In the 55th episode of The Logan Bartlett Show, Amplitude CEO Spenser Skates joins to discuss his path to going public, finding market fit, differentiating from competitors, and Logan’s early investment in Amplitude.
(0:00) Intro
(4:13) Going Public
(16:50) Thinking About Cost Consciousness
(21:17) Crowdsourcing Cost-Saving Ideas
(26:22) Choosing a Career
(35:25) The Promise of Product Data
(58:36) What to Look For in a Board Member
(1:01:12) Founding CEOs Suck at Hiring
(1:17:39) Exercise Windows
Mixed and edited: Sam Dewees
Produced: Andrew Nadeau and Rashad Assir
Executive Producer: Josh Machiz
Music: Griff Lawson
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Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, Netflix. In each episode, Logan goes behind the scenes with world-class entrepreneurs and investors. If you're interested in the real inside baseball of tech, entrepreneurship, and start-up investing, tune in every Friday for new episodes.
Executive Producer: Rashad Assir
Producer: Leah Clapper
Mixing and editing: Justin Hrabovsky
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About the Show
Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode, Logan goes behind the scenes with world-class entrepreneurs and investors. If you're interested in the real inside baseball of tech, entrepreneurship, and start-up investing, tune in every Friday for new episodes.
