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Combating Asian Hate with Jon Chu, Eugene Wei and Mike Su | Upfront Summit 2022
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Snap's Mike Su discusses with Jon Chu (film director, producer, and screenwriter) and Eugene Wei (Stanford graduate and product executive) about combatting Asian hate; how the role their identity played in their upbringings, what being Asian American means to them, and the experiences they've been… More on the show's page
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20VC: Eugene Wei on "Status as a Service", Why Networks Grow and Stop Growing, The Worst Design Choices Social Media Incumbents Have Made & The Next 10 Years of Media and the Metaverse
WithEugene Wei
MentionsJeff Bezos
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Eugene Wei is one of my favorite thinkers, writers, and strategists in tech today. Having spent the majority of his professional career at consumer internet companies, Eugene started his career with a 7-year stint at Amazon with a focus on product. He then joined Hulu leading the product, design,… More on the show's page
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Status Games with Eugene Wei (Product Lead at Amazon, Hulu, Erly, Flipboard, Oculus) and James Currier
WithEugene Wei
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Status can be a volatile, powerful driver of engagement. Status and one of its underlying mechanisms, scarcity must be considered by product designers in every category, as early on as possible. But it can also be a double-edged sword, as managing a network and the status dynamics within it is… More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's pageThe Founders’ List: “Status as a Service (StaaS)” by Eugene Wei (Former Product Leader at Amazon, Hulu, Flipboard, Oculus)
WithEugene Wei
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This is The Founders' List - audio versions of essays from technology’s most important leaders, selected by the founder community. A Must Listen for all Founders - audio version of Eugene Wei’s hugely popular essay on the role of status in product development. Eugene was a product leader at Amazon,… More on the show's page
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Eugene Wei – Tech, Media, and Culture - [Invest Like the Best, EP.118]
WithEugene Wei
MentionsSam Hinkie
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My guest this week, Eugene Wei, has one of the most interesting backgrounds of anyone I’ve had on the podcast. He worked at Amazon early in its life, was the head of product at Hulu and Flipboard, and head of video and Oculus. Our conversation is about the intersection of technology, media,… More on the show's page
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What Eugene Wei Thinks About Basically Everything
WithEugene Wei
MentionsJeff Bezos
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This is a deep dive into the mind of Eugene Wei. Erik and Eugene discuss all kinds of topics, including the unique state of ambition in Silicon Valley, “apprenticeships” for white collar jobs, Eugene’s favorite fiction books, what he would do if he was running the New York Knicks, and much more.… More on the show's page
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Filmmaking in the Age of Technological Revolution with Darren Aronofsky | 2023 Upfront Summit
MentionsRevolutionEugene Wei
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Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Darren Aronofsky sits down with Eugene Wei to discuss his journey as a filmmaker and how advancing technology plays a role in the industry. Recorded March 2, 2023 at the Upfront Summit. More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's pageWeb 3 Series: Building a Decentralized Social Network with Dan Romero of Farcaster
WithDan Romero
MentionsEugene Wei
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Dan Romero (@dwr) of Farcaster joins Erik on this episode. Takeaways: - Dan says that his first love was information. He loved RSS and the goal with Farcaster is to improve RSS enough so that it can compete with Twitter. - He aims to grow Farcaster large enough so that developers can innovate using… More on the show's page
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Tiktok's Algorithm and Creativity Network Effects
MentionsEugene Wei
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What does the success of TikTok's algorithmically-driven product tell us about the future of creators and the creator economy, product design, and innovation within video? In this cross-over archive episode from our tech news podcast, 16 Minutes on the News, we go deep into the what, why, and how… More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's pageTikTok & Beyond: The Algorithm Question, The Future of Product
MentionsEugene Wei
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With the U.S. tech partnership for TikTok being finalized, what happens if source code is excluded (and more specifically, the For You Page algorithm), given China’s revised export controls ? But more broadly -- well beyond the specifics and politics of this deal -- what does the success of TikTok… More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's pageEvaluating Social Capital with Julian Lehr
MentionsEugene Wei
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Julian Lehr (@lehrjulian) of Stripe joins Erik on this episode. He is the author of the blog post Signalling as a Service. - The background of the post and why he wrote it. - Signalling as a framework and his breakdown of the component parts. - Why there is very little luxury software. - How this… More on the show's page
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