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002 Nick Bowden (MindMixer & Sidewalk Labs)

Oct 31, 201829 minEp. 2
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Episode description

Nick Bowden was the CEO and Founder of MindMixer (and later mySidewalk), and he now serves as Product Lead for Model Lab at Sidewalk Labs, an Alphabet company.

Highlights
  • Raising $23M in Venture Capital and the pressure to grow as fast as possible.
  • Learning and transitioning from urban planning background to consulting at engineering firm to govtech entrepreneur
  • Making significant change by pivoting MindMixer, an online town hall software, into mySidewalk, a data aggregation tool.
  • Using mobile technology at Replica to explode volume of data local governments can collect in order to make more informed mobility planning decisions.

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