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Founding General Partner Hadley Harris talks with Michael Mignano, Co-founder a CEO of Anchor, the company making it easy for anyone to create a podcast.  Michael built Anchor to democratize audio. By putting a free, full-stack podcasting platform in the pocket of anyone with a smartphone, Anchor is changing the way people think about audio, empowering everyone to have their voices heard, and pioneering new ways for creators to generate revenue. Anchor now powers one-third of all new podcasts in the rapidly growing market. Prior to founding Anchor, Michael was VP of Product for Aviary, growing the company’s audience to over 100M users before being acquired by Adobe in 2014. Previously, Michael led Digital Product Development for Atlantic Records. In this episode, Michael talks about how his passion for music and his drive for creativity lead him to build a company that aims to remove the friction from podcasting. He speaks about the challenges he and Co-founder a CTO Nir Zicherman faced early on, and how their roles and approaches to business have changed as they grew.  Michael also speaks to the learning curve they faced early on when hiring. As new entrepreneurs, they learned a lot about finding the right people who align and can execute on your vision and, on the flip side, how to pivot talent with the business needs. He also shares his views on the industry, their latest new features and the podcasts he has in rotation - they are some good ones! Send comments to seedtoscale@eniac.vc and tweet us @seedtoscale.