Ep. 52 - Our first existential startup crisis

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We had our first existential crisis when Apple announced that they're adding transcripts to Apple Podcasts. We panicked for a few minutes, regrouped, and decided to ship Metacast in open beta ASAP.

On the episode, Arnab, Ilya and Jennie discuss the whole ordeal as it was happening.

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Segments

• [01:09] Launch stages at Google and Amazon

• [07:21] Our secret sauce

• [13:00] Why we decided to start talking about the app openly

• [17:22] Our first existential crisis

• [31:07] Re-evaluation of priorities

• [34:35] Building a community on Reddit

• [38:03] Books and podcasts recommendations

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Show notes

Metacast

• Get Metacast for iOS and Android

• r/metacastapp subreddit

Podcasts

• Interview with Christian Selig on Builders Gonna Build

• Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness

• The Game w/ Alex Hormozi

Books

• Broken Code: Inside Facebook and the Fight to Expose Its Harmful Secrets by Jeff Horwitz

• The Wanderer by Sharon Creech

• The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr. & E. B. White

• Learn Spanish with Paul Noble for Beginners by Paul Noble

• Next Steps in Spanish with Paul Noble for Intermediate Learners by Paul Noble

• Bone by Jeff Smith

• Sandman by Neil Gaiman

• Dog Man by Dav Pilkey

• We Are Legion (We Are Bob): Bobiverse, Book 1 by Dennis E. Taylor

• Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

Shows

• Queer Eye on Netflix