Today’s entrepreneur is Matt Raoul, CEO of Timehop, a startup that helps you relive your memories. He’s also a contributing editor for VatorNews, having written numerous thought leadership essays on media.Here’s Matt’s story on: How media engages a distracted audience, where he highlights what’s working for publishers as they seek to keep their audience engaged. He also wrote: How apps broaden their utility while staying simple, where one takeaway is to stay true to a mission. He also wrote about Society’s obsession with nostalgia, something Matt knows quite a bit about with Timehop.
Matt went to Rochester Institute of Technology
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Here’s more about Matt.
I am a(n):
First-time entrepreneur
Companies I’ve founded or co-founded:
If you are an entrepreneur, why?
Because building teams and people is the best investment.
My favorite startups:
Timehop, HQTrivia, Bowery Farming, RoosterTeeth
What’s most frustrating and rewarding about entrepreneurship/innovation?
The notion that there is a formula that works for any team working on any product.
What’s the No. 1 mistake entrepreneurs make?
No idea, but I’ve definitely made it.
What are the top three lessons you’ve learned as an entrepreneur?
Every problem is the same thing, just at a different scale.
No one has any idea what they are doing.
People come first.
