Spenser Skates, Founder & CEO, Amplitude

About this episode

In this episode, Jessica Livingston talks with Spenser Skates about Amplitude's successful pivot and journey to an IPO.

In this episode we talk with Spenser Skates of Amplitude. Amplitude is a spectacular example of a something people talk a lot about in Silicon Valley: the pivot. Their initial idea failed because they depended on technology they didn't have enough control over, but the new one was so successful that they took it all the way to an IPO.

People in this episode

Host: Jessica Livingston

Guest: Spenser Skates

Topics covered

• business
• entrepreneurship
• technology
• startups
• IPO

Keywords

• Amplitude
• Spenser Skates
• pivot
• Silicon Valley
• IPO
• technology
• startups

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Amplitude

Places: Silicon Valley

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