EP 25: Braze’s Bill Magnuson talks the “aha moment” and advice for entrepreneurs, plus Rashad Assir’s path to Redpoint TikTok

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What the Fuck Are We Doing?

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In the 25th episode of Cartoon Avatars Logan talks with friend and Braze CEO Bill Magnuson about his start, his success, and the joke stocking stuffer worth 20k. Plus Redpoint’s Rashad Assir is back once again to discuss his own background, and how it led to his TikTok success and work with Redpoint.

(0:00) Intro

(0:22) Introducing Rashad

(3:05) Rashad’s background

(5:45) Redpoint’s TikTok

(10:45) Introducing Bill Magnuson

(16:27) How big is Braze?

(17:36) Bill’s Background

(20:48) Taking college classes as a high school freshman

(25:11) Applying to MIT

(29:32) Building Google android product

(34:14) Bridgewater

(39:42) Founding Appboy

(44:46) Thesis behind Braze

(48:29) The “aha moment”

(52:05) Throughput vs Deliverability

(55:57) Predicting the future of infrastructure

(1:02:35) Advice for entrepreneurs

(1:05:37) Being on the path of progress

(1:10:31) Taking over as CEO

(1:15:23) Recruiting your team

(1:19:32) Going public

(1:24:35) What keeps you motivated?

(1:27:22) Bill’s bitcoin story

(1:30:02) Outro

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https://www.tiktok.com/@redpoint?lang=en

https://www.tiktok.com/@corporayshid?lang=en

Mixed and edited: Justin Hrabovsky

Produced: Andrew Nadeau and Rashad Assir

Executive Producer: Josh Machiz

Music Griff Lawson

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