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The Aarthi and Sriram Show · Dec 17, 2024 · 1 hr 23 min

Ep 92 - Mark Pincus on Zynga, Media, Tech, and Democracy

Chapters: 0:00 Intro 1:30 The big political divide in the US 7:50 The new media election 19:55 Pre-Zynga: Mark's entrepreneurial origins 26:10 Being in the room where it happens 30:50 How to choose the right idea to work on 34:35 Meeting Mark Zuckerberg and investing in Facebook 40:20 Founder Mode 43:15 Zynga board and saving the company 49:30 Zynga 2.0: The Comeback 55:00 Zynga company culture 1:01:20 Building product at Zynga 1:08:30 How Zynga was Facebook's winning strategy 1:14:10 Advice to Founders 1:25:15 Outro Follow Sriram: https://www.instagram.com/sriramk/ https://twitter.com/sriramk Follow Aarthi: https://www.instagram.com/aarthir/ https://twitter.com/aarthir Follow the podcast: https://www.instagram.com/aarthiandsriramshow/ https://twitter.com/aarthisrirampod

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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:30 The big political divide in the US
7:50 The new media election
19:55 Pre-Zynga: Mark's entrepreneurial origins
26:10 Being in the room where it happens
30:50 How to choose the right idea to work on
34:35 Meeting Mark Zuckerberg and investing in Facebook
40:20 Founder Mode
43:15 Zynga board and saving the company
49:30 Zynga 2.0: The Comeback
55:00 Zynga company culture
1:01:20 Building product at Zynga
1:08:30 How Zynga was Facebook's winning strategy
1:14:10 Advice to Founders
1:25:15 Outro

Follow Sriram:

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Follow Aarthi:

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Follow the podcast:

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