Matteo is a co-founder of KYVI, a platform for candidates and elected officials. He is based out of Pheonix, AZ.
http://kyvi.io/
Matteo's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matteo-vlasic-743a14a/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3iZ4EAq...
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...
Google Podcasts:https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0...
Anchor: https://anchor.fm/moon-tea
Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
01:14 - Background and AZ hackathon discussion
6:38 - What is the Know Your Vote Initiative and how did Matteo get involved?
11:40 - How is KYVI different from other platforms?
17:15 - What is the funding model?
19:25 - The importance of local elections
26:00 - How is the tech being built?
32:00 - How do you properly represent the official's positions? Discussions on making it easier for elected officials to be held accountable.
40:00 - Sorting and recommendation discussion
42:45 - UX discussion and building a core feature set
47:45 - How does Jon vote? And idea for getting people to be informed about elections
53:40 - Discussion on software and recommendations and progressive design
1:00:00 - MVP discussion. Would be awesome just to be able to look up a candidate easily
1:03:24 - How can people reach out? Closing thoughts