Drew Wilson is back! It’s been more than a decade since Adam and Drew have spoken and wow, Drew has been busy. He built Plasso and got acquired by GoDaddy. He built a bank called Letter which didn’t work out…and now he’s Head of Design at Clerk and back to chasing that next big thing.
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Notes & Links
Chapters
| Chapter Number | Chapter Start Time | Chapter Title | Chapter Duration |
| 1 | 00:00 | This week on The Changelog | 01:07 |
| 2 | 01:07 | Sponsor: Heroku | 03:42 |
| 3 | 04:50 | Start the show! | 04:47 |
| 4 | 09:36 | Drew has a working Macintosh Portable | 05:00 |
| 5 | 14:36 | Drew's uncanny ablity of knowing what will trend | 01:55 |
| 6 | 16:31 | Hard beliefs | 06:30 |
| 7 | 23:02 | Sponsor: Depot | 02:09 |
| 8 | 25:11 | This is a podcast | 03:57 |
| 9 | 29:08 | How are you SO GOOD? | 03:43 |
| 10 | 32:51 | Learning about banking to build a bank | 04:21 |
| 11 | 37:11 | Why build a bank? | 07:58 |
| 12 | 45:10 | The YC pitch! | 04:28 |
| 13 | 49:37 | Why did it fail? | 07:53 |
| 14 | 57:30 | Are you loaded now? | 07:05 |
| 15 | 1:04:35 | Being a part of a BIG idea | 10:01 |
| 16 | 1:14:36 | On needing a job rn | 03:28 |
| 17 | 1:18:04 | Bringing back Valio Con | 08:43 |
| 18 | 1:26:47 | Drew's next big thing? | 08:40 |
| 19 | 1:35:26 | Good catching up | 01:04 |
| 20 | 1:36:30 | "What the crap?" is a Drew thing | 01:29 |
| 21 | 1:38:00 | Closing thoughts and stuff | 01:38 |