Oct 3, 2026 · 27 min · 15 segments
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Greg GlendayGuest
Sam SethiHost
Matt CisnerosGuest
Yeah, I think the success we had [clears throat] in '25 and so far in 2026 kinda started in 2024 with a, a lot of alignment work that we did into the beginning of '25.
So, you know, I think sometimes companies like ours, we're all in a new industry.
Think about how many things have changed, how many companies have, you know, sorta shifted strategy over the last three years even.
So for us, you know, we got really focused on what do we do, what are we good at? We stopped doing a lot of things, and you could catalog all the things that we shut down, where it's like, you know, sometimes you have to say, "You know what? That's not our lane." And it's actually made us better partners with people like Apple and Spotify by not trying to do everything for everybody.
We focus on infrastructure, people, technology, being the best place for independent creator.
You hate to say it, but there's a lot of big shows that will remain nameless that aren't listening or their audience is maybe 85% smaller than last year.
So we look at those shows and we say, "Man, that is..." 200 shows like that, I would take that over a big show that's maybe a little more unwieldy or isn't necessarily a podcast.
Next week we're gonna make a huge announcement, a big hire that I think will be interesting for the industry.
It's like all of those objections that we heard for the last few years, those kinda became everybody's roadmaps, and I think we've solved enough of those problems that the industry's ready to take off.
Yeah, I think the success we had [clears throat] in '25 and so far in 2026 kinda started in 2024 with a, a lot of alignment work that we did into the beginning of '25.
So, you know, I think sometimes companies like ours, we're all in a new industry.
Think about how many things have changed, how many companies have, you know, sorta shifted strategy over the last three years even.
So for us, you know, we got really focused on what do we do, what are we good at? We stopped doing a lot of things, and you could catalog all the things that we shut down, where it's like, you know, sometimes you have to say, "You know what? That's not our lane." And it's actually made us better partners with people like Apple and Spotify by not trying to do everything for everybody.
We focus on infrastructure, people, technology, being the best place for independent creator.
You hate to say it, but there's a lot of big shows that will remain nameless that aren't listening or their audience is maybe 85% smaller than last year.
So we look at those shows and we say, "Man, that is..." 200 shows like that, I would take that over a big show that's maybe a little more unwieldy or isn't necessarily a podcast.
Next week we're gonna make a huge announcement, a big hire that I think will be interesting for the industry.
It's like all of those objections that we heard for the last few years, those kinda became everybody's roadmaps, and I think we've solved enough of those problems that the industry's ready to take off.
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