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EP1: Jonathan Wegener, founder Timehop and serial entrepreneur, on building the first social memories product (Timehop), joining Evan's design team at Snap, and why he's excited about "active audio" experiences Apr 11, 2021

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Interview with Jonathan Wegener -- one of the most innovative product thinkers we know. We talk about his experience founding Timehop, working on Evan Spiegel's design team at Snap, and what he's working on next ("active" audio-based products).
Episode Highlights:

How Jonathan got started building products
How he got into startups and started building online businesses
How Timehop started at a Foursquare hackathon
Timehop early traction and explosive growth
Lessons from raising Series A and hyper growth phase
Facebook launches competing "on this day" product
Timehop's evolution and new advertising business
Joining Evan's design team at Snap
Snap's vision driven design culture "Willy Wonka chocolate factory of tech"
What he's working on now-- Active Auditory Experiences
Framework for Active Audio (Eg: Detour), Passive Audio (Eg: Music), Active Video (Eg: Gaming) and Passive Video (Eg: Netflix)
How and why Active Audio experiences could be a big new category

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