#7 Tim Schmitz, COO of Jodel | Making It Real Podcast with Jan Brinckmann

Tim Schmitz is the COO of Jodel. Jodel is a very popular
location-based communication app which enables its users to
discover, follow and participate in the most relevant
conversations with people nearby. Prior to creating Jodel, Tim
studied at ESADE Business School.





Tim Schmitz, COO of Jodel | Making It Real Podcast with Jan
Brinckmann | Episode #7





00:00 Tim's personal story in the entrepreneurship domain


3:55 What gave you the confidence that Jodel could work?


6:00 MVPs in the consumer space and their KPIs


11:25 How your KPIs should develop


14:20 User acquisition for consumer apps


16:50 With how many people were you programming?


18:15 How long did it take you to launch the first version?


19:35 How did you launch it?


22:00 Were you strategic about which type of study, gender,
university of Jodel's users?


24:17 Where does Jodel currently stand?


31:06 Validating Jodel with its users


32:30 What's next for Jodel?


34:06 Most exciting topic for Tim right now


36:30 Tim's advice for people thinking about making it real


39:15 Tim's advice for an entrepreneur's darker times





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