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Don’t Miss These Speakers at #mtpcon San Francisco

Mind the Product

Mind the Product returns to Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco on July 16-17 and promises to be one of our best product conferences yet, with a leadership forum, more workshops, more networking events around the conference, and more fun than ever before. Dan began his career designing nuclear-powered submarines. Get your tickets.

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

Andrew Chen

These podcasts monetize mostly through ads, donations, and sometimes merchandise or live events. NPR sells ads on its podcasts and has teams of designers, planners, and strategists, but is technically a non-profit media organization. For comparison, in 2018, Spotify earned $605M from 111M monthly ad-supported listeners, or $5.45

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

Andrew Chen

These podcasts monetize mostly through ads, donations, and sometimes merchandise or live events. NPR sells ads on its podcasts and has teams of designers, planners, and strategists, but is technically a non-profit media organization. For comparison, in 2018, Spotify earned $605M from 111M monthly ad-supported listeners, or $5.45