SmashNotes

Insights from podcasts in a minute or less

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Insights from podcasts in a minute or less

3 followers

Smash Notes is podcast summaries you can learn from. Can coffee kill you? What's the meaning of life? Does a billion dollar make you happy? ... Smash Notes has the answers to these and thousands of other questions, curated from the best podcasts, every day.

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SmashNotes

Maker

Hi Everyone, I am Kirill and I am the maker of Smash Notes. The goal is very simple - What if you could unlock all the knowledge in the 30 million+ estimated podcasts episodes that exist in the world today? Smash Notes gives you that ability. We unlock a lifetime of long-form audio content, and assemble insights on any subject, just for you. Smash started as a side project, but it quickly became obvious to me that so many more podcast hosts and listeners could benefit from sharing this platform. With just a click you can now learn about Justin Kan’s startup journey, and contrast and compare that with Ryan Hoover’s lessons from Product Hunt, get a peek at what Don Valentine of Sequoia thinks of Facebook, and see Paul Graham's thoughts of VCs and Y Combinator back in 2009. Podcasts hold an enormous amount of insights, but unless we unlock them, and make them discoverable, most of this amazing information will not be found. But you can help! If you share Smash Notes with your favorite podcaster, and encourage your friends to join in, we can all expand our knowledge and elevate so many new podcasts to greatness! Together, we can create a medium that make any long-form content, snackable, sharable, and thus accessible around the world. Let's talk about this. ps. Huge thanks for @kevin for hunting Smash. You rock!

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6yr ago

Bookmarks - Read Later

@kevin @kirillzubovsky Congrats on the launch, this looks very handy

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6yr ago

SmashNotes

Maker

@onmyway133 thanks Khoa!

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6yr ago

Product Hunt

Love this. It's a smart way to lead with questions. It almost feels like Quora with audio. How do you transcribe this volume of podcasts?

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6yr ago

SmashNotes

Maker

@kaigradert Thanks Kai! Indeed, the goal is to be Quora-like and be able to answer any questions with a bit of audio, and sometimes, multiple audios from different podcasts. For example, see how on this episode Chamath talks about Silicon Valley being a ponzi scheme? Having access to other podcasts we can immediately link it with Bryce Roberts explaining a similar concept on another podcast. It's magic, and it only gets better with time! https://smashnotes.com/p/recode-...

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6yr ago

SmashNotes

Maker

@kaigradert Oh, and to answer your question, Amazon, they have a rather complex, but also versatile podcasting service. Took a while to figure it out and to set up, but now every episode takes about 10-20 minutes, depending on lengths.

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6yr ago

Seems like a hell of a way to keep up with the deluge of fantastic content being put out in podcasts these days.

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6yr ago

Lyne

@kmore Just my thoughts exactly. Checking this out now!

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6yr ago

SmashNotes

Maker

@kmore thanks Kerry, you know it!

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6yr ago

Product Hunt

Also, any plans for a mobile version? It seems like a perfect app to kill time on a commute or in between daily routines.

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6yr ago

SmashNotes

Maker

@kaigradert Yeah, a mobile-optimized version that just works would be lovely. As a sole founder I am under capacity to do it right now, but once I either get revenue or funding, I can find a way. The challenge with mobile development is how much of it changes every year, and once you start with a mobile version, you have to keep a team just to maintain it.

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6yr ago

Ha! It gives a full written transcript of the podcasts if you click the title! So this is like a place to quickly browse for contents inside podcasts before wasting time listening. Cool!

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6yr ago

SmashNotes

Maker

@jenntoda Yup! You can read the notes or read a transcript, whatever you are into!

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6yr ago

I long ago got overwhelmed with the podcast content river, so have loved getting my startup-themed podcast content curated by Kirill and Smash Notes. If you haven't tried it before, I recommend it.

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6yr ago

SmashNotes

Maker

@daveschappell Thanks David. It's a joy to have you on the site!

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6yr ago

SmashNotes

Maker

@daveschappell Dave, you know what's my favorite bit of podcasting with you in it? This Kruze episode where you explain how Bezos is just a machine, and we need to send a terminator back in time ... anyway, it's all in here - https://smashnotes.com/p/kruze-c...

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6yr ago

Great idea - wanted to do this with my old show and happy to see someone smart actualize this :) Congrats!

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6yr ago

SmashNotes

Maker

@rkenedi Rob! It’s been a while. Glad you like it. I’ll reach out in a separate email. Let’s connect.

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6yr ago

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