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Courtne Smith, NewNew
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Length:
53 minutes
Released:
May 14, 2021
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Podcast episode
Description
After starting her career as part of Drake's management team, founder Courtne Smith has gone on to create a couple of different apps aimed at capitalizing on new and emerging behavior in online social interaction. Her latest venture, NewNew, is a bit like a stock market mixed with a crowdsourcing platform for the decision-making of creators, artists, and even just everyday, ordinary people. We talk to Courtne about her path to entrepreneurship, and what's happening in social that's changing how people want to engage.Links for this week's episode:NewNewIn a startup reprise, Courtne Smith launches NewNew, a social network based on shared contentCourtne Smith on TwitterConnect with us:On TwitterOn InstagramVia email: found@techcrunch.com
Released:
May 14, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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