Recode Decode: Betaworks CEO and co-founder John Borthwick

Decoder with Nilay Patel

Vox Media Podcast Network

Technology, Business

4.3 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2015

⏱️ 53 minutes

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John Borthwick, CEO of the "startup studio" Betaworks, tells Peter Kafka why mobile apps still rule, why he's still bullish on Twitter user growth and more. Later, Lauren Goode and Kara Swisher talk TV streaming, and Kurt Wagner unpacks the daily fantasy controversy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today's sponsor is Audible.com, which has more than 180,000 audiobooks and spoken word audio products.
0:07.0	Get a free audiobook of your choice at audible.com slash decode.
0:14.0	Recode radio presents Recode Decode, hosted by Cara Swisher.
0:19.0	Hi, I'm Cara Swisher, executive editor of Recode.
0:22.0	You may know me best as the person who gave Marissa Mayer her purple kitten idea,
0:26.0	but in my spare time I talk tech and you're listening to Recode Decode,
0:30.0	a podcast about Silicon Valley players, big ideas, and how they are changing the world we live in.
0:36.0	Today in the red chair is John Borthwick, beta work CEO and an entrepreneur and investor
0:41.0	whom I have known since he was head of new product development at AOL,
0:45.0	which means we are both very old.
0:47.0	John spoke with Recode's media senior editor Peter Kafka in New York,
0:52.0	about podcasting, investing, and a whole lot more.
0:55.0	Peter?
0:56.0	Thanks, Cara.
0:57.0	I'm here with John Borthwick.
0:58.0	He's the CEO of betaworks.
1:00.0	You guys describe yourself as a startup studio.
1:02.0	Start up studio.
1:03.0	Start up studio and we'll translate that in a second,
1:05.0	but you're the company that's invested in lots of real interesting companies,
1:08.0	including Twitter and Tumblr.
1:09.0	You built a lot of interesting companies like Charpeed and Bitly,
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