Eran Zinman
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Podcast Appearances
And then a few hours go by, I do a bunch of interviews on TV, newspapers, and it's like 4 or 5 p.m. I look to my left, I see Roy, my co-founder, doing interviews as well. And we're alone, like literally alone. Everybody left. We're alone. I had like this blazer that I never wear, but for the IPO, we wore matching suits.
And then a few hours go by, I do a bunch of interviews on TV, newspapers, and it's like 4 or 5 p.m. I look to my left, I see Roy, my co-founder, doing interviews as well. And we're alone, like literally alone. Everybody left. We're alone. I had like this blazer that I never wear, but for the IPO, we wore matching suits.
We took off the blazers and we walked to the hotel, like 25 minutes, like with the white t-shirts. We walked to the hotel. I go to my hotel room. I sit down on the bed and just stare at Netflix for like three hours. That's the IPO day. That's the anticlimax of the IPO.
We took off the blazers and we walked to the hotel, like 25 minutes, like with the white t-shirts. We walked to the hotel. I go to my hotel room. I sit down on the bed and just stare at Netflix for like three hours. That's the IPO day. That's the anticlimax of the IPO.
We took off the blazers and we walked to the hotel, like 25 minutes, like with the white t-shirts. We walked to the hotel. I go to my hotel room. I sit down on the bed and just stare at Netflix for like three hours. That's the IPO day. That's the anticlimax of the IPO.
The day after, when I woke up, I opened my iPhone, opened the Stocks app and added Monday. And that was the most exciting. I felt it throughout my whole body when I saw the Monday ticker. It just felt real.
The day after, when I woke up, I opened my iPhone, opened the Stocks app and added Monday. And that was the most exciting. I felt it throughout my whole body when I saw the Monday ticker. It just felt real.
The day after, when I woke up, I opened my iPhone, opened the Stocks app and added Monday. And that was the most exciting. I felt it throughout my whole body when I saw the Monday ticker. It just felt real.
I think we went up like 10 or 15%, so it was good.
I think we went up like 10 or 15%, so it was good.
I think we went up like 10 or 15%, so it was good.
When we started the company, actually Roy was the CEO and I was the CTO. So we didn't start as co-COs, but I remember like a week into the company, he told me, look, I want us to do everything together. So I told him, of course, like we're co-founders, but he told me, look, everything, you know, raise money together, be co-COs. I told him, okay.
When we started the company, actually Roy was the CEO and I was the CTO. So we didn't start as co-COs, but I remember like a week into the company, he told me, look, I want us to do everything together. So I told him, of course, like we're co-founders, but he told me, look, everything, you know, raise money together, be co-COs. I told him, okay.
When we started the company, actually Roy was the CEO and I was the CTO. So we didn't start as co-COs, but I remember like a week into the company, he told me, look, I want us to do everything together. So I told him, of course, like we're co-founders, but he told me, look, everything, you know, raise money together, be co-COs. I told him, okay.
And we would meet investors and it was weird because I would sometimes talk about the business and he would talk about technology and then next meeting we'll switch roles. I think we got everybody kind of confused, but after a while he just told me like, let's make it official, kind of name ourselves co-CEOs just so we don't have to explain it to everybody.
And we would meet investors and it was weird because I would sometimes talk about the business and he would talk about technology and then next meeting we'll switch roles. I think we got everybody kind of confused, but after a while he just told me like, let's make it official, kind of name ourselves co-CEOs just so we don't have to explain it to everybody.
And we would meet investors and it was weird because I would sometimes talk about the business and he would talk about technology and then next meeting we'll switch roles. I think we got everybody kind of confused, but after a while he just told me like, let's make it official, kind of name ourselves co-CEOs just so we don't have to explain it to everybody.
What's so special about him is that he's one of those people that has no ego. He wants to do what's best for the company. He doesn't care about his own title or to be on top of somebody else. We spend a lot of time together. We actually walk home every day, like walking. We live in Tel Aviv, so we walk every day. We spend hours just to think and talk about things.
What's so special about him is that he's one of those people that has no ego. He wants to do what's best for the company. He doesn't care about his own title or to be on top of somebody else. We spend a lot of time together. We actually walk home every day, like walking. We live in Tel Aviv, so we walk every day. We spend hours just to think and talk about things.
What's so special about him is that he's one of those people that has no ego. He wants to do what's best for the company. He doesn't care about his own title or to be on top of somebody else. We spend a lot of time together. We actually walk home every day, like walking. We live in Tel Aviv, so we walk every day. We spend hours just to think and talk about things.