Podcast appearances and mentions of josh elman

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Salesforce buys Slack, Warner Bros' HBO Max deal, Ajit Pai, Timnit Gebru Salesforce buys Slack for $27.7b. Prop. 24 and the challenges of paying for privacy. The Apple M1 chip is fast! Apple gets fined in Italy for misleading iPhone claims. Apple's Best of 2020 apps list is out. Josh Elman, a venture capitalist, is hired by Apple. AI scientist Timnit Gebru is fired by Google. Facebook's Oversight Board announces its first cases. COVID misinformation will be removed from Facebook. Chris Krebs details foreign threat over vaccine IP. Warner Media's vision of HBO Max. Warner Bros' announces day and date release on HBO Max in 2021. The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act is under threat. resident Trump threatens changes to Section 230. TikTok's December 4 deadline is not being enforced. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai announces his plan to exit the department. China's claim of Quantum Supremacy. Arecibo Observatory footage that shows its collapse. Lab-grown meat will go on sale for the first time. Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Georgia Dow, Jason Snell, and Seth Rosenblatt Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Sponsors: WWT.COM/TWIT barracuda.com/twit casper.com/twit1 - promo code: TWIT1 manscaped.com/twit

Salesforce buys Slack, Warner Bros' HBO Max deal, Ajit Pai, Timnit Gebru Salesforce buys Slack for $27.7b. Prop. 24 and the challenges of paying for privacy. The Apple M1 chip is fast! Apple gets fined in Italy for misleading iPhone claims. Apple's Best of 2020 apps list is out. Josh Elman, a venture capitalist, is hired by Apple. AI scientist Timnit Gebru is fired by Google. Facebook's Oversight Board announces its first cases. COVID misinformation will be removed from Facebook. Chris Krebs details foreign threat over vaccine IP. Warner Media's vision of HBO Max. Warner Bros' announces day and date release on HBO Max in 2021. The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act is under threat. resident Trump threatens changes to Section 230. TikTok's December 4 deadline is not being enforced. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai announces his plan to exit the department. China's claim of Quantum Supremacy. Arecibo Observatory footage that shows its collapse. Lab-grown meat will go on sale for the first time. Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Georgia Dow, Jason Snell, and Seth Rosenblatt Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Sponsors: WWT.COM/TWIT barracuda.com/twit casper.com/twit1 - promo code: TWIT1 manscaped.com/twit

Salesforce buys Slack, Warner Bros' HBO Max deal, Ajit Pai, Timnit Gebru Salesforce buys Slack for $27.7b. Prop. 24 and the challenges of paying for privacy. The Apple M1 chip is fast! Apple gets fined in Italy for misleading iPhone claims. Apple's Best of 2020 apps list is out. Josh Elman, a venture capitalist, is hired by Apple. AI scientist Timnit Gebru is fired by Google. Facebook's Oversight Board announces its first cases. COVID misinformation will be removed from Facebook. Chris Krebs details foreign threat over vaccine IP. Warner Media's vision of HBO Max. Warner Bros' announces day and date release on HBO Max in 2021. The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act is under threat. resident Trump threatens changes to Section 230. TikTok's December 4 deadline is not being enforced. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai announces his plan to exit the department. China's claim of Quantum Supremacy. Arecibo Observatory footage that shows its collapse. Lab-grown meat will go on sale for the first time. Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Georgia Dow, Jason Snell, and Seth Rosenblatt Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Sponsors: WWT.COM/TWIT barracuda.com/twit casper.com/twit1 - promo code: TWIT1 manscaped.com/twit

Salesforce buys Slack, Warner Bros' HBO Max deal, Ajit Pai, Timnit Gebru Salesforce buys Slack for $27.7b. Prop. 24 and the challenges of paying for privacy. The Apple M1 chip is fast! Apple gets fined in Italy for misleading iPhone claims. Apple's Best of 2020 apps list is out. Josh Elman, a venture capitalist, is hired by Apple. AI scientist Timnit Gebru is fired by Google. Facebook's Oversight Board announces its first cases. COVID misinformation will be removed from Facebook. Chris Krebs details foreign threat over vaccine IP. Warner Media's vision of HBO Max. Warner Bros' announces day and date release on HBO Max in 2021. The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act is under threat. resident Trump threatens changes to Section 230. TikTok's December 4 deadline is not being enforced. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai announces his plan to exit the department. China's claim of Quantum Supremacy. Arecibo Observatory footage that shows its collapse. Lab-grown meat will go on sale for the first time. Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Georgia Dow, Jason Snell, and Seth Rosenblatt Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Sponsors: WWT.COM/TWIT barracuda.com/twit casper.com/twit1 - promo code: TWIT1 manscaped.com/twit

Salesforce buys Slack, Warner Bros' HBO Max deal, Ajit Pai, Timnit Gebru Salesforce buys Slack for $27.7b. Prop. 24 and the challenges of paying for privacy. The Apple M1 chip is fast! Apple gets fined in Italy for misleading iPhone claims. Apple's Best of 2020 apps list is out. Josh Elman, a venture capitalist, is hired by Apple. AI scientist Timnit Gebru is fired by Google. Facebook's Oversight Board announces its first cases. COVID misinformation will be removed from Facebook. Chris Krebs details foreign threat over vaccine IP. Warner Media's vision of HBO Max. Warner Bros' announces day and date release on HBO Max in 2021. The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act is under threat. resident Trump threatens changes to Section 230. TikTok's December 4 deadline is not being enforced. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai announces his plan to exit the department. China's claim of Quantum Supremacy. Arecibo Observatory footage that shows its collapse. Lab-grown meat will go on sale for the first time. Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Georgia Dow, Jason Snell, and Seth Rosenblatt Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Sponsors: WWT.COM/TWIT barracuda.com/twit casper.com/twit1 - promo code: TWIT1 manscaped.com/twit

Salesforce buys Slack, Warner Bros' HBO Max deal, Ajit Pai, Timnit Gebru Salesforce buys Slack for $27.7b. Prop. 24 and the challenges of paying for privacy. The Apple M1 chip is fast! Apple gets fined in Italy for misleading iPhone claims. Apple's Best of 2020 apps list is out. Josh Elman, a venture capitalist, is hired by Apple. AI scientist Timnit Gebru is fired by Google. Facebook's Oversight Board announces its first cases. COVID misinformation will be removed from Facebook. Chris Krebs details foreign threat over vaccine IP. Warner Media's vision of HBO Max. Warner Bros' announces day and date release on HBO Max in 2021. The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act is under threat. resident Trump threatens changes to Section 230. TikTok's December 4 deadline is not being enforced. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai announces his plan to exit the department. China's claim of Quantum Supremacy. Arecibo Observatory footage that shows its collapse. Lab-grown meat will go on sale for the first time. Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Georgia Dow, Jason Snell, and Seth Rosenblatt Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Sponsors: WWT.COM/TWIT barracuda.com/twit casper.com/twit1 - promo code: TWIT1 manscaped.com/twit

Salesforce buys Slack, Warner Bros' HBO Max deal, Ajit Pai, Timnit Gebru Salesforce buys Slack for $27.7b. Prop. 24 and the challenges of paying for privacy. The Apple M1 chip is fast! Apple gets fined in Italy for misleading iPhone claims. Apple's Best of 2020 apps list is out. Josh Elman, a venture capitalist, is hired by Apple. AI scientist Timnit Gebru is fired by Google. Facebook's Oversight Board announces its first cases. COVID misinformation will be removed from Facebook. Chris Krebs details foreign threat over vaccine IP. Warner Media's vision of HBO Max. Warner Bros' announces day and date release on HBO Max in 2021. The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act is under threat. resident Trump threatens changes to Section 230. TikTok's December 4 deadline is not being enforced. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai announces his plan to exit the department. China's claim of Quantum Supremacy. Arecibo Observatory footage that shows its collapse. Lab-grown meat will go on sale for the first time. Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Georgia Dow, Jason Snell, and Seth Rosenblatt Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Sponsors: WWT.COM/TWIT barracuda.com/twit casper.com/twit1 - promo code: TWIT1 manscaped.com/twit

Salesforce buys Slack, Warner Bros' HBO Max deal, Ajit Pai, Timnit Gebru Salesforce buys Slack for $27.7b. Prop. 24 and the challenges of paying for privacy. The Apple M1 chip is fast! Apple gets fined in Italy for misleading iPhone claims. Apple's Best of 2020 apps list is out. Josh Elman, a venture capitalist, is hired by Apple. AI scientist Timnit Gebru is fired by Google. Facebook's Oversight Board announces its first cases. COVID misinformation will be removed from Facebook. Chris Krebs details foreign threat over vaccine IP. Warner Media's vision of HBO Max. Warner Bros' announces day and date release on HBO Max in 2021. The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act is under threat. resident Trump threatens changes to Section 230. TikTok's December 4 deadline is not being enforced. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai announces his plan to exit the department. China's claim of Quantum Supremacy. Arecibo Observatory footage that shows its collapse. Lab-grown meat will go on sale for the first time. Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Georgia Dow, Jason Snell, and Seth Rosenblatt Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Sponsors: WWT.COM/TWIT barracuda.com/twit casper.com/twit1 - promo code: TWIT1 manscaped.com/twit

Salesforce buys Slack, Warner Bros' HBO Max deal, Ajit Pai, Timnit Gebru Salesforce buys Slack for $27.7b. Prop. 24 and the challenges of paying for privacy. The Apple M1 chip is fast! Apple gets fined in Italy for misleading iPhone claims. Apple's Best of 2020 apps list is out. Josh Elman, a venture capitalist, is hired by Apple. AI scientist Timnit Gebru is fired by Google. Facebook's Oversight Board announces its first cases. COVID misinformation will be removed from Facebook. Chris Krebs details foreign threat over vaccine IP. Warner Media's vision of HBO Max. Warner Bros' announces day and date release on HBO Max in 2021. The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act is under threat. resident Trump threatens changes to Section 230. TikTok's December 4 deadline is not being enforced. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai announces his plan to exit the department. China's claim of Quantum Supremacy. Arecibo Observatory footage that shows its collapse. Lab-grown meat will go on sale for the first time. Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Georgia Dow, Jason Snell, and Seth Rosenblatt Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Sponsors: WWT.COM/TWIT barracuda.com/twit casper.com/twit1 - promo code: TWIT1 manscaped.com/twit

Salesforce buys Slack, Warner Bros' HBO Max deal, Ajit Pai, Timnit Gebru Salesforce buys Slack for $27.7b. Prop. 24 and the challenges of paying for privacy. The Apple M1 chip is fast! Apple gets fined in Italy for misleading iPhone claims. Apple's Best of 2020 apps list is out. Josh Elman, a venture capitalist, is hired by Apple. AI scientist Timnit Gebru is fired by Google. Facebook's Oversight Board announces its first cases. COVID misinformation will be removed from Facebook. Chris Krebs details foreign threat over vaccine IP. Warner Media's vision of HBO Max. Warner Bros' announces day and date release on HBO Max in 2021. The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act is under threat. resident Trump threatens changes to Section 230. TikTok's December 4 deadline is not being enforced. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai announces his plan to exit the department. China's claim of Quantum Supremacy. Arecibo Observatory footage that shows its collapse. Lab-grown meat will go on sale for the first time. Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Georgia Dow, Jason Snell, and Seth Rosenblatt Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Sponsors: WWT.COM/TWIT barracuda.com/twit casper.com/twit1 - promo code: TWIT1 manscaped.com/twit

Salesforce buys Slack, Warner Bros' HBO Max deal, Ajit Pai, Timnit Gebru Salesforce buys Slack for $27.7b. Prop. 24 and the challenges of paying for privacy. The Apple M1 chip is fast! Apple gets fined in Italy for misleading iPhone claims. Apple's Best of 2020 apps list is out. Josh Elman, a venture capitalist, is hired by Apple. AI scientist Timnit Gebru is fired by Google. Facebook's Oversight Board announces its first cases. COVID misinformation will be removed from Facebook. Chris Krebs details foreign threat over vaccine IP. Warner Media's vision of HBO Max. Warner Bros' announces day and date release on HBO Max in 2021. The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act is under threat. resident Trump threatens changes to Section 230. TikTok's December 4 deadline is not being enforced. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai announces his plan to exit the department. China's claim of Quantum Supremacy. Arecibo Observatory footage that shows its collapse. Lab-grown meat will go on sale for the first time. Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Georgia Dow, Jason Snell, and Seth Rosenblatt Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Sponsors: WWT.COM/TWIT barracuda.com/twit casper.com/twit1 - promo code: TWIT1 manscaped.com/twit

Salesforce buys Slack, Warner Bros' HBO Max deal, Ajit Pai, Timnit Gebru Salesforce buys Slack for $27.7b. Prop. 24 and the challenges of paying for privacy. The Apple M1 chip is fast! Apple gets fined in Italy for misleading iPhone claims. Apple's Best of 2020 apps list is out. Josh Elman, a venture capitalist, is hired by Apple. AI scientist Timnit Gebru is fired by Google. Facebook's Oversight Board announces its first cases. COVID misinformation will be removed from Facebook. Chris Krebs details foreign threat over vaccine IP. Warner Media's vision of HBO Max. Warner Bros' announces day and date release on HBO Max in 2021. The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act is under threat. resident Trump threatens changes to Section 230. TikTok's December 4 deadline is not being enforced. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai announces his plan to exit the department. China's claim of Quantum Supremacy. Arecibo Observatory footage that shows its collapse. Lab-grown meat will go on sale for the first time. Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Georgia Dow, Jason Snell, and Seth Rosenblatt Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Sponsors: WWT.COM/TWIT barracuda.com/twit casper.com/twit1 - promo code: TWIT1 manscaped.com/twit

Italy fines Apple 10M euro over water resistance marketing; Apple hires former venture capitalist Josh Elman for App Store discovery role; and Apple drops to fourth in global smartphone race during rough Q3.

It was great to have my long-time friend, fellow Twitter fanatic and product builder extraordinaire Josh Elman on this episode to get some insights from the man who has a lot of experience at basically every social company imaginable. Josh is someone who is ahead of his time – he’s philosophical, creative and has seen growth on the ground floor of some amazing companies (in another time he was even an intern at Microsoft). Josh is a product leader who has been involved in the early stages of platforms such as LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Robinhood. In his many years as General Partner at Greylock Partners, he has served on the boards of some of the most innovative social companies, including Discord, Musical.ly (currently TikTok), Medium, Mammoth Media and more. I wish Josh and I could have touched on even more topics during our conversation this episode. But, it was fun getting his unique perspective on everything from his time working at some of the biggest social product companies, what tech company he thinks is the most evil, his most fun job, TikTok, rocket ships and more.  Guest - Josh Elman, Veteran Product Builder and Leader howardlindzon.com  Twitter: @howardlindzon, @joshelman, @knutjensen  Medium.com/@joshelman  linkedin.com/in/joshe  #fintech #invest #investment #venturecapital #stockmarket #finance 

Sam Parr (@theSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) are joined by Josh Elman (@joshelman) on the pod today. Elman is a veteran of LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, and Robinhood to name a few. This guy knows Silicon Valley and growth better than anyone else. In today’s episode you’ll hear: Shaan asks Josh to give his background (1:00), Sam asks if it’s better to start your own thing or climb your way up in a tech startup (8:25), Elman answers the question “what technology or company has that 10x or 100x potential in the next few years (9:15), Josh explains the “meta-verse” or “the third place” and how AI will lead the way there (18:15), how the TV show Black Mirror has influenced tech (24:55), Elman unpacks his time at Stanford and the power of being around intelligent people and gives some stories on his early days at Unicorn companies (31:00), Sam puts Josh on the spot and asks him how he can 10x his own business (47:35),This episode we are partnering with Square! Square makes it easy for your business to accept payment, and so much more! Check out this week's sponsor at square.com/go/hustle!Joined our private FB group yet? It's a page where people share each others million dollar ideas or what they're already working on: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ourfirstmillion. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

这一期我们围绕社交产品展开讨论：社交产品是互联网领域创新的永动机，社交媒体也以今非昔比，走向分离的关系网络与内容网络，社交产品的话题似乎也随着资本的关注是几年一轮回的热度主题。自 Covid-19 疫情以来，美国也涌现了新的产品机遇或形态，如Zoom已不仅是在线办公，及Clubhouse...通过与陌陌设计副总裁董宇的深度沟通，可以窥视到一个社交网络的要素与他们的最新实践。本期主播：张伟 Rokey，EICO 联合创始人本期嘉宾：董宇 Nos ，陌陌设计副总裁，Pott 创始人EICO是一家产品设计咨询公司。EICO TALKS播客节目希望将我们对与产品设计的实践与思考，通过与优秀的产品人，创业者，思考者的对谈形式分享出来。坚持EICO产品核心论的原则，每期话题围绕产品展开，涉及体验、科技、设计、商业、消费等领域的新趋势与独立观点。以下是我们聊的主要话题：【01:38】社交底层是一种信息交换的行为。【10:05】陌陌探探的头像，是最低成本的内容供给和共识认知。【12:05】社交撮合的黑盒，不可确定性。【16:23】社交产品是创新发动机。【18:16】新的社交产品 Cludhouse，构建在观念之上的新形态。【22:40】投资人 Josh 认为真正的社交，是能让人一起打扑克、一起大笑。【29:54】抖音是移动版的十佳球或搞笑视频大合集。【31:10】位置，即得性，归类，POI值得重做一遍。【39:39】社交媒体走向社交与媒体两个方向。【43:50】从设计师到产品创业者，重新发现设计的价值：精准。【48:55】陌陌设计团队，设计的工程与情感属性。相关阅读：1.Pott 是一个基于地点的图片分享社区；2.《Status as a service》作者 Eugene Wei，亚马逊战略部分的首位分析师，曾任职 Amazon、Hulu、Flipboard、Oculus VR，2017 年开始把大多数时间贡献到他自己关于媒介和科技的研究中；3.Clubhouse，是一款承载高流动性语音对话的社交产品。详细可参考 Wired 2020 年 5 月报道《What Is Clubhouse, and Why Does Silicon Valley Care?》；4.Josh Elman（https://twitter.com/joshelman）他的个人资料中这样介绍自己：产品：Twitter, FB Connect, LinkedIn, Robinhood；现任董事会：@Medium @Mammothmedia @DiscordApp 曾任董事会：@tiktok_us @smartthings @houseparty5.《娱乐至死》（Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business），作者尼尔·波兹曼（Neil Postman）。初版于 1985 年，一本研究媒介和社会文化塑造的著作。配乐：- Joker（Six Umbrellas）- Effemeah Weeps（Uncan）联系我们：EICO 公众号：EICOEICO 官网：eicoinc.com与我们联系： Service@eicoinc.com

这一期我们围绕社交产品展开讨论：社交产品是互联网领域创新的永动机，社交媒体也以今非昔比，走向分离的关系网络与内容网络，社交产品的话题似乎也随着资本的关注是几年一轮回的热度主题。自 Covid-19 疫情以来，美国也涌现了新的产品机遇或形态，如Zoom已不仅是在线办公，及Clubhouse...通过与陌陌设计副总裁董宇的深度沟通，可以窥视到一个社交网络的要素与他们的最新实践。本期主播：张伟 Rokey，EICO 联合创始人本期嘉宾：董宇 Nos ，陌陌设计副总裁，Pott 创始人EICO是一家产品设计咨询公司。EICO TALKS播客节目希望将我们对与产品设计的实践与思考，通过与优秀的产品人，创业者，思考者的对谈形式分享出来。坚持EICO产品核心论的原则，每期话题围绕产品展开，涉及体验、科技、设计、商业、消费等领域的新趋势与独立观点。以下是我们聊的主要话题：【01:38】社交底层是一种信息交换的行为。【10:05】陌陌探探的头像，是最低成本的内容供给和共识认知。【12:05】社交撮合的黑盒，不可确定性。【16:23】社交产品是创新发动机。【18:16】新的社交产品 Cludhouse，构建在观念之上的新形态。【22:40】投资人 Josh 认为真正的社交，是能让人一起打扑克、一起大笑。【29:54】抖音是移动版的十佳球或搞笑视频大合集。【31:10】位置，即得性，归类，POI值得重做一遍。【39:39】社交媒体走向社交与媒体两个方向。【43:50】从设计师到产品创业者，重新发现设计的价值：精准。【48:55】陌陌设计团队，设计的工程与情感属性。相关阅读：1.Pott 是一个基于地点的图片分享社区；2.《Status as a service》作者 Eugene Wei，亚马逊战略部分的首位分析师，曾任职 Amazon、Hulu、Flipboard、Oculus VR，2017 年开始把大多数时间贡献到他自己关于媒介和科技的研究中；3.Clubhouse，是一款承载高流动性语音对话的社交产品。详细可参考 Wired 2020 年 5 月报道《What Is Clubhouse, and Why Does Silicon Valley Care?》；4.Josh Elman（https://twitter.com/joshelman）他的个人资料中这样介绍自己：产品：Twitter, FB Connect, LinkedIn, Robinhood；现任董事会：@Medium @Mammothmedia @DiscordApp 曾任董事会：@tiktok_us @smartthings @houseparty5.《娱乐至死》（Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business），作者尼尔·波兹曼（Neil Postman）。初版于 1985 年，一本研究媒介和社会文化塑造的著作。配乐：- Joker（Six Umbrellas）- Effemeah Weeps（Uncan）联系我们：EICO 公众号：EICOEICO 官网：eicoinc.com与我们联系： Service@eicoinc.com

这一期我们围绕社交产品展开讨论：社交产品是互联网领域创新的永动机，社交媒体也以今非昔比，走向分离的关系网络与内容网络，社交产品的话题似乎也随着资本的关注是几年一轮回的热度主题。自 Covid-19 疫情以来，美国也涌现了新的产品机遇或形态，如Zoom已不仅是在线办公，及Clubhouse...通过与陌陌设计副总裁董宇的深度沟通，可以窥视到一个社交网络的要素与他们的最新实践。本期主播：张伟 Rokey，EICO 联合创始人本期嘉宾：董宇 Nos ，陌陌设计副总裁，Pott 创始人EICO是一家产品设计咨询公司。EICO TALKS播客节目希望将我们对与产品设计的实践与思考，通过与优秀的产品人，创业者，思考者的对谈形式分享出来。坚持EICO产品核心论的原则，每期话题围绕产品展开，涉及体验、科技、设计、商业、消费等领域的新趋势与独立观点。以下是我们聊的主要话题：【01:38】社交底层是一种信息交换的行为。【10:05】陌陌探探的头像，是最低成本的内容供给和共识认知。【12:05】社交撮合的黑盒，不可确定性。【16:23】社交产品是创新发动机。【18:16】新的社交产品 Cludhouse，构建在观念之上的新形态。【22:40】投资人 Josh 认为真正的社交，是能让人一起打扑克、一起大笑。【29:54】抖音是移动版的十佳球或搞笑视频大合集。【31:10】位置，即得性，归类，POI值得重做一遍。【39:39】社交媒体走向社交与媒体两个方向。【43:50】从设计师到产品创业者，重新发现设计的价值：精准。【48:55】陌陌设计团队，设计的工程与情感属性。相关阅读：1.Pott 是一个基于地点的图片分享社区；2.《Status as a service》作者 Eugene Wei，亚马逊战略部分的首位分析师，曾任职 Amazon、Hulu、Flipboard、Oculus VR，2017 年开始把大多数时间贡献到他自己关于媒介和科技的研究中；3.Clubhouse，是一款承载高流动性语音对话的社交产品。详细可参考 Wired 2020 年 5 月报道《What Is Clubhouse, and Why Does Silicon Valley Care?》；4.Josh Elman（https://twitter.com/joshelman）他的个人资料中这样介绍自己：产品：Twitter, FB Connect, LinkedIn, Robinhood；现任董事会：@Medium @Mammothmedia @DiscordApp 曾任董事会：@tiktok_us @smartthings @houseparty5.《娱乐至死》（Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business），作者尼尔·波兹曼（Neil Postman）。初版于 1985 年，一本研究媒介和社会文化塑造的著作。配乐：- Joker（Six Umbrellas）- Effemeah Weeps（Uncan）联系我们：EICO 公众号：EICOEICO 官网：eicoinc.com与我们联系： Service@eicoinc.com

Product Club begins with a masterclass by Josh Elman (formerly VP of Product at Robinhood) on creating a compelling product vision. We discuss the ways to align your team on a vision that will inspire teammates and investors.

On this week's episode, I have a conversation with Josh Elman, a former VC at Greylock Partners and an experienced product builder. Josh has built products at companies startups LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Robinhood. In addition to being a Venture Investor at Greylock from 2013 to 2018, funding consumer companies, including Musically, Houseparty, Medium, and Discord, to name a few. Josh currently sits on the boards of Medium, Discord and Mammoth Media as a Greylock Board Partner. Due to his experience as a prominent VC and Product Builder in the valley, I knew I wanted to have Josh on the program to discuss topics including but not limited to the evolution of products, the next great platform, and Josh's ambitions in the years to come! This conversation was recorded on July 28th, 2020, thanks for listening!

Today Josh Elman & James Currier discuss the history of social media, where it is today, and the next wave of social companies that may be a result of the current lockdown situation. Due to the massive behavioral changes over the last few months, Founders may have room to build and the 'Golden Age' of social media might see a resurfacing. Josh Elman has run product for top-tier companies like Robinhood, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn and was a partner at Greylock. In this episode, we discuss: - A brief history of social media - The behavioral changes from COVID-19 - The 'New Wave' of social media platforms - The opportunity for founders to build companies - How social products reshape the human connection Be on the lookout for new episodes on The NFX Podcast and read more NFX content at - www.nfx.com/essays

This week, Cory speaks to product veteran and venture capitalist Josh Elman, who is best known for his integral roles in designing, building and scaling consumer products at Robinbood, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, & Zazzle. Josh is also a Venture Partner at Greylock. In this weeks episode, Josh talks about the early days of the dot com era, his roles at LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, what it was like working with what are now the icons of the industry and what are the questions and qualities he looks in a founder before writing a check. “THE ONLY THING YOU CAN DO AS AN ENTREPRENEUR IS TO GET ONE MORE PERSON EVERY DAY, EVERY HOUR, EVERY MINUTE, TO ADOPT YOUR PRODUCT, TO ADOPT YOUR NEW WAY OF THINKING, TO ADOPT THE SYSTEM OR THE PRODUCT THAT YOU’RE ACTUALLY BUILDING AND ENGAGING PEOPLE WITH.” Venture capitalist and Greylock Partners investor Josh Elman (@joshelman) has built a successful career on finding new trends worth investing in, and using his skills and interests to move those trends forward. Before becoming an investor, Elman worked as a product manager for iconic companies in their early days, including LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook. Cory Levy talks with Josh on OFF RCRD about his journey from product manager to an investor, discovering what’s going to be the next big thing and his advice for startup founders and others who might not know what they want to do yet. “I think part of this whole startup journey is finding these things that you might believe 100 million people will use or you can actually cause this behavior change that will happen that most other people don’t believe,” says Josh. If you don’t yet know what idea you’re going to pursue as an entrepreneur or what company you would like to join, Josh recommends answering this question; “what do you believe will happen in the world in the next 10 years that you would love to be a part of making?” Josh says, “if you believe that something (could become) really, really big, you’re going to have more fun and work harder to try to make that happen every day.” After you figure out what that is, find a way to get started working in that field and on that trend you think could become “really, really big.” Capitalizing on a trend as Josh mentions in the interview with Cory Levy doesn’t have to be through entrepreneurship. There are hundreds if not thousands of companies working on problems that you’d like to solve and in industries, you’re interested in. Josh found these opportunities consistently throughout his career while finding new companies to work with. “If you pick the right trends and you pick the right mission, you can even jump from company to company like I did, from LinkedIn to Facebook and Twitter, and still come out with a great set of outcomes and be very proud of the work you did.” Other than regretting how early he left LinkedIn, Josh has few regrets in a successful career in tech. Asked what has contributed most to his success, Josh said that there are two things. The first is clearly luck. The second is this constant curiosity where I’m trying to guess what I believe the world could be in the future and trying to actually go work on that.

Jason Crawford How did the journey begin? Jason worked at Amazon, this is when the seeds for Fieldbook started getting planted. It was surprising to him that companies dedicated so much time developing internal tools. Amazon focussed on building a system that helped track their internal recruiting. Years later, Jason joined a startup where he built internal tools for them too which was a data collection workflow tracking system. The problem with spreadsheets is that very quickly you end up using the system for things like project tracking, inventory and CRM, when in reality Spreadsheets are more specifically for those in finance.  Jason worked at Amazon, this is when the seeds for Fieldbook started getting planted. It was surprising to him that companies dedicated so much time developing internal tools. Amazon focussed on building a system that helped track their internal recruiting. Years later, Jason joined a startup where he built internal tools for them too which was a data collection workflow tracking system. The problem with spreadsheets is that very quickly you end up using the system for things like project tracking, inventory and CRM, when in reality Spreadsheets are more specifically for those in finance.  What did you learn from startups and what was instrumental to your learning when you were first starting out? Jason always wanted to start his own company, but over the years the motivation changed. Initially he didn’t want to work for anybody else, but as he matured he realised there’s a lot of people he could learn from. For Jason, running a company was the ultimate challenge and as he got more experience, he slowly shifted in the direction of running a startup all without a plan. From companies like Amazon, he learnt a lot about processes and vision. After Amazon, the startup in Seattle called: “Pelago” was a location based social network pre-iPhone. While working at the startup, he wrote software for feature phones like the Motorola Raze.  A lot of lessons from this, this was right around the time the lean startup movement was getting off the ground in 2008, Jason realised the value that Eric Ries was bringing and some of the lessons were really working well for Jason including doing monthly iterations of softwares instead of weekly.  Click Here For: Eric Ries Blog What is Fieldbook? Fieldbook is a simple online database that anyone can use as a spreadsheet. Fieldbook is a better solution for those use cases where you may be logging inventory, project management and using spreadsheets as a CRM. How did you validate the business case for Fieldbook? Validation goal is not something that happens once, it’s an ongoing process. It’s constant testing against users in the market. Before they had a demo or prototype, he went around asking people to show him their spreadsheets. Asked a number of questions that identified what people did with it, problems, what they used it for, etc.  After initial conversations, make a quick demo that shows people the concept that gets better feedback. What are the problems that people need to solve. Get people to try it. Start well before you think the product is ready, but start with your closest friends and family. Show it to people who know you the best and will forgive you how bad it is.  There’s a couple of perspectives on this, Reid Hoffman says that if you’re not embarrassed with the first prototype then you left it too late, others say well if why would you ever try and get feedback on a half baked product, but it’s important to remember both of these arguments are based around “launch time”, there’s really not a particular launch time because you’re constantly getting feedback. Your immediate network will give you your first 100 users. Then you go can go to BETA List which a platform specifically for products in BETA phase. When you have something a little more substantial you can launch your product on Product Hunt. There’s all sorts of ways to get people in, keep trying new things out and keep testing it.  At what point do you stop testing and you get ready for that launch? Look at both qualitative and quantitative metrics. Ask smart questions like: are people sticking with your product? Are people paying for your product? etc. The data you look at depends on your platform. For example, a SaaS platform you look at conversions, paying customers etc. For a social network you look at engagement, virality etc.  Andy Jones: Sustainable Growth = Top of Funnel (getting people on the product) + Magic Moment (when people see value in your product) + Core Product Value (on going value you deliver that keeps people retained). You want to start by proving Core Product Value before Top of Funnel and you’re not great at Magic Moment, because this teaches people what you’re doing will be worth it. Initially you’ll have to hand hold people through the process, at this point it doesn’t matter if things scale or not because you’re just proving core product value.  A lot of Entrepreneurs see the big launches that people are doing and go for big fancy launches but this results in premature launches, which means that people go into a leaky bucket.  How did you find investors? Finding investors is a lot like creating a product. Jason has raised a few early stage funding rounds now. It’s about starting with people you know, put together a pitch and show it to your closest friends and family. When you do this you’ll get great feedback on the opportunity, holes, and areas you need to work. Eventually you’ll be in a place where you’ve asked a lot of people and you’ve filled many of the loop holes that are present.  Then reach out to people in your immediate network, this may be angel investors or people that know angel investors. Ask them if they wouldn’t mind spending some time to review your pitch, if they are happy with it, they will pass it to others in their network or better yet, invest themselves.  Remember, if you can convince angel investors, you can convince larger venture capital companies.  What makes a successful pitch? Cover the basics, you need explain what you do clearly, quickly and concisely. Investors need to be able to tell what you’re doing very fast for them to be interested. Other things you want to consider include: explain the opportunity, explain the market, compare yourself and your alternatives and even compare yourself against those that aren’t competition but alternative solutions.  It’s important to know who your target market is and how they are solving the problem today. There’s always going to be different pitches for different businesses so don’t be too formulaic about it.  Resources:  Sequila capital Pitch Deck Template Fred Wilson AVC — Best Seed Pitch Ever Jason Lemkin Pitching Advice How did you get onto the App Sumo Platform? App Sumo actually approached Fieldbook. The deal they offered was very above board, they ensured that they aligned the incentives and it was scheduled months in advance. App Sumo understands what would be a good deal, and they write the copy once you provide them with screenshots, demo videos etc.  What are some of the pitfalls you would avoid if you had to start the process again? At some points they got distracted and lost sight of the original vision, you often do this as a you’re looking for a silver bullet, and then you realise there’s no silver bullet, there’s no a tonne of lead bullets! Success lies in the ability to do day to day execution, and staying true to the vision. As Jeff Besos says: stay stubborn to the vision and flexible on the details. Make progress and incrementally through daily execution.  How do you continue to get feedback now that the product is launched? Fieldbook built a waitlist and then got people off the waitlist if they agreed to do a user test. This worked better than usertesting.com because had an incentive to do the user test which in turn gave them invaluable feedback.  This is a great opportunity to ask a lot of questions. When users are using your product for the first time sign up, be the silent observer don’t help them because then you’ll understand how a user interacts with your product. There’s a catch 22 between Marketing and Building Product. What do you focus on and when? It’s an iterative process, as you iterate you’re going to capture more people who are going to be your user testers. At one point, nobody was even interested in testing the product and that’s when they realised that they are not pitching an interesting concept, so they needed to change the way they market the product. They iterated their way to a demo video to get people excited and then they built a product around what excited people.  Some people create a landing page like a one page site, but you can always use platforms like Product Hunt and a section called upcoming where you can use it to collect user subscriptions. It’s also important to start with a community, this could be a blog or a Facebook Group.  When people weren’t receiving the product well, how did you know it wasn’t the product but it was the marketing instead? Honestly, it’s about your vision. Some products start from a tech trigger. In the success business, you need a market, a technology that enables the product, price point the market is willing to pay and the right channels to reach the correct people.  You don’t need to start in one place you just need to ensure it comes together in the end It’s like seeing a mountain so far in the distance you don’t know how you’re going to get there, but at the same time it’s so huge that you don’t need to worry about the small details on how you’re going to get there Seeing that mountain in the distance and having the drive is what get you there You talk about everything coming together as a symphony, but how do know which area of the symphony isn’t working? There’s no formulaic approach to this. There can be all sorts of problems that could occur and it can be very difficult to find out where the issue is. You need to work on keep going to a deeper level, i.e. if your ad copy is not working, try change this, if there’s no results go to a deeper level and choose a new channel, see how things progress, if there’s no change here then question the market. Whatever you do, just keep going deeper. What have you seen that is best practice when it comes to creating a SAAS product? Your Marketing is your promise to the users and you win if you deliver on that promise. Just ensure you ask people what they are hoping to get out of the product or service. Success is getting people to that magic moment.  An interesting talk is about Josh Elman is that Twitter actually increased the number of steps it takes to complete your profile but it was successful because it was clearer and more intuitive. Twitter found that more steps actually led to higher conversions, so it’s important to be very clear in the steps when creating a SAAS Platform.  To hear a talk by Josh Elman click here.  Everyone needs to learn different lessons, but the top three takeaways are: Have the closest possible connection to the users Be data driven and be qualitative. Ensure there’s weekly iterations to the products.  Keep the momentum going and have a strong vision. 

Erik and his co-host for this episode, Abie Katz of August Capital, interview Josh Elman (@joshelman), partner at Greylock Partners. Josh recounts the twists and turns of his career and how they led to him becoming a venture capitalist. He talks about the unique approach he takes when working with founders and how that has impacted the outcome of his investments. He tells us why you so infrequently find truly visionary founders and how Greylock thinks about their seed stage Discovery Fund. Josh also explains the candid candid career advice he would give to his younger self.Check us out on the web at villageglobal.vc/podcast.

Erik and his co-host for this episode, Abie Katz of August Capital, interview Josh Elman (@joshelman), partner at Greylock Partners. Josh recounts the twists and turns of his career and how they led to him becoming a venture capitalist. He talks about the unique approach he takes when working with founders and how that has impacted the outcome of his investments. He tells us why you so infrequently find truly visionary founders and how Greylock thinks about their seed stage Discovery Fund. Josh also explains the candid candid career advice he would give to his younger self.Check us out on the web at villageglobal.vc/podcast.

In Episode #370, Eric and Neil discuss how to determine your one key metric. When you establish a set goal or priority, then all your tasks will follow suit to achieve that goal. But what IS that one measure that you look to as a company? Tune in to know what your one key metric is and why knowing what you’re after will set you up for success. Time Stamped Show Notes: 00:27 – Today’s topic: How to Determine Your One Key Metric 00:36 – Josh Elman coined the term "one key metric" 00:40 – When starting a business and using Twitter, your one key metric will be the number of tweets you want to hit 01:09 – First, determine how people are using your product—the core functionality of your product 01:20 – Then figure out if that one key metric is the one to go after, then work from there 01:35 – “Figure out what you’re really after and what’s going to impact that” 01:40 – If you want to increase your revenue, figure out the different sources of revenue 02:09 – Then you can have control and manage that one key metric 02:21 – The purpose of Airbnb is to book a place to stay 02:26 – The core action is searching and booking your accommodations 02:36 – Another example is Yelp where you find different local businesses and review them 03:18 – Neil’s one key metric for Crazy Egg is the number of tests done a day 03:43 – Marketing School is giving away a free 1 year subscription to Crazy Egg which is a heat mapping tool that helps you increase your conversion rate 04:28 – Go to SingleGrain.com/giveaway for multiple entries 04:33 – That’s it for today’s episode! 3 Key Points: Knowing your one key metric helps you focus your tasks accordingly. Establish what you’re really after and what’s going to influence that. If you want to increase your revenue, then think solely on your sources of revenue. Leave some feedback: What should we talk about next? Please let us know in the comments below. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, please leave a short review. Connect with us: NeilPatel.com Quick Sprout Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @neilpatel Twitter @ericosiu

In Episode #370, Eric and Neil discuss how to determine your one key metric. When you establish a set goal or priority, then all your tasks will follow suit to achieve that goal. But what IS that one measure that you look to as a company? Tune in to know what your one key metric is and why knowing what you're after will set you up for success. Time Stamped Show Notes: 00:27 – Today's topic: How to Determine Your One Key Metric 00:36 – Josh Elman coined the term "one key metric" 00:40 – When starting a business and using Twitter, your one key metric will be the number of tweets you want to hit 01:09 – First, determine how people are using your product—the core functionality of your product 01:20 – Then figure out if that one key metric is the one to go after, then work from there 01:35 – “Figure out what you're really after and what's going to impact that” 01:40 – If you want to increase your revenue, figure out the different sources of revenue 02:09 – Then you can have control and manage that one key metric 02:21 – The purpose of Airbnb is to book a place to stay 02:26 – The core action is searching and booking your accommodations 02:36 – Another example is Yelp where you find different local businesses and review them 03:18 – Neil's one key metric for Crazy Egg is the number of tests done a day 03:43 – Marketing School is giving away a free 1 year subscription to Crazy Egg which is a heat mapping tool that helps you increase your conversion rate 04:28 – Go to SingleGrain.com/giveaway for multiple entries 04:33 – That's it for today's episode! 3 Key Points: Knowing your one key metric helps you focus your tasks accordingly. Establish what you're really after and what's going to influence that. If you want to increase your revenue, then think solely on your sources of revenue. Leave some feedback: What should we talk about next? Please let us know in the comments below. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, please leave a short review. Connect with us: NeilPatel.com Quick Sprout Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @neilpatel Twitter @ericosiu

If you want to get a feeling for Josh Elman’s career, just trace the history of modern social networks. Josh held increasingly senoir roles at RealNetworks, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter. Now he’s now supporting the next generation of breakthrough entrepreneurs at Greylock Ventures. In his VC role, Josh sees a lot of pitches -- and he’s got a keen eye for the tricky balance that successful entrepreneurs need to strike: Listen in and take a journey through the recent past and exciting future of networked social experiences.

Gustaf Alstromer is a YC Partner and prior to YC he worked on growth at Airbnb.Ed Baker worked on growth at Uber and Facebook.Josh Elman is a partner at Greylock.The conversation was recorded at The Scaleup Offsite, a private event hosted by Y Combinator Continuity and Greylock Partners in April 2017.

In this panel, Greylock's Josh Elman talks with Y Combinator Partner and former Airbnb Product Lead for Growth Gustaf Alströmer and former Uber Head of Product and VP of Growth Ed Baker about establishing a north star metric, growing in local markets, and how to measure the things that can't be measured. This panel was recorded at The Scaleup Offsite, an event focused on scaling companies co-hosted by Greylock Partners and YC Continuity.

Ryan Carson is the Founder & CEO @ Treehouse the startup that teaches you to code and learn the skills needed to launch a new career. They have backing from some of the best investors in the business including the likes of Social Capital, Greylock Partners and then notable individuals such as Reid Hoffman, Josh Elman and Mark Suster just to name a few. As for Ryan, prior to Treehouse he was the creator of famous The Future of Web Apps Conference, showing his unparalleled access to the top tier of West Coast founders. Due to the success of the conference, Ryan later sold the event to another events company. In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: How Ryan made his way into the world of startups and came to found Treehouse? How does Ryan think all founders can build a truly diversified pipeline for developer talent? How does Ryan detect the seeds of potential in young engineers? How does he nurture them to grow and fit the desired role? How does Ryan approach regrettable and non-regrettable churn? What is the dunning process? Why is it so important to instantly increase retention and reduce churn? Does Ryan agree with Jason Lemkin that the hardest element of SaaS scaling is the $1-2m phase? Does Ryan agree with Jason in suggesting that your first 10 unaffiliated customers is the first sign of product market fit? Ryan has previously said, ‘as a founder, there is one thing you need, otherwise you will quit’. What is the one thing? Why is it so important? 60 Second SaaStr Why does Ryan know now that he wishes he had known when he started? What is Ryan’s favourite SaaS reading material? Freemium in SaaS: What are the pros and cons? If you would like to find out more about the show and the guests presented, you can follow us on Twitter here: Jason Lemkin Harry Stebbings SaaStr Ryan Carson

We talk Snap's dramatic share price decline following its first-quarter earnings. The report, its first as a public company, missed on revenue, profit, and active users. And we hit on the rest of the week's troubled waters, detailing what happened to Yelp's own share price, and why Pandora is telling the market to buy it now or wait a moment. On a happier note, we touched on a profitable company's recent mega-raise.

We talk Snap's dramatic share price decline following its first-quarter earnings. The report, its first as a public company, missed on revenue, profit, and active users. And we hit on the rest of the week's troubled waters, detailing what happened to Yelp's own share price, and why Pandora is telling the market to buy it now or wait a moment. On a happier note, we touched on a profitable company's recent mega-raise.

Greylock's Josh Elman chats with Slow Ventures founder and partner Dave Morin about social networks, his experience building the Facebook platform, and learnings from his startup Path. #ProductSF is a product-centric event hosted by Greylock Partners. The conference brings together a community of founders, PMs, and product leaders to talk about the challenges of building new, innovative products that change lives and create habits.

Partner at Greylock and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman offers a candid perspective on lessons learned from getting LinkedIn going and then scaling it beyond. He explains why he had conviction for social networks in the early 2000s and gives the scoop on his first (not as successful) startup Socialnet. He explains how he and his team navigated their financing strategy, and what he did to build his relationship with Jeff Weiner before bringing him on as the LinkedIn CEO. #ProductSF is a product-centric event hosted by Greylock Partners. The conference brings together a community of founders, PMs, and product leaders to talk about the challenges of building new, innovative products that change lives and create habits.

The global video game industry is thriving. According to PwC, gaming is expected to grow from $71.3 billion in 2015 to $90.1 billion by 2020. Jason Citron, the CEO and founder of Discord, understands this space very well. He started gaming on the NES when he was five, learned how to program games in high school, founded and sold a social platform for mobile games, and is now building a messaging platform for gamers. Greylock investment partner Josh Elman caught up with Jason to talk about his entrepreneurial journey, the gaming industry, and what's in store for Discord.

Josh is one of the most respected product managers in the game, having built products at Facebook, Twitter, and Linkedin. Now he has made an name for himself at Greylock as a top vc We talk about his journey working at those companies, what it was like to work with some of the best founders of all time, his transition to investing, advice for people starting a company, and much more. Josh has been a friend and supporter and If you ever get a chance to work with Josh I highly recommend it. One of the best at what he does and he’s one of the good guys.

Josh Elman is a Partner at Greylock Partners, which he joined the team in 2011 and invests in entrepreneurs building new consumer products and services. Josh specializes in designing, building, and scaling consumer products, having been part of multiple companies that have grown to more than 100 million users. Before joining Greylock, Josh was the product lead for growth and relevance at Twitter, growing Twitter’s active user base by nearly 10x. Prior to Twitter, Josh worked on the platform at Facebook and was an early employee at LinkedIn helping establish models for user growth and launched v1 of LinkedIn Jobs. Josh currently serves on the boards of Medium, Meerkat, Operator, Discord, and Jelly.   In Today's Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How Josh made his move into the VC world from Twitter, Linkedin and Facebook? 2.) What were the biggest takeaways of watching fb, Linkedin and Twitter to hyper growth mode? 3.) Question from Jeff Seibert: What would Josh do with the Twitter product today?? 4.) How would Josh apply his principles of the on boarding process to Twitter? What does he mean when he refers to the ladder of engagement? 5.) How does Josh respond to Fred Wilson's out on the consumer downturn? Is consumer really as hard as Fred makes it out to be? What sort of metrics really get Josh excited when viewing consumer startups? 6.) How has Josh's own investment decision making process been honed and refined since joining Greylock? Items Mentioned In Today's Episode: Josh's Fave Book: Built To Last: Successful Habits Of Visionary Companies Josh's Most Recent Investment: Discord: Free Voice and Text Chat For Gamers   As always you can follow The Twenty Minute VC, Harry and Josh on Twitter here! If you would like to see a more colourful side to Harry with many a mojito session, you can follow him on Instagram here!

Josh Elman, Partner at Greylock, invests in entrepreneurs building social networks and platforms, mobile apps, new media, and connected devices. @GreylockVC: @Medium, @Jelly, @AppMeerkat, @Operator, @discordapp @Nextdoor.

In this interview, Josh Elman defines what it means to grow and why it all starts with building a habit around your product. We also delve into the importance of onboarding and how to get users.

In this episode we were joined by Josh Elman, Partner at Greylock Partners. Josh discussed his background and how he became involved in investing, and the criteria that VCs commonly use to assess whether a startup is ready for their investment. He joined Greylock Partners in 2011 and invests in entrepreneurs building new consumer products and services. Josh specialises in designing, building, and scaling consumer products, having been part of multiple companies that have grown to more than 100 million users.

Today Josh Elman and John Lilly from Greylock join us to talk about their recent investment in Meerkat, Facebook’s new Message platform, and the future of micropayment economy thanks to Square’s $Cashtags and others. Listen in.

This week Ben Rubin(CEO, Meerkat) and Josh Elman (Partner, Greylock) join us to discuss the backstory of Meerkat and the future of livestreaming. Of course, we broadcasted the episode live on Meerkat, sporting lovely yellow swag: https://twitter.com/joewardpr/status/575809780322811904. Listen in. P.S. Want a Meerkat shirt? There are a few more days left to buy one on Teespring: http://teespring.com/meerkatapp

FounderLine host Joe Beninato and guest Josh Elman of Greylock Partners answer listener questions including: What are the verticals you are most interested in exploring from an investment standpoint? How does having a strong product background help you in picking a company to invest in? What do you consider the ideal founding team in terms of engineers, designers, business people, etc. When you start a company, what is the ideal time to bring in a product manager?  How much of a role should the product manager have? How do you keep the pace of innovation after a startup is acquired by another company? In the "Ask the Lawyer" segment, Mitch Zuklie of Orrick discusses how best to work with consultants.

Josh Elman is a Platform Program Manager at Facebook where he focuses on new initiatives and programs for developers on the Facebook Platform. He talks about what it's like to work for Facebook, how FB is changing developer expectations for corporate applications, what Facebook Connect is, developer opportunities, etc.