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Exclusive đŚ âEducation Super Appâ â Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn announces next product on TBOY
How do you get someone to learn everyday? Make it addictive⌠in a good way. Luis von Ahn has mastered engagement with Duolingo, transforming it into the largest education app on earth with over 40M daily users.Â
And in our exclusive interview, Duolingo CEO announces the next product: Chess.
In this episode, youâll hearâŚ
- Why the CEO (proudly) calls Duolingo âaddictiveâ
- Why he will never open an office in Silicon Valley
- The psychology behind push notifications, streaks, and the unhinged owl
- Duolingoâs viral super bowl commercial (aka âThe Growing Buttâ)
- Using fire to fire fight in the fight against social media
- Â âIf itâs not fun, it wonât workâ
- Why âscreen-timeâ isnât a problem â itâs inevitable
- Why artists will beat nerds in the age of AI
- How millionaires on Duolingo subsidize migrants
- Why Duolingo employees didnât want to make money (at first)
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đ§š âDonât make the bedâ â Airbnbâs chore ban. Zuckâs California empire. Skullcandyâs fighter brand. +Baby-Free airline
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đˇ âSax Sellsâ â Saxophoneâs viral comeback. RAV4âs goldilocks problem. Anthropicâs SpaceX rental. +Caliquila
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đ âDeceptively Good Marketingâ â A24âs Elizabeth Holmes hit. Hermèsâ emerging suburbs. Supplement acid strips. +Failure Day
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𪽠âThe Spacesterâ â Teslaâs flying car. Reese Witherspoonâs boomerang. AIâs hot standup comics. +KFC breakup
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đĽ âSultans of Saladâ â Sweetgreen Co-Founders Jonathan Neman & Nicolas Jammet
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âď¸ âLIVE from Bostonâ â Ben Affleckâs AI genius. Bananas inflation-omics. Uberâs data center piggybacking. +Top-smelling cities
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đĄ âiHomeâ â Appleâs living room strategy. Bumbleâs Kate Hudson moment. AIâs casino stocks. +Zuckâs Guiness
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đ âDoll Bills, Yâallâ â American Girl Dollâs 40th. Nobelâs economic therapy. Dutch Brosâ walk-thru. +Self-Driving Zambonis
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