The Kin Show with Tony Jacob

#003 Alex K. CEO pop.in

May 22, 2021 Tony Jacob Season 1 Episode 3
The Kin Show with Tony Jacob
#003 Alex K. CEO pop.in
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Alex Kruglov is the CEO and Co-founder of the pop.in app. He holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School. Prior to starting pop.in, he was Head of Content Acquisition at Hulu and spent time at other Entertainment businesses including Sony Pictures and Fox Searchlight Pictures.

In this conversation we talk about how the pop.in app was born, why Alex and his team joined early on as one of the founding apps in the Kin Ecosystem, how their users use Kin today, the impact of other apps joining the ecosystem and his views on what the future could look like for Kin.

This conversation was recorded live in the Kin Channel’s Telegram group where Alex answered many audience questions. The audience Q&A portion is exclusive to our live audience. In order to stay up to date on new guests and live events make sure to follow the Kin Show (@TheKinShow_) and the Kin Channel (@TheKinChannel) on twitter.



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Alex's background and the origins of pop.in
How Kin is used within pop.in
Recreating the best parts of the internet in pop.in and joining the Kin Ecosystem early
Decision to continue using Kin in app during the SEC lawsuit
Migration to the Solana blockchain
Thoughts about other apps joining the Ecosystem and it's impacts to pop.in's growth and financial bottom line
Pitching Kin to new developers
Impact of price and volatility on the behavior of Kin app developers and its users
Views on the future of Kin and the ecosystem