Bits & Pretzels #3 Chris Barton: Why Shazam's co-founder would not take venture capital again

While VCs are mostly looking for big "Grand Slam wins" while for an entrepreneur a firm doesn't have to be the biggest business to be a success

Chris Barton, co-founder of popular music app Shazam, talks with Bits & Pretzels Editor-in-Chief Britta Weddeling about what he has learned from building Shazam –including what he would do differently next time around. For example, he would not take venture capital again to start a company again, as he shares in the podcast. Barton sees a profound “misalignment“ between founders and investors, because VCs are mostly looking for "Grand Slam wins", whereas in the eyes of an entrepreneur a firm doesn't have to be the world's biggest business to be a success.

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Britta Weddeling (@bweddeling), Editor-in-Chief of Bits & Pretzels (@bitsandpretzels)

Featuring:
Chris Barton, co-founder Shazam
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