Can Airtable Democratize Software Development?
Azeem Azhar's Exponential View
English - February 26, 2020 13:49 - 30 minutes - 28 MB - ★★★★★ - 558 ratingsTechnology News Tech News intelligence automation economics economy future government robots science society technology Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Airtable, valued at $1.1 billion, is carving out a new product category that could compete with cloud computing in value. The founder of Airtable, Howie Liu, joins Azeem Azhar to discuss what creating a new market category looks like in practice.
They also discuss:
How Airtable is democratizing software development.
Why investors were initially skeptical, and how Howie got them on board.
How Airtable treats its competition, including the tech giants.
Further reading:
“Move Slow and Make Things: Airtable’s Howie Liu Built A $1B Software Giant Emphasizing Substance Over Speed” (Forbes, 2018)
“No-one understood our idea, but now it’s worth over $1bn“ ” (BBC, Nov. 4, 2019)
“100 People Transforming Business“ ” (Business Insider, 2019)
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