Quibi CEO Meg Whitman Wants Your In-Between Moments

04/06/20 • 47 min

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Today, the world gets its first glimpse of Quibi, the short-form mobile video platform as famous for its high-octane leadership as it is for its $1.75 billion in pre-launch venture funding.

Also today? Business Casual listeners get an exclusive interview with Quibi CEO Meg Whitman. In this conversation chock-full of insight, Whitman explains how Quibi is straddling the line between competition for time and competition for dollars.

As a veteran tech leader (and the former CEO of both eBay and HP), she has plenty of inside-baseball analysis about playing into the trend of our dwindling attention spans instead of resisting it. Whitman also explains to Business Casual...

What it’s like to launch a consumer product in the middle of a pandemic and likely recession
What it takes to raise $1.75 billion in funding without showing investors your product
How to attract the finest talent from both Hollywood and Silicon Valley

Plus, Whitman defends her claim that Quibi, a video streaming service, is not entering the streaming wars. Want to understand that one? Listen now.

Today, the world gets its first glimpse of Quibi, the short-form mobile video platform as famous for its high-octane leadership as it is for its $1.75 billion in pre-launch venture funding.

What it’s like to launch a consumer product in the middle of a pandemic and likely recession
What it takes to raise $1.75 billion in funding without showing investors your product
How to attract the finest talent from both Hollywood and Silicon Valley

Plus, Whitman defends her claim that Quibi, a video streaming service, is not entering the streaming wars. Want to understand that one? Listen now.

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