Episode 25: David Swain — Director of Communications Facebook & Instagram

King of the Ride

Ted King

Sports, Health & Fitness, Business

4.8 • 660 Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2019

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

David Swain’s introduction to cycling was riding backwards on a banana seated bicycle to impress girls and it ultimately landed him as the Director of Communications at both Facebook and Instagram. David’s time in Silicon Valley is extensive, but it was in Napa Valley that Ted and David met for the first time, naturally on the bike. They chatted a bit then, and it was when David reached out to Ted about a podcast that the two of them caught up quite a bit more much more recently. Talking start ups and tech, the athletic vibe that’s rampant in the Valley, plus how to launch a bike into a lake to make the most of your summers, this podcast really has it all! This episode is presented by Strava. Visit strava.com/summit and use code "king" for one month free of Strava’s Summit Features. You can use live data, personalized heats maps, Summit perks including discounts from brands and particular products to help you make yourself go further, faster, better!

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, welcome on back. I thank you very much for tuning in. I am Ted King,
0:09.5	your host as always here on King of the Ride podcast and you're in store for a really good one today.
0:16.3	Our guest, David Swain. Now perhaps not a name on the tip of your tongue from the cycling world,
0:23.5	but David and I we first met on the bike out in California and he has, let's call it,
0:29.4	a distinguished resume that I'm going to boast here for him. Think back to the year 2008
0:34.9	as it relates to Facebook in particular.
0:38.3	Now Facebook at that point is still a relatively young upstart and a young David Swain took the role as director of technology communications.
0:46.3	Five successful years later he became the head of communications at Instagram. Maybe you've heard of these two companies.
0:53.3	Another little tech upstart.
0:55.1	He's also joined the board of advisors at Strava, probably in part due to his fondness for the bike.
1:01.7	Anyway, this podcast has been in my possession for a little while now, and I'm proud to bring it
1:07.7	online here and now to you. David was actually out visiting New England just this past fall, and I'm proud to bring it online here and now to you. David was actually out visiting New England just this past fall,
1:13.8	and I told him to make a trip to the untapped headquarters here in Vermont.
1:19.9	I showed him the Cochran Ski Area, the making of all things maple.
1:24.3	We actually traded podcasts, so to speak, so please check out his show, Common Threadsmedia.com.
1:30.3	I've been a guest there. He's also had the likes of Kate Courtney, Gary Fisher, and plenty of
1:35.5	very important VPs with some serious cred in Silicon Valley.
1:41.1	So I thank you very much, David, for making the trip for taking the time and humoring me
1:45.6	with my questions about the overlap of cycling world and the tech world.
1:50.3	On that note, thanks go out also to Strava for helping bring this episode to you.
1:56.8	Now we are just a few days into the new year, so it's a great time to visit 2018.strava.com,
2:03.6	2018.strava.com to create and watch your personalized video of your 2000 year in sports.
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