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title: "Notifications North Star - Troy Goode, Courier"
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# Notifications North Star - Troy Goode, Courier

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders — Notifications North Star - Troy Goode, Courier Listen to Episode Notifications North Star - Troy Goode, Courier Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders 0:00 11:09 1× Notifications North Star, sponsored by Courier ! Guest: Troy Goode is the Co-founder & CEO of Courier. He is a multi startup veteran, a Y Combinator veteran, and was a prior guest on the Code Story podcast, in Season 4 . Questions: Tell me about the recent fundraise with Google Ventures. Considering the success of Courier, it seems like you are in a place where you can choose your investors. Why Google Ventures? Enhanced mobile functionality is a new focus - what is planned on the roadmap? Earlier we talked to Eric from Lattice , who mentioned notifications support 50% of their engagement. We spoke with Pat at Matrix who mentioned you being a significant piece of layer 2 infrastructure. And, we spoke to Vatasha, one of your Sr. Engineers , who spoke of how empowering the app was to use as a customer. Keep the movie playing forward - where do you see this going? How are you educating your customers on treating your notifications as a part of your user experience? Links https://www.courier.com/ Our Sponsors: * Check out Cash App and use my code CASHAPP10 for a great deal: https://cash.app * Check out Plaud AI and use my code CODESTORY for a great deal: https://plaud.ai Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Latest Season of the Podcast is Sponsored By