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“What’s Not Being Said” with Zack Kanter

“What’s Not Being Said” with Zack Kanter

FromVillage Global Podcast


“What’s Not Being Said” with Zack Kanter

FromVillage Global Podcast

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Length:
98 minutes
Released:
Jan 20, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Zack Kanter (@zackkanter), founder and CEO of Stedi.com, joins Erik on this episode.They discuss:- How Zack thinks about Twitter, why from outside it seems absurd, and why he calls it a “text-based role-playing game.”- How he navigated the idea maze in starting Stedi and the key insight he had that led him to start the company.- How the legibility problem from the book Seeing Like a State has changed how he approaches company-building.- Why he says that “code is not an asset, code is a liability” and how AWS Lambda has changed how he built Stedi —and how all of this is related to legibility.- Why they don’t do performance reviews and what it means to have an “event-driven” culture.- His perspective on bootstrapping versus taking VC, why he says that founding companies requires domain expertise now, and why he built the company in Boulder.Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform. Check us out on the web at villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.Venture Stories is brought to you by Village Global and is hosted by co-founder and partner, Erik Torenberg. Grace Chen is our audio engineer and the show is produced by Brett Bolkowy.
Released:
Jan 20, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

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Village Global's Venture Stories takes you inside the world of venture capital and technology, featuring enlightening interviews with entrepreneurs, investors and tech industry leaders. The podcast is hosted by Village Global partner and co-founder Erik Torenberg. Check us out on the web at villageglobal.vc/podcast for more.