Patrick O’Donnell,
founder of Urbanspoon – Startup Exits Podcast – StartupSoft
The $50 million sale to Zomato: how Patrick started, ran and sold Urbanspoon
Patrick O’Donnell of Urbanspoon
Startup Exits Podcast with Patrick O'Donnell, founder of Urbanspoon. The $50 million sale to Zomato: how Patrick started, ran and sold Urbanspoon
Guest bio
Launched on the day the App Store opened, Urbanspoon was one of the most iconic apps created in the early iPhone era. Having been through a few exits already, Patrick co-founded and helped to grow Urbanspoon to millions of users and a successful acquisition by IAC and Zomato.
In this episode
We chat with Patrick about:
- Disrupting education
- Early days of Urbanspoon
- Startups & family: work-life balance
- How Urbanspoon was featured in Apple’s commercial
- Innovative UX or gimmick?
- Scaling a product in a paradigm shift
- Acquisition transition: founder vs employee experience
- Patrick’s new company, FreshChalk
- How do you productize personal recommendations?
- The future of word-of-mouth
Patrick is currently taking on Yelp with his new friend recommendation startup, Fresh Chalk.
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host bio
This podcast is brought to you by Andrew Vasylyk, a host of Startup Exits Podcast and a founder of StartupSoft, your reliable partner in hiring, managing & retaining remote employees. Andrew is passionate about startups, technology, and Ukraine.
