Revolutionizing podcasting + standards vs. innovation with Anchor Co-Founder Mike Mignano | E1520

This Week in Startups

Jason Calacanis

Technology

4.2 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2022

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Today's show is a CLASSIC TWiST founder interview. Anchor Co-Founder Mike Mignano joins to tell Anchor's founding story (1:40), break down what it's like getting acquired by Spotify (15:32), and talk about how RSS standards might be stunting innovation in the podcasting space. (33:17)

0:00 Jason intros today's guest: Anchor Co-Founder Mike Mignano

1:40 Mike explains why he started Anchor, the original inspiration and first versions, finding PMF, building the nuts and bolts of a great podcast publishing experience

14:23 Helpware - Go to https://helpware.com/TWIST to get $1000 off your first invoice

15:32 Why Anchor sold to Spotify, the Series B term sheet they were considering at the time of acquisition, getting courted by Spotify CEO Daniel Ek, Anchor's first check story

24:44 LinkedIn Jobs - Post your first job for free at https://linkedin.com/twist

25:58 Why Apple hasn't innovated in podcasting, paid podcasts vs. advertising

31:59 Babbel - Save up to 60% off your language learning subscription at https://babbel.com/twist

33:17 Why Mike wrote his recent article: “The Standards Innovation Paradox”, evolving standards to increase innovation, the Substack example

Read Mike's article:

https://mignano.medium.com/the-standards-innovation-paradox-e14cab521391

Transcript

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0:00.0	Okay, everybody, we have a great show for you today.
0:03.2	Anchor, the podcasting company's co-founder, Mike McNano,
0:07.2	is with us.
0:08.0	He joins us for a classic throwback twist founder interview.
0:11.2	You know, like I used to do in the old days.
0:12.9	Well, you know, Mike, he founded Anchor
0:14.5	and sold it to Spotify.
0:15.6	He really helped define the entire podcasting space
0:18.1	and level it up.
0:19.3	And he was on the podcasting team over at Spotify
0:21.5	for a couple of years.
0:22.4	We had him on because he recently wrote an interesting article
0:25.1	about RSS standards titled The Standards Innovation Paradox.
0:28.9	We had a really deep discussion about podcasting,
0:31.9	Spotify and their role in it and product market fit
0:34.4	all this great stuff.
0:35.3	And Molly and I will be back for the news tomorrow
0:38.0	and back for my rafting trip at a great three days
0:40.5	on the river.
0:41.0	I'll share some photos tomorrow.
0:42.8	But Friday will be big news energy.
0:45.1	Molly and I are back.
	...

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