Sean Byrnes is the founder and ex-CEO of Flurry – a mobile analytics company that lives inside apps on billions of devices and as a result has the best understanding of mobile consumer behaviour. Having held 90% of the market share, Flurry represented “mobile strategy in a box” for Yahoo during its acquisition in 2014.&nbsp;

On this episode of the Startup Exits Podcast, we chat with Sean about:
• Preparing for a paradigm shift.
• Pivoting into a smartphone era.
• Finding a real, painful problem to solve.
• Going against Steve Jobs.
• Signs of a product-market-fit.
• Diversifying your customer acquisition strategy.
• Competing in an early market that’s exploding.
• Data privacy in 2019.
• Interpreting data for startups.
• Pros and cons of being a first-time founder.
• Is fear of failure a motivator or paranoia?
• Factors that influence acquisitions.

Sean now runs <a href="https://outlier.ai/">Outlier.ai</a> – an automated business analysis platform that helps companies interpret their data to find hidden opportunities and problems.

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Andrew Vasylyk

Sean Byrnes, founder of Flurry: $250 million sale to Yahoo

Sean Byrnes is the founder and ex-CEO of Flurry – a mobile analytics company that lives inside apps on billions of devices and as a result has the best understanding of mobile consumer behaviour. Having held 90% of the market share, Flurry represented “mobile strategy in a box” for Yahoo during its acquisition in 2014.&nbsp; [&hellip;]

Startup Exits Episode #4

Sean Byrnes, founder of Flurry: $250 million sale to Yahoo