Kurt McMaster
Founder & CEO, Playtron. On 1 show, 1 appearance. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.
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He is the former co-founder and CEO of Cyanogen Inc. and a co-founder of Boost Mobile USA. He currently leads Playtron, developing an open Linux-based operating system for handheld gaming consoles and PCs.
1shows
1appearances
8statements
4resolved
2supported
2contradicted
50%fully supported
Everything Kurt McMaster said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.
McMaster: Low-cost emerging market manufacturers will decimate tier-one OEMs like Samsung
“Emerging markets are going to lead to the decimation of tier one OEMs, because the Samsungs, et cetera, will not be able to compete at that level.”
McMaster: Apple faces margin pressure and negligible emerging market share
“I believe over time, Apple's even going to have products. You know, problems, because they're not going to be able to sustain these margins, and in these markets where Android is dominant, Apple's market share will be negligible. Right? As these markets contin…”
McMaster: Expanding mobile market will enable a third or fourth OS
“And we think that as mobile computing goes from a couple billion users to well over six billion users, There's an opportunity on the global platform for definitely a third, maybe even a fourth.”
McMaster: AI startups cannot succeed as standalone sandboxed mobile apps
“These kinds of services can't really exist as applications. A, they don't get any traction. Anything that requires machine learning and AI requires massive user bases to start to build out their data sets so that they get all the more powerful, et cetera. So w…”
McMaster: Google's Android Wear contains no open-source components whatsoever
“If you look at Android Wear today, that is incredibly close. There is no open source component to Android Wear whatsoever, right?”
McMaster: Micromax surpassed Samsung as India's top smartphone manufacturer
“Last August, they surpassed Samsung as volume shipment sales in India. Last week, they passed Samsung as the number one smartphone manufacturer in India, right? They're now a top 10 global OEM, right?”
McMaster: $50 to $75 smartphones will rival iPhones within a year
“But next year, there's gonna be 50 dollar and 75 dollar phones that are just as good, almost as good as an iPhone.”
One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Kurt'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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 a16zLEDGER | Founder & CEO, Playtron | 1 | 8 | 50% 2/4 | full record on the a16z Podcast → |