Andrew: Hey there freedom fighters, my name is Andrew Warner. I’m the founder of Mixergy.com, home of the ambitious upstart and very fast speaker. I’m going to work on slowing down. Hey, uh, you know how in iOS8, if you hold up your phone and say to Siri, what is that song, Siri will actually tell you what it is? Well that technology wasn’t an Apple invention, that technology was created by a company called Shazam. And you probably know their app, and you know the company.
Well today you’re about to get to know the founder of the business. I invited Chris Barton to talk about how an idea that he had back when he was in school turned into this wildly popular app that so many people use. Chris, welcome and thanks for doing this interview.
Chris: Thank you, Andrew.
Andrew: You were going to Berkeley at the time, not too far from where I am, and where you are today. Were you the kind of kid who even, I guess at that point you...