About this episode
Sam Levy discusses his experience as the former COO of Hinge and the development of the Rodeo app for managing social life.
Sam Levy is the former COO of Hinge and co-founder of Rodeo, a new app designed to wrangle the details of your social life and keep you organized. __ Sam Levy LinkedIn Instagram TikTok Rodeo Website App Store TikTok Instagram __ References Patient Capital Will Eat the World __ Timestamps 00:00 Somebody that I used to know 03:35 Patient capital will eat the world 09:27 Infrastructure for your social life 14:15 Managing the user experience 19:44 The expectation of apps as a memory layer 23:56 Types of Rodeo users 27:47 Using TikTok as a research group 35:32 Choosing the name Rodeo 37:13 The evolution of the idea 42:14 A business plan that maintains integrity 48:06 Get offline __ Our intro song, Night Life, is written by Nakisso Peralta and performed by Chillers
People in this episode
Guest: Sam Levy
Topics covered
- social life organization
- app development
- user experience
- social media research
- business integrity
Keywords
- Rodeo
- Hinge
- social organization
- user experience
- app development
- Sam Levy
- business integrity
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Hinge, Rodeo, Chillers
Books & works: Patient Capital Will Eat the World
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