Sriram Krishnan

10 statements across 1 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Mar 20, 2023 by Sriram Krishnan · said 1 times in 1 episodes since 2025 · across every show →

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Mar 20, 2023 positive
Assertion Supported
Krishnan: Huberman and Lex Fridman built top podcasts without existing audiences
“We look at Huberman, did not have a large audience hotel, came out of nowhere. Be on the top of charts. Lex Friedman came out of nowhere really to build one of the most popular podcasts around.”
Sriram Krishnan Mar 20, 2023 ▶ 40:32 The Art and Science of Podcasting with Sriram and Aarthi
Mar 20, 2023 neutral
Assertion Contradicted
Krishnan: 90% of podcasts fail to reach episode 20
“It's like, 90% of podcasts don't last episode 20 and then the remaining 90% don't last episode 40.”
Sriram Krishnan Mar 20, 2023 ▶ 41:24 The Art and Science of Podcasting with Sriram and Aarthi
Mar 20, 2023
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Krishnan: Anders Hejlsberg spent 40 years mastering a single programming problem
“Anders Helzberg, who is a legendary programming language designer, and I think he's worked in one problem for 40 years, and just honed that graph where he's the best in that in the world”
Sriram Krishnan Mar 20, 2023 ▶ 49:28 The Art and Science of Podcasting with Sriram and Aarthi
Mar 20, 2023
Insight
Sriram Krishnan: Famous podcast guests drive single-time acquisition, not audience retention
“And often a famous name can help with that, which is you get an Elon Musk, you know, A.R. Rahman, who's huge in India. A lot of people who have told you who you are will find you, right? But that is a one-time value. But how do you retain them? And what we hav…”
Sriram Krishnan Mar 20, 2023 ▶ 21:36 The Art and Science of Podcasting with Sriram and Aarthi
Mar 20, 2023
Insight
Krishnan: Creators cannot succeed by copying stars like MrBeast or Rogan
“Everyone trying to be creative, right? They're like, I want to be Rogan, or I want to be Lex, or I want to be Alex Cooper. I want to be, I want to do the next serial, but you can't do that. And not because you're not talented or capable, but you're not them, r…”
Sriram Krishnan Mar 20, 2023 ▶ 50:23 The Art and Science of Podcasting with Sriram and Aarthi
Mar 20, 2023
Disclosure
Sriram Krishnan Assisted Elon Musk During the Twitter Acquisition Transition
“I was briefly helping Elon at Twitter. I was there on the let it sink in day”
Sriram Krishnan Mar 20, 2023 ▶ 38:04 The Art and Science of Podcasting with Sriram and Aarthi
Mar 20, 2023
Insight
Sriram Krishnan: Podcasts must be built and run like consumer software products
“You actually have to think of it as a product. Who's your market? Who are your customers? What are you building for them? How are you finding them? How are they finding you? How are you getting them? Or are they staying? There's just the basic questions of any…”
Sriram Krishnan Mar 20, 2023 ▶ 21:21 The Art and Science of Podcasting with Sriram and Aarthi
Mar 20, 2023 neutral
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Krishnan: Future media content will feature AI participation percentage labels
“I think sometimes in the future, it's going to be like, that it's going to be just like, you know, when you buy a product from the supermarket, you know, like, you know, what content is going to be like, this is purely human generated. There's only 10% of AI p…”
Sriram Krishnan Mar 20, 2023 ▶ 45:26 The Art and Science of Podcasting with Sriram and Aarthi
Mar 20, 2023 negative
Insight
Krishnan: Pre-recording an entire podcast season before launching is bad strategy
“I sometimes see podcasters when they do their very first podcast, they record an entire season before launching, and that is bad. Because I think what happens is you're getting no feedback.”
Sriram Krishnan Mar 20, 2023 ▶ 41:59 The Art and Science of Podcasting with Sriram and Aarthi
Mar 20, 2023 positive
Insight
Krishnan: Making Guests Feel Safe Is the Core Goal of Interviewing
“The thing was within instantly you could communicate to the guest was you are going to be okay here with me. When I saw that, right. And I don't want to claim we even get close to any of that, but I was like, this is what our goal is. Like every show, right. I…”
Sriram Krishnan Mar 20, 2023 ▶ 16:53 The Art and Science of Podcasting with Sriram and Aarthi
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