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The intersection of technology, startups, and venture capital touches everything now. That’s why Equity, TechCrunch's flagship podcast, digs into the business of startups for entrepreneurs and enthusiasts alike. Every Wednesday and Friday, TechCrunch reporters keep you up-to-date on the world of business, technology, and venture capital. Equity is ranked the No.2 podcast in the Top 100 Venture Capital All time leaderboard on Goodpods—As well as No.17 for the Top 100 Finance All time chart and No.32 for the Top 100 Business News All time chart.
Fizz CEO on why anonymous social is winning with Gen Z
Equity
32 minutes
1 week ago
Fizz CEO on why anonymous social is winning with Gen Z
Fizz is betting that Gen Z is tired of performing their lives on Instagram and TikTok.
What started as a pandemic-era group chat frustration has turned into the dominant social platform on college campuses across the US, focused on the 99% of life that doesn't make it into a highlight reel. Capturing the attention of a demographic typically glued to Instagram and TikTok, the app's hybrid anonymous model and hyperlocal focus has made it what Solomon calls "the biggest college social app since Facebook.”
Today we're bringing you a conversation that Dominic Madori Davis had with Fizz’s co-founder and CEO Teddy Solomon from this year's Disrupt, digging into why he thinks social media stopped being social.
Listen to the full episode to hear:
Why Solomon thinks Instagram and TikTok became pure entertainment platforms, and why that created an opening
How Fizz uses 7,000 volunteer student moderators plus AI to keep the platform safe
The company's expansion strategy beyond college and what "Global Fizz" actually means
Solomon’s case for why New York is a better place to build a consumer company than San Francisco
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Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
01:34 - What broke in social media
04:03 - Building for the 99% of life
07:29 - Content moderation at scale
11:16 - The risks of anonymous social
13:22 - Pandemic origins and IRL community
16:49 - Why the company moved to New York
19:45 - Scaling with "arguably the most retentive social product in history"
21:32 - Almost getting arrested at Pepperdine…for donuts
26:09 - The future of social media
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Equity
The intersection of technology, startups, and venture capital touches everything now. That’s why Equity, TechCrunch's flagship podcast, digs into the business of startups for entrepreneurs and enthusiasts alike. Every Wednesday and Friday, TechCrunch reporters keep you up-to-date on the world of business, technology, and venture capital. Equity is ranked the No.2 podcast in the Top 100 Venture Capital All time leaderboard on Goodpods—As well as No.17 for the Top 100 Finance All time chart and No.32 for the Top 100 Business News All time chart.
