Evan Williams
Odeo
Odeo
Evan Williams co-founded Pyra Labs in 1999 and led the team that created Blogger, a major player in helping pioneer the blogging phenomenon. In early 2003, Williams sold Pyra Labs to Google, where he led the Blogger group until October 2004. Prior to Pyra, in 1994, Williams started an early internet company in Nebraska, his native state, and later worked for O'Reilly Media, Intel, and HP as a web application developer. He now resides in San Francisco and is co-founding a new startup, Odeo, which is helping democratize media in new ways.
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Last Updated: Thu, May 11, 2006
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| Category | Title | Author/Speaker | Organization | Length | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Video | Advent of Podcasting | Evan Williams | Odeo | 03:16 | 10/2005 |
| Video | Advice to Aspiring Entrepreneurs | Evan Williams | Odeo | 03:06 | 10/2005 |
| Video | Can Entrepreneurship be Taught? | Evan Williams | Odeo | 00:53 | 10/2005 |
| Video | Dealing with Competition | Evan Williams | Odeo | 01:33 | 10/2005 |
| Video | Future of Podcasting | Evan Williams | Odeo | 02:11 | 10/2005 |
| Video | Learning from Failure | Evan Williams | Odeo | 01:57 | 10/2005 |
| Video | Maintaining Focus | Evan Williams | Odeo | 01:38 | 10/2005 |
| Podcast | The Technology of Podcasting | Evan Williams | Odeo | 56:57 | 10/2005 |
Evan Williams, co-founder of Pyra Labs, creators of Blogger, talks about podcasting and how it started. He believes that due to the "webification" of audio, podcasting has become exciting and popular.
Williams advices budding entrepreneurs to start small and think big. You should start with something small and something that you care about, he says. Smaller problems can be solved faster and can be eventually scaled into a big company, he adds.
Williams believes that entrepreneurship can be taught as it is a combination of skills and intense desires that drive a person to overcome challenges.
Williams gives his views on the evolving competitive landscape in podcasting. He believes that in a new, emerging market, it is about 'growing the pie' and bringing many players into the market to educate the people about the impact and usefulness of the new technology.
Williams believes that podcasting has just begun and that it is going to grow in the coming years. He explains that people are now only in the 'geocities' phase where they know how to access content but do not know why to do so or do so on an ongoing basis.
Williams talks about some of his biggest failures and what he learned from them. One of the things he has learned is the importance of building, collaborating and motivating a team.
Williams believes that one of the challenges he faced from very early on was of maintaining focus. He explains that he now has to be more disciplined due to various external diversions.
Evan Williams, Co-founder and CEO of Odeo, discusses his views on the opportunities and challenges in the quickly emerging technology of Podcasting.