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Sep 28, 2026
Daniel EkGUEST
Mm-hmm
Jason CalacanisHOST
... like, "Hey, can we keep supporting the open source part?" And then the second piece, people don't know this, but there was this incredible company, Stardoll.
Jason CalacanisHOST
It was one of the first companies in Stockholm, Sweden, to ever get funding from American VCs.
Daniel EkGUEST
Yeah.
Daniel EkGUEST
Of course.
Daniel EkGUEST
But yeah, no-
Jason CalacanisHOST
And then tell us about Stardoll, yeah
Daniel EkGUEST
...
Jason CalacanisHOST
Open standards are kind of moving one direction and Spotify has got a lot of proprietary stuff.
Jason CalacanisHOST
I've talked to you about this and some of your team members like, hey, can we keep supporting the open source part? And then the second piece is, People don't know this, but there was this incredible company, Stardoll.
Jason CalacanisHOST
It was one of the first companies in Stockholm, Sweden, to ever get funding from American VCs.
Jason CalacanisHOST
You were the CTO, if I remember, or the intern for a couple years? Well, I was the
Daniel EkGUEST
Of course.
Daniel EkGUEST
I'll definitely bring the feature request to the team.
Jason CalacanisHOST
Tell us about Stardoll while you wrap up here.
Jason CalacanisHOST
What did you learn there when you were 20 years old, 21, 22, whatever it was at Stardoll?
Brynne MarieHOST
And I had access to the internet when I was in middle school and high school.
Brynne MarieHOST
Even before that, I, I would play computer games on my computer in my parents' office, like Club Penguin, Stardoll, Webkinz, all of those, which in, in a way, some of those are kind of like social media.
Brynne MarieHOST
I mean, you think back to Stardoll.
Brynne MarieHOST
I don't know if you played Stardoll.
Brynne MarieHOST
I don't know if that's a niche thing.
Brynne MarieHOST
Basically, you had an avatar and you would play dress up with it, essentially, and you could interact with other people on it.
ChristinaHOST
think I heard about it.
ChristinaHOST
It was either on Tumblr or on Stardoll.
Lucien WandailyHOST
You own Tumblr, doesn't it?
ChristinaHOST
Yeah, because Stardoll Clubs was like a haven for the Tumblr girls at that time.
ChristinaHOST
And they were all talking about these YA fiction books, basically.
ChristinaHOST
So I'm pretty sure it was from one of those two places that I first heard about Twilight and I was like, ooh.
JohnnyHOST
And with who's the one that had the star on her back? Just in case we forgot.
ColinHOST
Oh, you mean Stardoll? Stardoll, that's right.
ColinHOST
UK versus the world with Starlet and Stardoll.
ColinHOST
Oh, no, this is the All-Stars season.
ColinHOST
All-Stars.
JohnnyHOST
Yes, we're going to do All-Stars with Stardoll and Starlet.
JohnnyHOST
Yes.
ColinHOST
Yeah.