Podcast Appearances
Now, Yetis, there are many ways to build a product, to test a product, to find product market fit. A whole bunch of theories out there.
Now, Yetis, there are many ways to build a product, to test a product, to find product market fit. A whole bunch of theories out there.
Or to put that in business terms, come for the brand, stay for the user experience. First, customers come for the look. The fashionable color and the smells like a dessert. And then they stayed for the experience. The mist felt premium and it didn't ruin your backpack. That's how Touchland disrupted Purell and is now the rage with tweens.
Or to put that in business terms, come for the brand, stay for the user experience. First, customers come for the look. The fashionable color and the smells like a dessert. And then they stayed for the experience. The mist felt premium and it didn't ruin your backpack. That's how Touchland disrupted Purell and is now the rage with tweens.
Or to put that in business terms, come for the brand, stay for the user experience. First, customers come for the look. The fashionable color and the smells like a dessert. And then they stayed for the experience. The mist felt premium and it didn't ruin your backpack. That's how Touchland disrupted Purell and is now the rage with tweens.
Natalia turned hand sanitizer into a $100 million a year fashion accessory.
Natalia turned hand sanitizer into a $100 million a year fashion accessory.
Natalia turned hand sanitizer into a $100 million a year fashion accessory.
For our third and final story, Microsoft is shutting down Skype this May. So Jack and I wrote an obituary to Skype because we think it's the greatest, most innovative company in history.
For our third and final story, Microsoft is shutting down Skype this May. So Jack and I wrote an obituary to Skype because we think it's the greatest, most innovative company in history.
For our third and final story, Microsoft is shutting down Skype this May. So Jack and I wrote an obituary to Skype because we think it's the greatest, most innovative company in history.
Using the internet, Skype basically killed long distance. That was their first destruction. They destroyed the long distance phone call and basically invented video calls. And Jack, you and I were both working international jobs. Like you were calling Europe, I was calling Latin America. When I was studying abroad in Berlin, I had many a late night Skype. Ich bin ein Schkyper.
Using the internet, Skype basically killed long distance. That was their first destruction. They destroyed the long distance phone call and basically invented video calls. And Jack, you and I were both working international jobs. Like you were calling Europe, I was calling Latin America. When I was studying abroad in Berlin, I had many a late night Skype. Ich bin ein Schkyper.
Using the internet, Skype basically killed long distance. That was their first destruction. They destroyed the long distance phone call and basically invented video calls. And Jack, you and I were both working international jobs. Like you were calling Europe, I was calling Latin America. When I was studying abroad in Berlin, I had many a late night Skype. Ich bin ein Schkyper.
But Skype, if you know, was actually invented in Estonia by a few entrepreneurs with zero telecom experience. They're actually the same guys who founded Kazaa, which is the Napster knockoff Nick and I used to share music. I mean, we never used because we only bought music legally. Now, these Estonian entrepreneurs actually sold Skype at first to eBay.
But Skype, if you know, was actually invented in Estonia by a few entrepreneurs with zero telecom experience. They're actually the same guys who founded Kazaa, which is the Napster knockoff Nick and I used to share music. I mean, we never used because we only bought music legally. Now, these Estonian entrepreneurs actually sold Skype at first to eBay.
But Skype, if you know, was actually invented in Estonia by a few entrepreneurs with zero telecom experience. They're actually the same guys who founded Kazaa, which is the Napster knockoff Nick and I used to share music. I mean, we never used because we only bought music legally. Now, these Estonian entrepreneurs actually sold Skype at first to eBay.
That was right around the time that Skype became the first tech product to become a verb. True story. I'll Skype you. Sorry, AOL. That was the first one. But Skype isn't just vintage tech, Nick. It's arguably the most disruptive tech company pre-Uber. Case in point, when Microsoft acquired Skype in 2011 for $8.5 billion, that was their biggest deal ever.
That was right around the time that Skype became the first tech product to become a verb. True story. I'll Skype you. Sorry, AOL. That was the first one. But Skype isn't just vintage tech, Nick. It's arguably the most disruptive tech company pre-Uber. Case in point, when Microsoft acquired Skype in 2011 for $8.5 billion, that was their biggest deal ever.
That was right around the time that Skype became the first tech product to become a verb. True story. I'll Skype you. Sorry, AOL. That was the first one. But Skype isn't just vintage tech, Nick. It's arguably the most disruptive tech company pre-Uber. Case in point, when Microsoft acquired Skype in 2011 for $8.5 billion, that was their biggest deal ever.