A podcast mostly about tech. Brought to you weekly by Angela Du, @sallyshin, @macbohannon, @helen_min and @ashleymayer.

Joined December 2024
Ok I listened via audio and you guys all talked about the pink shirt but I underestimated the pink shirt.
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“If you’re defending you’re losing. Any second that you’re spending responding to someone else’s frame is a wasted second of your opportunity to be on offense advancing your frame.” The brilliant @zamosta is no longer active on Twitter, but I convinced him to come on @greatchatpod! We dissect some of the epic Twitter drama from the past week: Valar versus Day One, Factory versus Cognition, Kelly Clarkson versus the keepers of the mechanical bird. And then also tackle some bigger issues, like why does tech suck at telling its story to audiences behind tech? No punches were pulled.
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I architect launches for a living, and I don’t think attention is the moat. I just listened to @helen_min & @ashleymayer on @greatchatpod break down the current state of the launch moment and I agree, we have reached a period where we've gotten really good at this and some launches absolutely crush, but attention is absolutely not the moat. Creating belief is the moat. You can apparently hire these very cringe agencies that will help you buy engagement for your launch and get 1M views and 5k retweets on your expensive video, but it’s now anti-signal. You can smell the stink of it from a mile away. Also, too much awareness can now be reductive to your reputation (see: Corgi, others). Engagement maxxxing is truly not the way. Stirring up any generic attention is not the goal of a well-architected launch. The goal is to make the most important audiences to your business *feel something.* To make them sense a shift and have them believe that shift is becoming reality because you exist and you’re solving a problem that you’re uniquely positioned to solve. Attention will only get you so far. The real alpha is in creating belief. episode worth the listen! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
An overcorrection that will be studied for years: "If you build it, they will come" turned into "attention is all you need" 🥴 @ashleymayer and I play Goldilocks on this week's @greatchatpod - tune in tomorrow!
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Next @greatchatpod is basically a long version of this tweet cc @helen_min
Hot/weird take: I think we’re getting a little *too good* at startup launches. Everything feels manufactured.
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An overcorrection that will be studied for years: "If you build it, they will come" turned into "attention is all you need" 🥴 @ashleymayer and I play Goldilocks on this week's @greatchatpod - tune in tomorrow!
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Replying to @alexadelman
We literally just did a @greatchatpod episode on this very important topic! xitter.cf/ashleymayer/status/210…
This week’s @greatchatpod is one of my favorites! @helloligaya, founder of New Entity, joined the chat to talk about the complicated relationship between tech and SF, and why our industry hasn’t left a physical imprint in the way Wall Street and Hollywood have (the startup billboards don’t count).
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THIS. Culture doesn't have to wait on museums or City Hall. It lives in restaurants, venues, galleries, and shops. Started @newentityco to move tech wealth into exactly that. Talked about it on @greatchatpod: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
It’s incredible how much wealth SF entrepreneurs have created and how little of it has gone toward building culture. Where are the great museums, new architecture, music venues, public spaces? Silicon Valley should aspire to leave behind more than ephemeral software.
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Loved jumping on @greatchatpod to trade perspectives on tech’s role in building our cities. Thanks so much for having me @ashleymayer!
This week’s @greatchatpod is one of my favorites! @helloligaya, founder of New Entity, joined the chat to talk about the complicated relationship between tech and SF, and why our industry hasn’t left a physical imprint in the way Wall Street and Hollywood have (the startup billboards don’t count).
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This week’s @greatchatpod is one of my favorites! @helloligaya, founder of New Entity, joined the chat to talk about the complicated relationship between tech and SF, and why our industry hasn’t left a physical imprint in the way Wall Street and Hollywood have (the startup billboards don’t count).
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