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Don’t Miss These Speakers at #mtpcon San Francisco

Mind the Product

Originally trained as a scientist, he’s had job titles ranging from scientist, to engineer, to product manager, to designer, and even professor. He also led product management at social networking pioneer Friendster, and was the cofounder and CEO of YourVersion, a TechCrunch award-winning personalized news startup.

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The Podcast Ecosystem in 2019 – a16z’s 68 page analysis (Guest essay by Li Jin)

Andrew Chen

However, the gender gap has narrowed from a 25% gap in 2008 to 9% today. NPR sells ads on its podcasts and has teams of designers, planners, and strategists, but is technically a non-profit media organization. There’s also a gender gap with podcast listeners skewing mostly male, mirroring the gap among podcast creators as well.

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The Podcast Ecosystem in 2019 – a16z’s 68 page analysis

Andrew Chen

However, the gender gap has narrowed from a 25% gap in 2008 to 9% today. NPR sells ads on its podcasts and has teams of designers, planners, and strategists, but is technically a non-profit media organization. There’s also a gender gap with podcast listeners skewing mostly male, mirroring the gap among podcast creators as well.