Akshay Kothari

Yeah, that clearly sort of resonates, but also like if you're just maximizing attention time, which these social apps are doing, it does sort of just sort of like spiral down to that. You have to change the incentive mechanism of the app. Exactly.

Yeah, that clearly sort of resonates, but also like if you're just maximizing attention time, which these social apps are doing, it does sort of just sort of like spiral down to that. You have to change the incentive mechanism of the app. Exactly.

Yeah, exactly.

Yeah, exactly.

Yeah, exactly.

Yeah, I just sort of worry that I think the incentives right now, at least for these companies that are primarily ad based are just like it's going to be a hard one to move to subscriptions.

Yeah, I just sort of worry that I think the incentives right now, at least for these companies that are primarily ad based are just like it's going to be a hard one to move to subscriptions.

Yeah, I just sort of worry that I think the incentives right now, at least for these companies that are primarily ad based are just like it's going to be a hard one to move to subscriptions.

No, at least not till when they're a lot older. Actually, one of the best things that happened this year in the last month, my daughter's school sort of banned devices in school. I'm just really glad because once a month I would have a conversation with her about some of her friend wearing an Apple Watch. And I explained like, sorry, but we're not getting it at this age.

No, at least not till when they're a lot older. Actually, one of the best things that happened this year in the last month, my daughter's school sort of banned devices in school. I'm just really glad because once a month I would have a conversation with her about some of her friend wearing an Apple Watch. And I explained like, sorry, but we're not getting it at this age.

No, at least not till when they're a lot older. Actually, one of the best things that happened this year in the last month, my daughter's school sort of banned devices in school. I'm just really glad because once a month I would have a conversation with her about some of her friend wearing an Apple Watch. And I explained like, sorry, but we're not getting it at this age.

But now I don't have to explain that, which is nice.

But now I don't have to explain that, which is nice.

But now I don't have to explain that, which is nice.

One of the things that I've been reflecting on is a little bit sort of like that, you know, the Steve Jobs speech around how you connect the dots looking back. I didn't appreciate it when I was growing up in this small city in Gujarat in India, how sort of growing up there and surrounded by families.

One of the things that I've been reflecting on is a little bit sort of like that, you know, the Steve Jobs speech around how you connect the dots looking back. I didn't appreciate it when I was growing up in this small city in Gujarat in India, how sort of growing up there and surrounded by families.

One of the things that I've been reflecting on is a little bit sort of like that, you know, the Steve Jobs speech around how you connect the dots looking back. I didn't appreciate it when I was growing up in this small city in Gujarat in India, how sort of growing up there and surrounded by families.

friends and family there how it would have shaped the things that i do today and so i think some of those some of that exploration is super fun to especially as i get closer to 40 it's like wow like all my creative genes probably comes from my mom and all my business genes probably comes from my dad and and like all these different things that i did when i was young in some ways has made what i do today possible actually listen i so appreciate you putting up with my meandering you've been fantastic to have on the show so thank you so much for joining me thank you for having me

friends and family there how it would have shaped the things that i do today and so i think some of those some of that exploration is super fun to especially as i get closer to 40 it's like wow like all my creative genes probably comes from my mom and all my business genes probably comes from my dad and and like all these different things that i did when i was young in some ways has made what i do today possible actually listen i so appreciate you putting up with my meandering you've been fantastic to have on the show so thank you so much for joining me thank you for having me

friends and family there how it would have shaped the things that i do today and so i think some of those some of that exploration is super fun to especially as i get closer to 40 it's like wow like all my creative genes probably comes from my mom and all my business genes probably comes from my dad and and like all these different things that i did when i was young in some ways has made what i do today possible actually listen i so appreciate you putting up with my meandering you've been fantastic to have on the show so thank you so much for joining me thank you for having me