Upcoming Live Interview: Digg.com Co-Founder, Owen Byrne
on May 12, 2009 - 7:41 PM PST
According to CrunchBase, Owen Byrne was hired by Digg founder Kevin Rose on Elance to create the PHP code behind the original Digg site for a cost of $200. Digg went on to become one of the most successful site in history.
Now that story has been frustrating startups everywhere. It leaves us wondering, “If Owen and Kevin can build a top site for a few hundred bucks, why are we struggling for so long and spending so much money just getting our site launched?!”
I invited Owen on Mixergy to talk about what really happened when he helped launch Digg, to teach startups what he learned about building a successful startup quickly, and to hear about his work he’s done since Digg.
When:
Wednesday, May 13 @ 11 AM Pacific
When:
Right here on Mixergy.com. You can watch and chat from your desk.
Got questions for Owen?
Ask them at the live event or in the comments here.
[Photo by Thomas Hawk.]
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May 12th, 2009 at 8:13 pm
Looking forward to it. Thank you for doing this interviews.
May 12th, 2009 at 8:32 pm
Thank you @merrick for catching a typo. I fixed it!
May 12th, 2009 at 9:32 pm
This looks very interesting. Can't wait to see it.
May 12th, 2009 at 10:18 pm
Can't wait for this one. Great job Andrew.
May 12th, 2009 at 10:36 pm
Thanks!
I'll have a recording of it up on the site for you. But I hope you listen
live so you can ask him questions.
May 12th, 2009 at 10:36 pm
Thanks!
I can't wait to do it.
When I was building out an invitation site a couple of years ago, I felt
like a big failure because Kevin Rose could hire a developer on elance to
redo his site for almost nothing, while I was struggling with mine.
Now I get to ask how much of that is true. And what can I learn (or copy)
from Digg's success.
May 12th, 2009 at 10:36 pm
Thanks Keven. Your support means a lot to me buddy!
May 12th, 2009 at 10:37 pm
You are truly welcome Andrew. You have help me soooo much I really mean that. Keep up the great work.
May 12th, 2009 at 11:14 pm
Well I for one am looking forward to dispelling the myth that Digg was all done by K.Rose and some magic wand/spell/potion..Damn proud that a Canadian helped start it all Ay?
As what its like to be many years older that the typical Web 2.0 coder and how he keeps up with the young whipper snappers…
Cheers…
May 13th, 2009 at 2:07 am
Question for Owen “Does Digg really have a future?” “How has the Digg experience changed you?”
May 13th, 2009 at 3:55 am
A reply to:
“It leaves us wondering, “If Owen and Kevin can build a top site for a few hundred bucks, why are we struggling for so long and spending so much money just getting our site launched?!””
Poor product manager, product strategy and development prioritization. A great product manager can guide a team of crappy engineers. Great engineers and great product strategy = win. Good engineering only gets you there faster, but product strategy defines what “there” is.
May 13th, 2009 at 12:54 pm
Just so I'm clear, we have to click on the “Live” tab above to see the interview, we won't see it on this page, yeh?
May 13th, 2009 at 3:04 pm
Short and sweet. Another great interview Andrew!
May 13th, 2009 at 3:15 pm
Very interesting interview, I had no idea who Owen Byrne was until I watched this.
Two key takeaways for me:
- Bootstrap as much as you can, hold off on the VC's.
- Find a flaw in your competition and capitalize on it.
Thanks again for the interviews Andrew!
- Francois
May 14th, 2009 at 11:25 pm
You gave me one of my best questions. Thanks!
May 14th, 2009 at 11:26 pm
This was a great question. I asked him. Thanks for this.
May 14th, 2009 at 11:26 pm
Thanks Will. I used this question and credited you.
May 14th, 2009 at 11:28 pm
Thanks.
We're working on this. Because you brought it up, I was at least able to
post a note on the Mixergy homepage.
In the (near) future, we'll have the top images (Seth Godin, etc) replaced
with a clickable message saying we're live.
May 14th, 2009 at 11:28 pm
Meant to say this interview was great thanks to your input.
Grateful for the help.
May 14th, 2009 at 11:32 pm
You said it.
I was trying to get that bootstrap point into the excerpt video, but
couldn't squeeze in another point.
May 16th, 2009 at 10:43 am
I'm grateful for Mixergy
May 17th, 2009 at 7:35 pm
And I'm grateful for Alex B. Houle.
May 17th, 2009 at 10:54 pm
I'll be even more active once I'm done with this semester.
May 18th, 2009 at 2:07 am
Rock the semester Alex!
May 18th, 2009 at 2:54 am
I'll be even more active once I'm done with this semester.
May 18th, 2009 at 6:07 am
Rock the semester Alex!