The Danny Miranda Podcast

#285: Michael Mignano – Building Anchor Into The Biggest Podcasting Platform In The World

Dec 7, 2022

01:09:01

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Episode guests

Michael Mignano

Highlights

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Episode notes

Is There a Future for Computers?

03:09

Is It a Good Idea to Raise More Money?

02:50

Is Your Product Getting Promoted by the App Store?

03:13

Introduction

4min

Music and Technology at an Early Age

4min

Is There a Future for Computers?

3min

Is There a Future for the Internet?

5min

Anchor Podcast - When Did You Realize We Were Living Through That Revolution?

6min

Anchor - The Original Product

2min

How Does That Impact You as a Startup Founder?

2min

Is Your Product Getting Promoted by the App Store?

3min

Is It a Good Idea to Raise More Money?

3min

10.

Anchor - What Happened After That?

1min

11.

Anchors and the Next Series a Fundraise

5min

12.

Podcasts - Podcasts, Podcasts and Podcasts. And We Found Product Market Fit

2min

13.

Anchor Podcasts - The Most Used Platform for Podcasts

5min

14.

Anchor

4min

15.

Podcasting - What Are Some of the Biggest Misconceptions About Spotify?

3min

16.

Angel Investing - Can I Make That My Full Time Job?

4min

17.

What Are Your Worst Investments?

4min

18.

You Could Get a Job if It Didn't Work

3min

19.

Startup School - What Mentors Do You Need?

4min

20.

Do You Have a Challenge for People?

4min

Michael Mignano is the creator of Anchor. He previously served as the Head of Talk for Spotify. Now, he serves as a partner at Lightspeed.

In this podcast, he talked about stories from his early days at Anchor, when you should sell, misconceptions about Spotify, and how he found Product Market Fit.

(0:00) Intro

(1:40) Getting Jumped

(3:45) Music & Technology

(7:31) Early Days of Internet

(15:38) Living Through The Audio/Video Revolution

(19:33) Starting Anchor

(23:21) When Anchor Wasn’t Working…

(31:29) Growth/Finding Product Market Fit

(40:08) Why Is Anchor Most Used?

(45:20) When To Sell?

(49:10) Misconceptions About Spotify

(51:44) Becoming A Venture Capitalist

(55:53) What Makes For A Good Investment?

(57:45) Quitting Job To Start Company

(1:05:33) Challenge

Michael’s Links

Twitter: https://twitter.com/mignano

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