Hi Everyone,
I am Kirill and I am the maker of Smash Notes. The goal is very simple - What if you could unlock all the knowledge in the 30 million+ estimated podcasts episodes that exist in the world today? Smash Notes gives you that ability.
We unlock a lifetime of long-form audio content, and assemble insights on any subject, just for you.
Smash started as a side project, but it quickly became obvious to me that so many more podcast hosts and listeners could benefit from sharing this platform. With just a click you can now learn about Justin Kan’s startup journey, and contrast and compare that with Ryan Hoover’s lessons from Product Hunt, get a peek at what Don Valentine of Sequoia thinks of Facebook, and see Paul Graham's thoughts of VCs and Y Combinator back in 2009.
Podcasts hold an enormous amount of insights, but unless we unlock them, and make them discoverable, most of this amazing information will not be found. But you can help! If you share Smash Notes with your favorite podcaster, and encourage your friends to join in, we can all expand our knowledge and elevate so many new podcasts to greatness!
Together, we can create a medium that make any long-form content, snackable, sharable, and thus accessible around the world. Let's talk about this.
ps. Huge thanks for @kevin for hunting Smash. You rock!
Love this. It's a smart way to lead with questions. It almost feels like Quora with audio. How do you transcribe this volume of podcasts?
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@kaigradert Thanks Kai! Indeed, the goal is to be Quora-like and be able to answer any questions with a bit of audio, and sometimes, multiple audios from different podcasts. For example, see how on this episode Chamath talks about Silicon Valley being a ponzi scheme? Having access to other podcasts we can immediately link it with Bryce Roberts explaining a similar concept on another podcast. It's magic, and it only gets better with time! https://smashnotes.com/p/recode-...
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@kaigradert Oh, and to answer your question, Amazon, they have a rather complex, but also versatile podcasting service. Took a while to figure it out and to set up, but now every episode takes about 10-20 minutes, depending on lengths.
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Ha! It gives a full written transcript of the podcasts if you click the title! So this is like a place to quickly browse for contents inside podcasts before wasting time listening. Cool!
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@jenntoda Yup! You can read the notes or read a transcript, whatever you are into!
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Great execution on this!
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@porlando Thanks Paul, so much more to come! It's been a real joy seeing these highlights come together, and the opportunity is massive!
Also, any plans for a mobile version? It seems like a perfect app to kill time on a commute or in between daily routines.
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@kaigradert Yeah, a mobile-optimized version that just works would be lovely. As a sole founder I am under capacity to do it right now, but once I either get revenue or funding, I can find a way. The challenge with mobile development is how much of it changes every year, and once you start with a mobile version, you have to keep a team just to maintain it.
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I long ago got overwhelmed with the podcast content river, so have loved getting my startup-themed podcast content curated by Kirill and Smash Notes. If you haven't tried it before, I recommend it.
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@daveschappell Thanks David. It's a joy to have you on the site!
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@daveschappell Dave, you know what's my favorite bit of podcasting with you in it? This Kruze episode where you explain how Bezos is just a machine, and we need to send a terminator back in time ... anyway, it's all in here -
https://smashnotes.com/p/kruze-c...
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