Keeping it Real with Danny Trinh

Are you ready for the next iteration of Where It Happens? Greg Isenberg is now the host of the podcast, which will be focused on catching up with incredible guests at the intersection of community, commerce, and content. Today, Greg is joined by Danny Trinh, a new product designer at Snapchat, who learned to build with Greg through shared suffering and triumphs. Together they share the importance of maintaining a beginner's mindset, offer their lessons learned for the next generation, and explain why the best advice can be to trust your gut.

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SHOW NOTES 00:00 Sneak Peek 00:47 Greg’s First Trip to Silicon Valley 03:42 The WHY behind TRWIH Podcast 05:21 The Future of Web Invites: Partiful  10:55 The Eventbrite UX  12:02 Why Web3 is like Web2  16:08 Building Web2 in SF circa 2008  23:18 Missing Vine  25:08 Lessons to the Next Generation  29:30 VCs versus Builders  39:39 100% Unfiltered  44:37 Driving Tanks  48:07 Danny Trinh’s State of Web3 56:02 Experimenting in Web3  1:02:50 Finding Danny Trinh  1:05:47 Thanks for Listening