About the show

This is The Gowalla Story, an exploration of the rise, fall, reinvention, and reimagining of a startup, hosted by its creator, Josh Williams and Dan Benjamin.

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Episodes

  • Episode 5: Scratching the Itch

    September 20th, 2021  |  Season 1  |  56 mins 4 secs

    What happens after your startup is acquired?

  • Episode 4: It Was Magic

    September 17th, 2021  |  Season 1  |  54 mins 24 secs

    How formidable products are made.

  • Episode 3: The Eternal Optimist

    August 25th, 2021  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 35 secs
    gowalla, startup

    Josh and Dan talk about the tumultuous last days of the first Gowalla.

  • Episode 2: Mistakes Were Made

    August 5th, 2021  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 17 mins

    Josh and Dan talk about the challenges of raising money in a competitive space.

  • Episode 1: An Unknown Commodity

    July 19th, 2021  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 13 mins
    development, gowalla, ios, vc

    In our inaugural episode, Josh and Dan explore the origins of Gowalla, the once-popular location-based social network, soon to be reimagined as an immersive augmented reality game for a new era.