Today’s episode is with Michael Mignano, co-founder of the podcasting platform Anchor, and venture capitalist at Lightspeed. Riverside.fm is a presenting sponsor of Media Empires. Go to https://creators.riverside.fm/MediaEmpires and use code MEDIAEMPIRES for 20% off individual plans. Media Empires is part of the Turpen

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)

In the 38th episode Founder of Anchor Mike Mignano joins to talk about how he and Logan met, the origins of Anchor, selling to Spotify, what he sees as the future of podcasting, and Web3’s role in the creator economy. Plus Logan talks about his most recent Twitter backlash over being reasonably skeptical. (0:00) Intro

Send James & Sam a message Special Guests:Mitch Downey - PodverseMike Mignano - Angel Investor and ex-Spotify Show Notes:Michael Mignano, has written a piece about what he calls The Standards Innovation Paradox. In response, James Cridland wrote a long article that basically points out that Apple took the RSS standard

Time for some deep analysis of the podcast industry. Is Spotify gonna take over all of audio? Is the blockchain useful for podcasting? What is the great Michael Mignano doing next, after leaving Spotify and Anchor? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privac

Mike Mignano, CEO of Anchor joins us to discuss podcasting, tools, creators, and content ownership.  Check out Anchor at the following: Web: https://anchor.fm Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anchor.fm/  Twitter: https://twitter.com/anchor  And don’t forget to support the podcast by subscribing, reviewing, and sharin