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StartUp Podcast Season 2 — Following Dating Ring, a YC company run by 2 young women
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@imconnieq @abexlumberg @rrhoover For season 2, we chose Dating Ring because of, first and foremost, the founders' willingness to be honest and transparent, their particular struggles in fundraising, the relatable but often frustrating industry they're in (i.e. dating), and the fact that in many ways, they're outsiders in Silicon Valley, as non-techie women.
@lisaechow I like that direction. Are you planning to encourage more interaction and collaboration with listeners? Maybe even livestream "behind the scenes" content?
@imconnieq @abexlumberg @rrhoover This is great, and thanks for sharing. I agree with @rrhoover that a more interactive experience will be more exciting. And I am sure I am not the only one that have some questions regarding to each session. Communication makes me feel the platform personal and open, just like here.
Just got around to listening to S2:E1 and it honestly might be the best first episode of a podcast I've ever listened to. Great work!
Love love love this! Season 1 was epic to say the least - excited for season 2!
cannot WAIT to listen to this :)
@laurenikay can you tell us a bit about what it was like to be featured on Startup Season 2?
P.S. for more Gimlet, I interviewed them for our podcast: https://soundcloud.com/product-h...
@eriktorenberg Sure! First - Emma & I are huge NPR fans, so getting asked to be the second season was sort of like being 5 and getting asked to be a Power Ranger. We're thrilled that we get to work with a team of such amazing producers. We really loved the first season of StartUp, and can't wait to hear the second. This first episode was a total surprise to us - it was compiled after dozens and dozens of hours of interviews - and it was so fun to hear!
Second - it's tough! We've really put everything out there, and it's an incredibly anxiety-inducing experience. We're really hoping that people can empathize with us, and will feel better about themselves & and their own startups. Usually, you only hear about the 1% of startups who are 'killing it' so we hope Gimlet's really honest portrayal of startup life will be helpful - business wise and emotionally - for other founders on the struggle bus of startup life.
I binge listened to StartUp a few months back and was hooked quite quickly... Having been at TWiT a little while now, hearing what it's like getting off the ground, and going for a completely different style is very interesting.
I think this is the first audio-only podcast I've really listened to in a long time, and I've also just started listening to reply all.
@abexlumberg & @lisaechow - will there still be regular updates on Gimlet's progress? Will we get to hear more from the investors?
@abexlumberg @jsneedles We'll be including Gimlet updates at the end of season 2 episodes. There's one in episode 1, for example. Tune in!
This looks great, can't wait to check it out.
My go-to daily podcasts are Tech News Today from the TWiT guys (I gotchu @jsneedles) and DTNS by @acedtect. Does anyone have good recommendations for other daily tech news podcasts to check out?
Absolutely wonderful and a must listen. Excited for season two @abexlumberg & @lisaechow!
@lisaechow just wanted to say I loved the episode and your prior work on Planet Money
Wow, really really cool! Also like the fact that you've chosen a dating service, compared to taking a really tech-media-b2b-thingy.
Was a huge fan of Season 1 and the first episode of Season 2 was solid. Looking forward to hearing the behind the scenes during YCombinator. Great work @lisaechow
Fantastic show first time round - that first @sacca meeting man... - look forward to listening.
Soooooo excited!
@abexlumberg - thanks for sharing your tough conversations with employees and investors (@sacca). I used that snippet from S1, Episode 14 in a post about what founders should know before raising venture capital. Very powerful conversation! It's great to have someone pull back the curtain on building a startup. First yours and now others! Thank you. :)
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