EP 167 : Building for the Next Generation - Kyle Fernandes (Co-founder & CEO, MemeChat)

Kyle is the co-founder and CEO of MemeChat, a social app made for memers by memers. In this episode Kyle spoke about how he convinced his parents when he started out building MemeChat, how he went from an idea to a product and to a company, their NFT Marketplace, the nuances of building for millennials and GenZ in his conversation with Roshan Cariappa.

Topics:

00:00 Introduction

01:10 How Kyle sold his startup idea to his parents

02:38 Kyle's experience of Meme economy

04:05 Going from idea to product to company with MemeChat

09:56 Are people losing interest in creating for big tech platforms?

11:02 What is MemeChat and who is it for?

13:11 How do you engineer bots to be funny?

14:50 MemeChat's NFT Marketplace

17:13 Nuances of building for the Millennials and GenZ

18:13 Scaling to 100mn+ users

20:03 How do you Scale content

21:17 Customer acquisition strategy

22:38 Working with OTT platforms

23:41 MemeChat in the next 18-24 months

25:07 Developing a mindset for sustainable growth 

26:53 Insights for new consumer tech entrepreneurs

28:43 How is Kyle preparing for the next leap at MemeChat

30:55 Creating a category

32:52 Dealing with failure

34:55 Keeping up with evolving audiences

36:03 Books and Podcast recommendations

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Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyle-fern/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/kyleandfern

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