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Michael Mignano
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- Partner, Lightspeed Venture Partners
- Co-Founder of Anchor and Former Head of Talk, Spotify
- Angel Investor and Advisor to over 50 Early-Stage Tech Firms
Biography
Technology executive and entrepreneur Michael Mignano is passionate about building products that change the world. After serving as VP of Product for Aviary, and growing the photo editing platform’s audience to over 100M creators before an acquisition by Adobe, Michael co-founded Anchor which was acquired by Spotify in 2019 for $170M and is the world’s largest podcasting platform. His work on Anchor transformed podcasting from a niche medium into a universal form of creative expression adopted by millions worldwide. After Anchor was acquired by Spotify, Michael served as Head of Talk Audio for Spotify, where he lead the podcast, live, and video businesses for the world’s leading audio streaming platform. Michael has joined Lightspeed Venture Partners, a venture capital firm, as a partner.
Michael has been recognized by Fortune on their “40 Under 40” list, and he is an angel investor and advisor to more than fifty of the world’s most promising early-stage technology companies, including Cameo, Coda, The Infatuation, Parade, Pipe, and Stir. His career has been focused on building world-changing products that scale to hundreds of millions of users and empower people to express themselves creatively across mediums. In compelling keynote and conversations, Michael shares insights on shifting global culture through powerful ideas, leveraging your passion into an impactful career, and maximizing productivity through communication at work and in life.
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The Power of SuperGoals: Overcoming High-Stakes Challenges When Everything is On the Line
Most great teams would agree, there’s nothing more powerful for executing on big ambitions than a clearly defined and well-communicated goal. But sometimes the stakes are much higher than usual. In these instances, a goal requires even more focus, execution, and clarity. All of these can be achieved through a framework that MICHAEL MIGNANO calls SuperGoals, which drive urgency, unleash creativity, and provide clarity.
Building Products that Change the World
While it’s never been easier to build, deploy, and distribute products globally, gaining scaled adoption and creating new markets requires expertly crafted strategies, universally-accessible product design, and impeccable timing. Drawing on his experience building the world’s largest podcasting platform, Anchor, as well as his work leading Spotify’s podcast business, MICHAEL MIGNANO speaks about his insights on building products for the masses, unlocking the power to shift global culture.
Turning Your Passion into Your Career
Generations of Americans have been trained to get good grades, earn a college degree, and establish a rewarding career. However, even in 2022, so many people end up spending more than half of their lives in jobs they despise and living paycheck to paycheck. Drawing from his own experience of pivoting out of a boring tech job he hated, into one led by his passion for creativity and the arts, MICHAEL MIGNANO shares lessons on how to both love what you do and put a dent in the universe in the process.
Getting Stuff Done at Work
The global pace of innovation is accelerating faster than ever before, yet through myriad global crises, remote work, and shifts in culture, it’s only getting harder to get stuff done at work for companies big and small. Now more than ever, it’s important to adopt frameworks that enable teams to focus, execute, and move faster. Drawing on his experience as the co-founder of Anchor, which he sold and integrated with Spotify before leading their podcast business, MICHAEL MIGNANO shares his philosophies around communication, core values, and company culture, all of which help drive cross-functional alignment and foster innovation at companies of all sizes.
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