The Foundr Podcast with Nathan Chan cover image

465: The State of Podcasting with Ex-Spotify Executive and Parcast Founder Max Cutler

The Foundr Podcast with Nathan Chan

00:00

How Spotify Achieved Podcasts

In October of 2018, I got a call from somebody by the name of Courtney Holt, who was running podcasting at Spotify. At that time, Spotify just started to distribute podcasts. And when I left that meeting it was very clear, they're interested in acquiring podcast and podcast wasn't for sale. They just came in at a very aggressive offer in December and January. As someone that saw the growth that had to probably consider taking and raising money or selling the multiple they offer me was probably the easiest decision of my life.

Play episode at 18:13
Transcript

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!
App store bannerPlay store banner
Get the app