Fed up with his friends complaining about the price disparities of Zyn (nicotine pouches) across NYC, Will Goldman sat down with his co-founder and did something about it. With a background in product management, programming, and entrepreneurship, they found immediate success with ZynMaps, an app that displayed stores selling Zyn and their prices in a map based format. Discontent with the values promoted by ZynMaps, Will and his co-founder decided to pivot to CityMaps, an app that displays prices and/or ratings for specific foods, drinks, and qualities across NYC restaurants and stores. Barely have had time to mention his love for poker and career in product management!
Tune in to hear all about it: much love, one love!
Topics discussed:
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:01:34 - Co-founding City-Maps
00:08:12 - Building ZynMaps, entrepreneurial background, and initial growth
00:14:11 - Pivot to CityMaps
00:21:25 - Crowdsourcing data & incentive structures
00:29:21 - Expansion plans
00:35:15 - To monetize or not to monetize
00:44:49 - Learnings as a PM to build CityMaps
00:48:21 - Poker background & NYC poker scene
01:03:23 - Transition to non-compete
01:07:40 - Work-life balance in product management and career perspective
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