TIKI Talk - Internal

TIKI Talk started in December 2021 with Mike and Shane giving updates on what was happening behind the scenes at TIKI as a means to communicate more efficiently with our users, investors, families, and friends.

The podcast later expanded to feature a wide variety of guests, but the internal TIKI talk has been a constant since its inception. Here are all the podcasts featuring exclusively the TIKI team. Usually Shane and Mike, but also Barry and Ricardo sometimes too!

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TIKI Talk Ep. 53 - Talkin' Websites with Mike
Listen now (61 min) | TIKI Talk Episode 53 is all about websites. Why are they important? How have they changed? Why was ours not very good? What are we doing to make it better? What makes a website good or bad? What are some examples? Mike goes full fledged Old Muppets at the Theater / Oscar the Grouch mode for supreme entertainment…
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TIKI Talk Ep. 52! The Return of Barry O'Connor!
Listen now (70 min) | TIKI Talk Episode 52 is here and our guest is none other than TIKI’s very own Barry O’Connor! In this episode, Barry and Shane discuss the time-consuming but rewarding process of writing (and rewriting) the TIKI whitepaper, balancing curiosity with prior knowledge, feeling like the stars are aligning, hope and skepticism in crypto, Web3 and new tre…
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TIKI Talk Episode 51! TIKI Vibe Check with Mike!
Listen now (88 min) | TIKI Talk Episode 51 is a classic internal podcast with Shane and Mike, and serves generally as a vibe check for Mike, Shane, and the state of TIKI in late February 2023. Listen in to learn how Mike’s been feeling personally and regarding TIKI at large, Mike’s pirate ship mentality, Mike…
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TIKI Talk Episode 49 - Introducing Project Búzios & Content Strategy Update
Listen now (95 min) | TIKI Talk Episode 49 is here! We’re going slightly out of order here in terms of episode numbers, but episodes 46-48 have been recorded and will be released soon. The reason we’re releasing Episode 49 first is because it gives a breakdown of a major TIKI company decision…
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TIKI Talk Episode 45! Live Content Strategy!
Listen now (80 min) | TIKI Talk Episode 45 gets down to the nitty-gritty when it comes to content. Quite meta, don’tcha think? Roles reverse in the traditional Shane and Mike TIKI Talks as Mike takes over as host to ask Shane about the future of content in relation to a pivot to showcase more developer-centric content in an effort to spread the word about the TIKI SDK…
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TIKI Talk Ep. 41! Developer Talk with Mike!
Listen now (110 min) | In Episode 41 of the TIKI Talk Podcast, Shane and Mike shift focus to all the developers out there. In 4K! Tune in for: Mike's thoughts on building for developers as a developer, what Mike looks for in a product, how TIKI caters to developers, Mike's love for open-source software, Mike's quirks as a developer and how they may differ from other developer…
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TIKI Talk Ep. 39! Ain't Much Rest for the Holidays!
Listen now (76 min) | TIKI Talk Episode #39 is LIVE! We know it’s been a while, so tune in on what’s been happening since our last podcast release, including updates on getting product out the door, a boatload of new content from Mike, Shane, Ricardo and Barry, updates on the SDK and the types of businesses that will pilot our product, examples of cool SDK use cases that we’r…
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TIKI Talk Episode 38! Don't Panic, Prioritize!
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TIKI Talk Ep. 37! Shane Goes Solo!
Listen now (31 min) | TIKI Talk Episode 37 is LIVE! Shane sits down and goes solo in this episode, talking about making the best out of an unfortunate situation, positioning the content in a way that best supports the product launch, and his excitement from the perspective of a (relatively) average consumer in regards to the upcoming SDK launch…
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TIKI Talk Ep. 36! - Investor Update (For Everyone!)
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TIKI Talk Ep. 35! Mobile Lead Ricardo Gonçalves!
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TIKI Talk Ep. 34! TIKI's Barry O'Connor!
Listen now (70 min) | TIKI Talk Episode 34 continues the theme of internal TIKI interviews with our own Commercial Lead “Blockchain Barry” O’Connor flying all the way into Nashville from Dublin exclusively for this 70-minute edition of the TIKI Talk podcast. Kidding; he was here for two weeks to get into the nitty gritty of the TIKI DAO (which we’ll dig into in a future podca…
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TIKI Talk Ep. 33! Know Your Stars! CEO Mike Audi!
Listen now (51 min) | In TIKI Talk Episode 33, Shane gets personal with CEO Mike Audi. While Mike has done plenty of “Who are you and what do you do” podcasts and interviews for other publications, we’ve yet to really dig deep into what makes Mike tick. That is, until now…
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TIKI Talk Ep. 32! It's-a Me, Shane Faria!
Listen now (80 min) | TIKI Talk Episode 32 features a role reversal, as Mike switches into the interviewer seat to learn more about TIKI co-founder and head of content, Shane Faria. Shane is presently writing about himself in the third person and feeling strange because of it…
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TIKI Talk Ep. 28! Apple iOS 14.5 Breakdown and TIKI's Remedy for Businesses and Users
Listen now (45 min) | TIKI Talk Episode 28 builds off of Shane’s recent blog post on TIKI’s role in shaping the post-Apple iOS 14.5 landscape. Mike breaks down the historical background on the groundbreaking changes to data tracking put forward by Apple in June of 2021 and Shane and Mike discuss how TIKI is creating the infrastructure for brands to tell users exactly what the…
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TIKI Talk Ep. 25! Product Update and Key Messaging! SDK Incoming!
Listen now (66 min) | In Episode 25, Mike unveils what he was teasing about the upcoming TIKI product and what it means for users and businesses, and Shane discusses his thought processes when trying to develop key messaging for the TIKI brand (it’s a lot harder than it seems…
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TIKI Talk Ep. 24! Chief of Staff Diana Shaw!
Listen now (71 min) | TIKI Talk Episode 24 features CEO Mike Audi sitting down with Diana Shaw, an MBA student at the University of Chicago Booth who has served as the TIKI Chief of Staff during the summer. Diana found out about TIKI doing due diligence on us while interning at…
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TIKI Talk Ep. 23 - Talkin' DAOs and Company Updates
Listen now (93 min) | TIKI Talk Episode 23 features updates on product strategy and what we’re building, what we learned as a team during and after the product strategy process, user content strategy, additions to the TIKI team, and open positions we’re hiring for. At the 44:40 mark we dive onto DAOs, their recognition as LLCs in Tennessee, what they are and some good example…
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TIKI Talk Ep. 21! Mike and Shane Brainstorm Live! Rikesh Govan Surprise Drop-In!
Listen now (54 min) | TIKI Talk Ep. 21 started as a live brainstorm between Mike and Shane to help solve a product and messaging problem, and ended with a surprise visit by one of our investors, Rikesh Govan. What comes after building the foundational technology? How do we differentiate in a crowded industry? How do we hyper-scale users and d…
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TIKI Talk Ep. 17! 100% Anonymous?
Listen now (42 min) | Mike and Shane (mostly Mike) tried to figure out a solution to a problem last Friday. Mike drew on the patio in chalk. Eventually, Mike came to a realization. He texted Shane on Saturday night saying he needed to do a podcast on Monday. Anonymity! Is it possible to be 100% anonymous? Is Mike Audi the guy that brings 100% an…
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TIKI Talk Ep. 16! Data NFTs! TIKI Update!
Listen now (102 min) | TIKI Talk Episode 16 brings us back to the original format with Shane and Mike. With the release of data NFTs launching in the app this week, Shane asks Mike about what exactly is in the new app release, why it is built the way that it is, why it’s cool, why people should care, and what’s next for TIKI…
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TIKI Talk Ep. 10 3/23/22
Listen now (42 min) | Another podcast, another special guest! Patrick Braswell from SquareFoot drops in to chat about TIKI, baseball, and, most prominently, the importance of having physical office space in a post-COVID (can I say that yet? I’m gonna say it) world. Patrick helped us find and commit to our spot in Midtown Nashville and is trying to help other businesses find s…
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TIKI Talk Ep. 9 3/17/22
Listen now (44 min) | TIKI Talk is back and we’re proud to introduce…Intern Nick! Intern Nick is a sophomore at Vanderbilt University and our first in-office intern. Nick joins Shane for a classic Millennial and Gen Z conversation on privacy, algorithms, hockey fight videos, hippopotamuses? hippopotomae? and more…
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TIKI Talk Ep. 7 2/17/22
Listen now (70 min) | It’s a long(er) one! Mike has an epiphany about the data marketplace. Shane asks him how he arrived at the realization that data insights can be purchased as part of a streaming model, similar to Spotify, Netflix, etc. What are the benefits of this model? The economics…
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TIKI Talk Ep. 6 2/8/22
Listen now (49 min) | Mike and Shane are back and this time, they’re discussing third-party data. What is it? How has it been used historically? What’s the deal with companies like Apple moving to limit third-party data? Can we really “get rid” of it? If we could, would that even be a good thing…
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TIKI Talk Ep. 5 1/28/22
Listen now (43 min) | Shane and Mike were sick, but now they’re not! TIKI Talk is back for Episode 5 and the topic at hand is privacy. What is privacy, really? What does it mean to us? Are there limits to what we would share with companies? What do businesses really do with data and why…
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TIKI Talk Ep. 4 1/12/22
Listen now (62 min) | Mike & Shane (mostly Mike) talk NFTs in Episode 4 of TIKI Talk. What are NFTs? Are they pictures of chimps in space helmets smoking unfiltered cigarettes—or something else? What’s all the hype about? Mike breaks down NFTs, how TIKI is utilizing NFT tech to assign ownership to user data, & how TIKI will be able to mint potentially billions of NFTs…
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TIKI Talk Ep. 3 1/5/22
Listen now (50 min) | In the 3rd installment of TIKI Talk and the first of 2022, Mike has something he wants to get off his chest. Working at a start-up is an enormous risk. How do you balance CEO responsibilities while being the primary engineer simultaneously? Time is of the essence…
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TIKI Talk Ep. 2 12/29/21
Listen now (48 min) | The second TIKI Talk podcast and the last of 2021. We’re talkin’ business. No, really. We talk about what’s been going on on the “business” side of things and how it is so tightly tethered to getting users paid for their data. Audio is pulled from video because Shane is still figuring out how to GarageBand and accidentally deleted the master audio. Nice…
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TIKI Talk Ep. 1 12/22/21
Listen now (54 min) | Join Shane & Mike on the inaugural edition of the TIKI talk podcasts. Topics include reflections on their move to Nashville as well as what’s been happening and what to expect from a technology and user stand-point…
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