349: 1 Billion Downloads, Kim Kardashian, and The Future Of AI: PicsArt’s Hovhannes Avoyan

349: 1 Billion Downloads, Kim Kardashian, and The Future Of AI: PicsArt’s Hovhannes Avoyan

When his 10 year old daughter was upset by negative comments posted about her artwork, Hovhannes Avoyan decided to do something about it. Almost a decade later, over 1 billion app downloads and 150 million active monthly, PicsArt has become a global movement. Before founding PicsArt, Hovhannes Avoyan was already a successful entrepreneur with five startups that he sold to Lycos, Bertelsmann, GFI, TeamViewer, and HelpSystems. With a strong understanding of the market, scaling, and what it takes to build a viable business, it’s no wonder that PicsArt raised over $45m capital and now boasts partnerships with the world’s biggest influencers like Kim Kardashian. In this inspiring interview hosted by Nathan Chan, Avoyan discusses the importance of creating a safe space for creative expression, why community matters for a business, the future of AI and its place in design and art, and why he believes failure is part of success.

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470: Why Passion Is Your Advantage with Holly Thaggard of Supergoop!

470: Why Passion Is Your Advantage with Holly Thaggard of Supergoop!

Holly Thaggard is passionate about sun protection. That passion drove her to create her multimillion-dollar skincare company, Supergoop!, which started turning the world of suncare products on its end...

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469: How to Beat a Monopoly with James Chin Moody of Sendle

469: How to Beat a Monopoly with James Chin Moody of Sendle

James Chin Moody became an entrepreneur by accident. While on sabbatical from his engineering career, he developed a donate marketplace inspired by trying to donate outgrown baby clothes to those in n...

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468: How to Fall in Love with a Problem with Uri Levine of Waze

468: How to Fall in Love with a Problem with Uri Levine of Waze

There are not many interviews where Nathan Chan is speechless, but this is one of them. If you want to learn how to find product market fit, build a successful team, and create a lasting business, the...

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467: Accelerate Your Marketing Efficiency with Manuel Mueller of Emma

467: Accelerate Your Marketing Efficiency with Manuel Mueller of Emma

Manuel Mueller started his first mattress company when he was 19 years old, and since then, he has never stopped iterating to create the perfect mattress. In 2013, he launched sleepwear company Emma, ...

7 Heinä 202344min

466: Reshape Free Products into Revenue-Generators with Ali Ghosdi of Databricks

466: Reshape Free Products into Revenue-Generators with Ali Ghosdi of Databricks

Ali Ghosdi was a reluctant founder. He planned to become an academic researcher and professor, not lead a successful tech startup. In 2013, alongside six other co-founders, Ghosdi helped build an open...

30 Kesä 202349min

465: The State of Podcasting with Ex-Spotify Executive and Parcast Founder Max Cutler

465: The State of Podcasting with Ex-Spotify Executive and Parcast Founder Max Cutler

If your business or brand has a podcast, listen up. In this episode, we’re diving into the current state of podcasting with Max Cutler, Parcast founder, Spotify’s former head of talk creator content, ...

23 Kesä 202349min

464: Silicon Valley Outsider Michelle Zatlyn on Building a Tech Disruptor

464: Silicon Valley Outsider Michelle Zatlyn on Building a Tech Disruptor

Michelle Zatlyn and her co-founders were outsiders when they moved to Silicon Valley to launch their web security startup. It was 2009, in the middle of a recession, but the team knew their visceral e...

17 Kesä 202358min

463: Why Small Customers Matter with ​​Immad Akhund of Mercury

463: Why Small Customers Matter with ​​Immad Akhund of Mercury

Since 2006, Immad Akhund has been investing in and building startups. But he always struggled with working with traditional banks to run his startups, especially as a non-US resident. He figured someo...

9 Kesä 202344min

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