FounderQuest We Pull Back The Curtain On A Secret Project
This week Josh reveals his super secret project that he's been working on and it will...BLOW...YOU...AWAY!!! Just kidding, you and your surroundings are most likely safe but it's pretty darn cool! Want more? The Founders get contrarian and talk about why they sometimes go to the trouble of building tools instead of buying ones that are readily available. They also make a case for using separate apps rather than an all-in-one solution. Ancient viral video fans rejoice and get ready for some reminiscing about The Hamster Dance and The Badger Song.
Show Notes
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Badger Badger Badger
Hamster Dance
Intercom
Full Transcription:
Josh: Should we have to all say 'Badgers when we clap instead of just you, like we all say it?
Ben: Yes, but in different languages.
Starr: Yeah, and it's all going to come back in slightly different line times. So it's just going to be like 'Badgers, 'Badgers, 'Badgers.
Ben: Mushroom, mushroom, mushroom.
Josh: Mushroom, mushroom. Nice.
Starr: That was... What was that from? That was from an ancient meme, wasn't it?
Ben: Yeah, it was a video.
Josh: Badger, badger, badger-
Ben: Badger, badger, badger, mushroom, mushroom.
Starr: Oh! Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I got it. I was totally referencing that. I was totally referencing that, guys. So have you guys heard the song Raining Tacos?
Ben: Nope.
Josh: Mm-mm (negative).
Starr: Because my little girl is super into it, and it's a song about it raining tacos. I think it's new, but it's a very old school internet type song.
Josh: I haven't heard that one.
Ben: Have you shown Ida hamster dance?
Starr: No, I don't know what you're talking about. What's that?
Ben: You've got to check it out. You've got to check it out.
Starr: Hamster dance?
Ben: I don't even want to spoil the surprise.
Starr: Okay. I'll write it down.
Josh: Everyone should check it out.
Ben: It is like the original internet video meme song catchy thing.
Josh: Viral video. Viral song.
Starr: Okay, I probably seen it, but... Yeah, I probably seen it, but all the new viral content has pushed out the old viral content. It's like a stack that just overflows. It's like a stack overflow.
Ben: Exactly.
Starr: They should name a website that.
Ben: So deep.
Josh: My question is do we actually want to check out any of these videos, because it'll be stuck in our head and our kids won't shut up about them?
Starr: No, probably not.
Ben: Come on, Josh.
Josh: Is this like the ultimate troll, Ben?
Ben: You're spoiling the surprise.
Josh: Is it like Baby Shark or whatever?
Starr: Yeah, this is funny. So it was Ida's birthday the other day and-
Josh: Nice. Happy Birthday, Ida.
Starr: Yeah. So we did her birthday party, and we gave her her CD player, and I got her a couple CDs. She's got like four favorite songs, and they're all wildly eclectic. So we got her a Jewel CD, because she likes Jewel's rendition of Twinkle Twinkle. And we got her a Bob Marley CD, because she really likes a Bob Marley song, and some weird country western CD because it's got a Rudolph Red Nose Reindeer on it that she really liked. And what was the last one? Oh, yeah. The Wiggles, just for fun. Yeah, so yesterday... So I was very strategic about this, because kids birthday parties are chaos. So I was like, "Let's open the CD player first. You get one CD, the Jewel CD, which is super mellow." So I was like, "Why don't we just play this while we open the rest of your presents." So we had this super mellow acoustic music playing, and it made it a little bit more chill. I don't know.
Josh: Did you have a lot of kids there or was it manageable number?
Starr: There were no kids.
Josh: Oh, okay. I was going to say.
Starr: She had her party at daycare-
Josh: Okay.
Starr: -and then at home we just did it with... because all of her friends were at daycare, so at home we just did-
Josh: That's genius, actually.
Starr: -an adult thing. By adult, I mean her parents and her aunt, and that's it. And then 1000 phones on FaceTime. A complete camera crew.
Josh: Well, good for you. I've never been... I don't know. The whole invite 50 parents to your house from school or whatever thing terrifies me.
Starr: Yeah, that's why we were like no we're not going to...
Josh: Yeah,...