Russ Yusupov

Yep, Dom left within the first year, Colin shortly after. I can't speak to the reasons why Dom and Colin left specifically, but it was a big hit to the company each time we lost a founder. And I think it certainly changed the trajectory.

Yep, Dom left within the first year, Colin shortly after. I can't speak to the reasons why Dom and Colin left specifically, but it was a big hit to the company each time we lost a founder. And I think it certainly changed the trajectory.

Yeah, it felt surprising, you know, I felt a bit let down, but I knew they had their own personal reasons and they had their own plans for what they wanted to work on next. No hard feelings, but it did start to feel lonely after a while.

Yeah, it felt surprising, you know, I felt a bit let down, but I knew they had their own personal reasons and they had their own plans for what they wanted to work on next. No hard feelings, but it did start to feel lonely after a while.

No, not at all. I knew that this was my baby. Even as the usage number started to decline, I felt even more fired up to continue working on it. We kept that same culture of like, all right, let's develop the roadmap. Let's build features quickly. Let's put them out quickly and test them on the user base as quickly as possible.

No, not at all. I knew that this was my baby. Even as the usage number started to decline, I felt even more fired up to continue working on it. We kept that same culture of like, all right, let's develop the roadmap. Let's build features quickly. Let's put them out quickly and test them on the user base as quickly as possible.

I had a blast. Now, all of a sudden, the work that I was doing had achieved greater scale, had more immediate impact, and I could see the results much more quickly.

I had a blast. Now, all of a sudden, the work that I was doing had achieved greater scale, had more immediate impact, and I could see the results much more quickly.

I did my full three-year contract before coming up with my next product idea. Ultimately, I felt like, okay, I have another idea that I'm really passionate and curious about that I want to explore. And it seems like there's a strong team here that can

I did my full three-year contract before coming up with my next product idea. Ultimately, I felt like, okay, I have another idea that I'm really passionate and curious about that I want to explore. And it seems like there's a strong team here that can

Yeah, unfortunately, it became really difficult and tenuous because so much of the Vine team was focused on how do we make Vine a platform for all types of content, as opposed to just this like small collection of content categories, you know, 15 or 20 Viners. So I think internally there was that struggle. There was that tension. Some people thought that stop motion videos are more important.

Yeah, unfortunately, it became really difficult and tenuous because so much of the Vine team was focused on how do we make Vine a platform for all types of content, as opposed to just this like small collection of content categories, you know, 15 or 20 Viners. So I think internally there was that struggle. There was that tension. Some people thought that stop motion videos are more important.

Others thought that music on Vine was more important. Others thought that longer videos are going to be the key. And some thought, well, let's see what the Vine creators want. These 15 people like the Vine mafia, if you will. They're going to stop posting if we don't give them what they want and champion their voices and their ideas and the features they wanted.

Others thought that music on Vine was more important. Others thought that longer videos are going to be the key. And some thought, well, let's see what the Vine creators want. These 15 people like the Vine mafia, if you will. They're going to stop posting if we don't give them what they want and champion their voices and their ideas and the features they wanted.

Yeah, it just became just a whole bag of different opinions.

Yeah, it just became just a whole bag of different opinions.

All right. Test one, two.

All right. Test one, two.

Yes. No. No, I can hear you.

Yes. No. No, I can hear you.