Cocoon Co-Founders Sachin Monga & Alex Cornell on connecting close circles, standout features | E1026

In this episode, Jason Calacanis chats with Cocoon founders Alex Cornell and Sachin Monga about their journey in building the private social network. They discuss the company's vision, customer data handling, and challenges faced while raising funds against giants like Facebook. The episode also explores the value of strong domain names and the use of Notion by Cocoon's founders.

Speakers

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Jason Calacanis

Host • 57%

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Sachin Monga

Guest • 19%

Alex Cornell

Guest • 17%

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Chapters

0:00	Opening
0:57	Jason intros Alex & Sachin
4:46	When and why did they start Cocoon?
6:40	Why did Facebook keep changing their developer tools platform?
9:22	What is the vision for Cocoon and who is it made for?
14:58	How did they get the cocoon.com domain name and why do strong domain names breed trust?
16:57	What are they doing with customer data and how will they monetize?
20:20	Cocoon demo and Alex takes us through some key features
29:45	How difficult was raising money going up against Facebook, iMessage, etc.?
33:04	Who is their ideal customer?
38:35	Building a company in San Francisco vs. outside of it
41:57	Jason tries to invest in Cocoon live on air
47:45	Growing Cocoon in the crowded app store
51:51	Why do Cocoon founders use Notion?
54:37	Jason calls Ben Horowitz

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