DTNS LABS – INTERVIEW – Jack Conte, CEO of Patreon
Daily Tech News Show
Tom Merritt
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 28 April 2018
⏱️ 29 minutes
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We talk with jack Conte about how Patreon came about, and the challenges it faces as it grows.
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| 0:00.0 | A tech demo shows off the usual tech things. |
| 0:03.7 | Then I'm going to jump to a link using the usual tech devices. |
| 0:07.0 | We have a pointing device called a mouse. |
| 0:09.0 | Doing the usual tech productivity tasks. |
| 0:11.4 | Now we're connected audio. You can see my work, you can point at it, and I can see |
| 0:15.7 | your face and we can talk. Except it's 1968 and it's going to set the computing agenda for the |
| 0:20.5 | next half century, then almost immediately be ignored. |
| 0:24.4 | The mother of all demos on NOAA Little More. |
| 0:27.6 | Get it wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:31.6 | This is a passenger announcement. You can now book your train on Uber and get 10% back in credits to spend on Uber eats so you can order your own fries instead of eating everyone |
| 0:46.4 | else's. |
| 0:49.4 | Trains now on Uber. |
| 0:50.8 | Tees and sees apply. |
| 0:51.7 | Check the Uber app. |
| 1:01.1 | Hey folks, welcome again to another edition of DTNS Labs interviews. This time, I'm very excited to have Jack Conte CEO of |
| 1:06.0 | Patreon with us Jack thanks for joining us. |
| 1:08.0 | Hey Tom thank you so much for having me I really appreciate it. |
| 1:11.0 | Also thank you for getting annoyed at video monetization |
| 1:14.7 | and starting Patreon all those years ago. |
| 1:17.7 | You're so welcome. |
| 1:19.5 | I'll thank myself too. |
| 1:21.9 | Yeah, what a sucky problem. |
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