Tom Conrad, CTO Of Pandora On Reinventing Radio

Pandora CTO Tom Conrad shares his inspiration for reinventing the radio. He reveals how a jailbroken iPhone played a key part in Pandora's success, and explains why Thanksgiving is the biggest day of the year for the service. He also tells the crazy backstory behind Web 1.0 flameout Pets.com, what it was like to be engineer during the "dark years" at Apple, and how he made a killing in high school selling the Apple IIGS.

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[Su Mo]

such a great interviewer! Always prepared with the perfect questions. I really wish you would interview Sean Parker.

[fozz3d]

Pandora need to get their a** into gear, they relaunched Pandora back into the international market (again) after being restricted to U.S. only due to music licensing or what not and to this day, they don't have Pandora available on iTunes for iOS and Google Play for Android in Australia.

[highhitler1]

pandora one is worth it

[Edward Leonard]

Pandora really needs to come to the UK

[amusingisthedawn]

I fucking LOVE Pandora.

[bg8200]

7th :3

[Damian Lawson]

Hands down, pandora and mog are my go to for music

[Cole Markusen]

Is Tom Conrad related to previous foundation guest Tony Conrad?

[Lars3n23]

TOMRAD!