Suchit Dash
VP of Core Product Experience, Reddit. On 1 show, 1 appearance. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.
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Suchit Dash is the co-founder and former president of short-form video app Dubsmash, which was acquired by Reddit in December 2020. Following the acquisition, he joined Reddit as an executive product leader overseeing core surfaces and video experience.
1shows
1appearances
33statements
8resolved
7supported
0contradicted
88%fully supported
Everything Suchit Dash said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.
Dubsmash Avoided Shutdown by Negotiating an Acquisition Breakup Fee
“When we figured out that we were able to negotiate a breakup fee with one of the acquirers that kept us going, otherwise we would have shut down.”
Dash: Video feeds inherently constrain ad inventory compared to text feeds
“Yeah, look, I think Adam is right in that that dynamic generally exists with feed oriented products.”
Dash: United Airlines leads iOS product strategy and mobile customer tech
“What United has done over the past few years has actually really been at the forefront of any new iOS feature with kind of their live action bar notifications, messaging, and actually has built a really robust kind of Tech stack to actually facilitate that.”
Dash: Dubsmash team built three failed applications before finding success
“The early team that worked on multiple applications before even landing on DevSmash, so overnight successes are never really actually overnight successes. They were three failed applications that the team had worked on before landing on that first Area.”
Dubsmash founders decided in January 2020 to sell the company
“My co-founders and I on the first week of January of 2020 said we are going to sell the business. And we said, so from that moment moving forward, we were really clear about this was the outcome that was going to happen for them.”
Dubsmash Endured Two to Three Failed M&A Processes Before Reddit Deal
“Openly we went through sort of almost two to three failed processes until we found a successful process with Reddit.”
Press Report Prompted Reddit's Initial Outreach to Acquire Dubsmash
“So, interestingly enough a journalist was able to snuff out that two acquirers were actually coming in and thinking about acquiring the company. And, you know, I denied it. As much as I possibly could. And then really the next day I realized, I really don't ha…”
Dash: Dubsmash intentionally avoided leaderboards to protect new creators
“So for us, we were always careful about ever showing things like a leaderboard or ever showing, Hey, here are the top 10 creators on Dovesmash. We always wanted to make it feel like Dovesmash was accessible and everyone had a shot at being able to be famous.”
One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Suchit'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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 20VCLEDGER | VP of Core Product Experience, Reddit | 1 | 33 | 88% 7/8 | full record on 20VC → |