Episode 1185

Kevin Rose on product philosophy, Reddit & Digg's inverse journeys, Twitter's innovations | E1185

Mar 16, 20211:23:57Watch on YouTube

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Show notes:

0:00 Start

0:58 Jason intros Kevin Rose & they discuss Kevin leaving the Bay Area for Portland, his role at True Ventures & what he misses about being an entrepreneur

6:50 Kevin's blind spots as an entrepreneur, insights on Mark Zuckerberg

9:51 Rippling - For an easier way to run your startup remotely visit https://www.rippling.com/twist

11:28 Building Zero Fasting, product philosophy

20:21 Maintaining humility in a random industry

22:37 Squarespace - Go to https://squarespace.com/twist for a free trial, and use code TWIST for 10% off

24:08 Jason's first experience seeing Digg & meeting Kevin, Mahalo's product innovations, perils of being too early

30:02 Digg's undoing, inverse journey with Reddit, trying to buy back Digg

37:44 Zendesk - 6 months free at https://www.zendesk.com/twist

39:17 Twitter's recent product innovations, True's Peloton bet

50:17 Where Kevin gets his design inspiration, Japanese impact

57:22 Friendship with Tim Ferriss, alternative forms of therapy

1:10:49 Lessons & lifestyle improvements from the pandemic, NFTs & the future of sponsorship/ownership