INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Headspace might just be considered an app that plays back a soothing voice to help you meditate, but the company says it is increasingly
has brought on both a head of data science and a new chief technology officer today as it tries to figure out how to continue scaling across
new geographies without any hiccups, in addition to making sure it grows in its core markets
dot-com bubble of the 90s, over all those years, and look at how many companies built great technologies that were solutions looking for
Technology and content are there to serve the aims and goals of the company
The tech needs to be focused on that, and the product needs to be focused on that
We think about how to transform this company into one that has a global scale that [co-founders] Andy [Puddicombe] and Rich [Pierson]
look at their products and what kinds of interactions users have, they have to actually think about where they can start tracking what their
users are doing in sensitive ways in order to improve the experience
That might mean figuring out how often they are logging in, when they are checking their progress, how long they are listening, and other
examples in a non-invasive way
But another big challenge is ensuring all that is wrapped up in a way where statisticians and product people can actually easily query all
rest of the technology problems are ones that startups will typically face as they start to scale, which includes getting on hardware around
the world and making sure that all that content is available when necessary
Headspace has increasingly tried to tailor its services for the time that its users have, and not the other way around, and that means
only just for a few minutes
Hannon said the plan, currently, is not to move onto its own proprietary infrastructure.Hannon stressed that the data that the company would
be collecting as it tries to improve its products would not be sold or used in any way other than trying to make Headspace a better
experience, as the company monetizes through different ways
chill and be a bit more mindful
Calm.com, for example, is reportedly hitting a $250 million valuation in an upcoming financing round, and the company that ends up with both
That means bringing on the right talent in order to ensure that everything runs smoothly and keeps getting better.
