Gabriel Wyner Of Fluent Forever On Going From Opera Singer To Successful Founder

Gabe is not your typical founder. He is a former opera singer/engineer who has a passion for learning new languages and just recently got thrown into the tech and startup world. He has a lot of great advice and brings a unique perspective to not only learning languages, but also building products. Plus, we talk about the importance of learning pronunciation at the start, how Gabe decided to make an app after having a successful book and flashcards, the value in making flash cards yourself, how he thinks about budgeting and spending the Kickstarter money, how Gabe approaches bootstrapping vs raising money for his company, Gabe’s view on the future with translation services and whether the desire to learn languages will ever wane, and why founders need to develop a circle of advisors. LISTEN ON ITUNES LISTEN ON GOOGLE PLAY

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