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I wanted it to be very West Coast. I was like, we're a West Coast podcast company.

Let's have like a West Coast name. We didn't have a designer. We would do one-week sprints.

You know, I am someone who strongly believes in the mantra, do not prematurely optimize.

If it doesn't help us iterate on product, then it's not valuable. You can do it as a side project.

We didn't quit our day jobs.

I had a day job.

Really build for what you need at the moment and everything is changeable.

I guess my advice is like, don't do things until you absolutely need them.

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