Kai Tang
Co-founder and CEO, Light. On 1 show, 1 appearance. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.
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Before co-founding Light in 2014, Tang spent years in the mobile phone industry leading product design and development for brands including Motorola, BlackBerry, and Nokia. Alongside artist Joe Hollier, he created the Light Phone to help users reduce screen addiction.
1shows
1appearances
11statements
1resolved
1supported
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Everything Kai Tang said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.
Tang: Smartphones will be viewed as a temporary glitch within 10 years
“And 10 years down the road, I think smartphone is just a glitch.”
Tang: Foxconn, manufacturer of iPhones, is an investor in Light Phone
“One of our investors from Foxconn The company that make iPhone and Samsung.”
Tang: Ad and data business models inevitably force attention maximization
“Doesn't matter what you do, doesn't matter what product you're trying to create, as long as you're making money from advertisement or users' data, there's no way out. You will have to maximize their attention and time.”
Tang: Mobile phones should be used and put away like hammers
“We should have tools that intentionally design, just like hammer or screwdriver. You use it You put it back, and you don't think about your hammer, 24 seven. You don't hold your screwdriver and swipe your screwdriver for five hours a day, right?”
Tang: Light is break-even from organic website sales without paid advertising
“We are break even at the moment with the sales from our website with the support from our users, we don't do advertisement.”
Tang: Any future Light Phone camera will not support sharing or liking
“If we do have a camera in Light Phone, it will be a tool that allows you to capture those moments, but we will not allow sharing or commenting or liking to be part of that experience.”
Tang: 75% to 80% of Light Phone customers are Gen Z
“It turns out, like, 75, 80% of our customers are Gen Z, a younger generation who are really brave to say no, and willing to give it a try.”
Tang: Light needed $2M beyond its Kickstarter to manufacture first phones
“I think we needed two million more just to actually go through the process. So we raised money from the mission aligned investors along the way to help us deliver.”
Tang: Both Light co-founders use the Light Phone exclusively
“Yes, both Joe and I use light phone exclusively.”
Tang: Light is trying to integrate ride-sharing tools onto its phone
“Hopefully lift a ride sharing tool is something that we we're trying to do. But that requires you know, to raise your company to collaborate with us.”
One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Kai's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.
| Show | Role there | Eps | Statements | Record | |
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 HOW I BUILT THISLEDGER | Co-founder and CEO, Light | 1 | 11 | 100% 1/1 | full record on How I Built This → |