The 1.01 Podcast
#6 Anshay Saboo
Creator of Instafest and Head of Product at Drumify, Anshay Saboo discusses going viral in highschool with the Grades App, scaling Instafest to over 100 million views, and navigating numerous offers landing on building out Drumify.
Follow Wilson on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/WilsonLimSet
Follow Anshay on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/AnshaySaboo
Instafest - https://www.instafest.app/
Drumify - https://drumify.com/
Show Notes
00:31 Introduction
0:45 Quick fire questions
02:01 Building the Grades App to 200,000 users
05:00 Dealing with the first taste of virality
06:30 College Admissions Process
08:25 Ideation process of Instafest
10:20 Incurring massive server charges
11:40 Thoughts on kickstarting growth
13:05 Twitter presence with Instafest
15:00 Deciding not to put up any ads
17:10 Spotify vs Apple Music API
19:30 Deciding what to work on after Instafest
23:00 Why Drumify
24:50 Thinking about AI with the music industry
27.15 Most important habits
29:55 The nicest thing someone has ever done for you
33.10 Where will Anshay and Drumify be in 1 year time
Creator of Instafest and Head of Product at Drumify, Anshay Saboo discusses going viral in highschool with the Grades App, scaling Instafest to over 100 million views, and navigating numerous offers landing on building out Drumify.
Follow Wilson on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/WilsonLimSet
Follow Anshay on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/AnshaySaboo
Instafest - https://www.instafest.app/
Drumify - https://drumify.com/
Show Notes
00:31 Introduction
0:45 Quick fire questions
02:01 Building the Grades App to 200,000 users
05:00 Dealing with the first taste of virality
06:30 College Admissions Process
08:25 Ideation process of Instafest
10:20 Incurring massive server charges
11:40 Thoughts on kickstarting growth
13:05 Twitter presence with Instafest
15:00 Deciding not to put up any ads
17:10 Spotify vs Apple Music API
19:30 Deciding what to work on after Instafest
23:00 Why Drumify
24:50 Thinking about AI with the music industry
27.15 Most important habits
29:55 The nicest thing someone has ever done for you
33.10 Where will Anshay and Drumify be in 1 year time