Ep 76: The Minterview . . . Zwift CEO and Simon in conversation

2020-02-06

Simon sits down with Zwift CEO Eric Min for the now traditional “ask me anything” annual interview, covering a huge range of topics from the health of the company to, yes, the possibility of a velodrome. The conversation provides deep context and background on why some things happen, and why others don’t . . . . plus quite a bit on the pace at which things happen, or don’t, on the platform. We hope you listen to the whole of the interview, but if there’s one subject in which you are particularly interested, maybe you’d like to skip to that first. So here is a log of where to find the topics covered. 00:00Hello and a word on transparency 01:45 Zwift’s new London office 02.45 What’s made E...

We hope you listen to the whole of the interview, but if there’s one subject in which you are particularly interested, maybe you’d like to skip to that first. So here is a log of where to find the topics covered.

00:00Hello and a word on transparency

01:45 Zwift’s new London office

02.45 What’s made Eric happy in the last year?

GENERAL ISSUES

04.30 Pace of development for Zwift

05.40 Peak Zwift and growth

07:15 Fun is Fast marketing campaign

09:40 Is eSports a massive, risky bet?

15.20 More on pace of development, specifically Game Development

19:50 Zwift’s new Hardware division

COMMUNITY ISSUES

27:15 Trainer Difficulty confusion