{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"START","title":"🎧 START pod: Adil Mania, Founder & Host, Silicon Mania: “Make Tech Fun Again”","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/9642c8fc\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1471,"description":"Tech is the biggest story in the world and its media is somehow the least fun to watchAdil Mania moved from Paris to SF to change thatNow he's building a full media company around one idea: tech doesn't need to be packaged like homeworkA live night show. A print magazine. A weekly newsletter. An animated recapEvery major industry learned how to entertainNow it's tech's turn🎙️ Adil Mania, Founder, Silicon Mania, on Fondo START pod01:48 — Moved from Paris to San Francisco two months before the recording02:47 — Built a startup media company in France, then stopped when it became \"boring\"04:00 — Silicon Mania began as a new, \"bigger, better, bolder\" media idea05:23 — His philosophy: treat life like an experiment; iterate instead of chasing final wins11:00 — The recap format started as an iteration on old YouTube-style yearly recaps11:38 — First recap went from ~2K views to 50K overnight, then kept climbing12:40 — Weekly recaps validated the format with roughly 250K+ impressions13:40 — His thesis on media: people don't need automated slop; people need trust16:14 — Expanding the format into a newsletter with frame-by-frame context17:00 — Bringing back the monthly format in print through Silicon Mania magazine18:16 — The night show is his favorite product: live, interactive, and built around the human side of founders19:54 — His ambition: make tech media mainstream enough that \"my mom\" can enjoy it23:03 — The long-term vision: build the \"NBC for tech\"","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/q-E1hh7K6IS4AfZiNy2p4MYVGcUOO8lQP92h8QbOEOA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80NzVj/MDEzNjkxNjU1N2Uy/NDFhMDQ3M2ZhNWI3/NWY0MS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}