Creating Rotten Tomatoes with Patrick Lee, Founding CEO
Ezra interviews co-founder and founding CEO of Rotten Tomatoes, Patrick Lee, about starting a tech company at the intersection of technology and Hollywood.
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Show Notes
- ORIGIN STORY: How Patrick and his college friends started Rotten Tomatoes (0:30)
- When creating a start-up company, how do you deal with discouragement at the onset--or even before you get started? (5:19)
- Patrick’s experience as Executive Producer of a film (16:30)
- As an Asian American in a very white space (i.e. Hollywood) did you encounter any racism in Hollywood and in your professional experience with Rotten Tomatoes? (20:50)
- Experience transitioning from computer science/engineering to the world of business and movies (26:40)
- What do you think is the meaning of life? (28:55)
- Life legacy (32:20)
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