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David Madden

Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Omidyar Network · 1 appearance on the record.

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David Madden is an Australian tech entrepreneur who co-founded global advocacy platforms including Avaaz, GetUp!, and Purpose. He also founded Phandeeyar, a tech innovation lab and accelerator supporting Myanmar's digital ecosystem and civic media initiatives.

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4 assertions · 1 insight · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertions are the 4 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 4 are resolved. Everything else (opinions, insights, what ifs, disclosures) can never be settled by the record, so it carries no assessment.

The record, in short

What the tape says about how David argues and how the claims held up. Everything they said, and everything said about them, is in the tabs below.

Their most notable supported claim

Assertion Supported
Myanmar's 51.4 million people are accessing the internet directly via smartphones
“Basically, Myanmar is going more or less straight, not just to mobile, but straight to smartphone, and you're going to have 51.4 million people experiencing internet and engaging with the internet for the first time through smartphones, and that is, ah, that's…”
David Madden Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 29:53 a16z Podcast | Technology and the Opening of Myanmar

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Everything David Madden said on the a16z Podcast that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

Assertion Supported
Myanmar's 51.4 million people are accessing the internet directly via smartphones
“Basically, Myanmar is going more or less straight, not just to mobile, but straight to smartphone, and you're going to have 51.4 million people experiencing internet and engaging with the internet for the first time through smartphones, and that is, ah, that's…”
David Madden Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 29:53 a16z Podcast | Technology and the Opening of Myanmar
Assertion Supported
SIM card prices in Myanmar dropped from $250 to $1.50
“Until about eight weeks ago, there was only the government-owned state telco. That was the only provider. And just in the last eight weeks, you've had these two new international telcos launch in Myanmar, and one more is coming. And suddenly now, A SIM card do…”
David Madden Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 6:14 a16z Podcast | Technology and the Opening of Myanmar
Insight
Facebook acts as Myanmar's primary internet portal, similar to 1990s AOL
“For many people who are connected in Myanmar, it's still a small percentage of the population, but Facebook is the internet. It's almost like AOL in the late nineties here in the States.”
David Madden Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 7:08 a16z Podcast | Technology and the Opening of Myanmar
Assertion Supported
Viber reached 5 million Myanmar users, surpassing Facebook's 2.2 million
“Facebook has I mean, Facebook has about 2.2 million people online in, in Myanmar, Facebook users. But Viber announced just in August that they had five million users. And what's the difference? Well, you don't need an email address to sign up for Viber. All yo…”
David Madden Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 7:58 a16z Podcast | Technology and the Opening of Myanmar
Assertion Supported
Android smartphones in Myanmar cost less than early African feature phones
“It's now cheaper to get an Android-based smartphone, you know, made in China or elsewhere than it was to buy a candy bar phone in Africa back when they were coming online.”
David Madden Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 29:39 a16z Podcast | Technology and the Opening of Myanmar

Appearances (1)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
a16z Podcast | Technology and the Opening of Myanmar Jan 2, 2019 10m
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