessons from raising Series A and hyper growth phase
- Facebook launches competing "on this day" product
- Timehop's evolution and new advertising business
- Joining Evan's design team at Snap
- Snap's vision driven design culture "Willy Wonka chocolate factory of tech"
- What he's working on now-- Active Auditory Experiences
- Framework 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 category
Links:
- Follow Jonathan on Twitter at @JWegener
- Download his latest app GoGoGames! to experience active audio adventures
Hit subscribe to keep up with new episodes!
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