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Ep. 58 - The 1 Year Anniversary

It’s been a year since we started working on Metacast. In this episode Arnab and Ilya reflect on the journey and compare working on a startup with the…

Jul 25, 2024 • Metacast

Ep. 57 - Positioning, power struggle, DUNS bureaucracy

We're discussing the dilemma of positioning Metacast as both powerful and simple, break down the recent power struggle about 5% transparency of a UI…

May 17, 2024 • Metacast

Ep. 56 - We're back!

We're back and this is a massive update on what we've been up to since our last episode!

May 1, 2024 • Metacast

Ep. 55 - Leaving Google and Amazon to bootstrap Metacast (rerun of ep. 24)

We took a leap of faith and left our jobs at Google and Amazon to jump into the unknown. It wasn't easy and required quite a bit of planning. This is a…

Mar 20, 2024 • Metacast

Ep. 54 - How we chose the market to go after

How we were thinking about product-market-fit, potential revenue, and entering a market that already has strong players. We’re giving a full breakdown…

Mar 6, 2024 • Metacast

Ep. 53 - How we launched Metacast in beta

We broke Metacast just before launching it in open beta. Ouch. On this episode, we talk about the launch, how it went, and what we’ve learned. Segments…

Feb 21, 2024 • Metacast

Ep. 52 - Our first existential startup crisis

We had our first existential crisis when Apple announced that they're adding transcripts to Apple Podcasts. We panicked for a few minutes, regrouped…

Feb 8, 2024 • Metacast

Ep. 51 - Post-vacation guilt, writing docs, new podcast

We took a break from the startup for the holiday season and were welcomed back to work by a warm embrace of guilt. Should we feel guilt when building a…

Jan 24, 2024 • Ilya Bezdelev

Ep. 50 - Year 2023 in review, plans for 2024

What was 2023 like to Metacast, what's ahead for us in 2024, and our favorite podcast recordings of 2023.

Jan 10, 2024 • Ilya Bezdelev

Ep. 49 - Our favorite books, podcasts, products and experiences of 2023

To close off 2023, Arnab and Ilya sat down for a lighthearted review of our favorite books, podcasts, products and experiences of 2023.

Jan 3, 2024 • Ilya Bezdelev

Ep. 48 - Pros and cons of working at Google and other Big Tech companies

With Alex Rechevskiy, PM career coach, ex-PM @ Google

Dec 20, 2023 • Ilya Bezdelev

Ep. 47 - Is fair equity compensation possible in a startup? (with Outseta's Geoff Roberts)

Geoff Roberts, co-founder of Outseta, on a compensation model that allows employees earn founder-level equity.

Dec 6, 2023 • Ilya Bezdelev

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