30 Years in 30 Minutes

No Risk, No Reward: How The Founder Of Shazam Broke The Internet

January 20, 2024 Michael Oved & Terrence Gabel Season 1 Episode 4
No Risk, No Reward: How The Founder Of Shazam Broke The Internet
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30 Years in 30 Minutes
No Risk, No Reward: How The Founder Of Shazam Broke The Internet
Jan 20, 2024 Season 1 Episode 4
Michael Oved & Terrence Gabel

In this episode, Michael Oved sits down with Philip Inghelbrecht, the cofounder of Shazam (the application that can identify music based on a short sample played using the microphone on the device, which was later acquired by Apple for $400 million). Philip discusses what he did in his youth to prepare him for entrepreneurship, how he founded Shazam, where the name came from, the first song he Shazamed, and his advice to the next generation.

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In this episode, Michael Oved sits down with Philip Inghelbrecht, the cofounder of Shazam (the application that can identify music based on a short sample played using the microphone on the device, which was later acquired by Apple for $400 million). Philip discusses what he did in his youth to prepare him for entrepreneurship, how he founded Shazam, where the name came from, the first song he Shazamed, and his advice to the next generation.