How the Biggest YC Companies Got Started(mixergy.com) |
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The button is changed. It didn't occur to me that people would think that this wasn't coming via email over time. I guess I was too close to this project.
Edit: Originally, I included the direct-download link here. But Andrew's made some changes to the site's UI in the past hour which directly addressed my biggest objections, so I'm removing it.
I'm trying a new way of distributing them. It's an experiment to see if giving 1 interview at a time will get more people to listen to each interview. In the past, I put all the interviews on a single page, but I looked at the data and noticed that most people download the interview with the biggest name and ignore the others. I think the less known people are often more helpful.
And I would never spam you. I'm asking for an email address because that's the easiest way to do this. The original idea for this was to have it come out via RSS so you could get a new one in your podcast app every couple of days. But that seems like a pain.
1. Only a single interview 2. No interviews with actual YC-backed founders 3. Has a spamwall 4. Has a bunch of audio ads at the start
Edit: Andrew has addressed all four issues almost immediately. I believe that my fourth issue was just me making a frivolous point. My initial impression was that there were no interviews at the moment (besides the one with Jessica Livingston) and hearing a few ads after jumping through the hoop felt like I was deceived. Thanks for the clarification, Andrew.
>> I might have explained it wrong. It's multiple interviews. (After reading your comment, I made a change to the text above the email box.)
2. No interviews with actual YC-backed founders
>> I'm sending my interviews with the founders of Airbnb, TwitchTV, inDinero and other YC-backed companies.
3. Has a spamwall
>> I would never spam you. I'm not an anonymous internet guy. Many people from HN have been to my house for dinner of the office for a drink. If I ever spammed, I could never look them in the eye.
4. Has a bunch of audio ads at the start
>> You're right. I'll ask my editor what it would cost to have the ads edited out of all my old interviews. If someone here has a suggestion for how to do it, let me know. It might be too expensive to do to over 1000 interviews, but you're right and it's something I should explore.
My goal is to give people 1 interview at a time and see if they listen to more interviews than if I give them 10 at once.
I went with email because it was easier than the other options.
What I object to is the use of bait-and-switch tactics.