#147 Ex-Waze CEO & Founder of Post News, Noam Bardin: Hockey Sticks and Plateaus
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English - July 17, 2023 07:30 - 1 hour - 123 MBEntrepreneurship Business Careers grit go to market gtm angela duckworth startup operators marketing sales ceo cro Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Guest: Noam Bardin, founder of Post News
One of the “aha” moments that could sway a dubious Waze user, recalls former CEO Noam Bardin, was navigating around “all those idiots sitting in traffic... and you’re like, ‘I’m a genius.’” Now, at the social news app Post, Noam says the “aha” is avoiding partisan gridlock and paywalls. Social incumbents boost engagement by making users angry, while Post just wants you to read. “If we can remove friction and give you the right articles at the right time, so you feel smarter when you walk away,” he says, “that’s the aha moment.”
In this episode, Noam and Joubin discuss stories vs. execution, ROFRs, culture clash, timing an acquisition, corporate tags, fear of going bigger, joining big companies, mobile app retention, big tech monopolies, competing against Foursquare, and not optimizing for “culture warriors.”
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