<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Scobleizer]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://scobleizer.blog]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Robert Scoble]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://scobleizer.blog/author/scobleizer/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Getting to know the FriendFeed&nbsp;team]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>The one business that has most gotten my attention, other than Qik.com, so far this year is <a href="http://www.friendfeed.com">FriendFeed</a>. They are growing very quickly, 25% every few days.</p>
<p>Today I was fortunate to meet up with co-founder Bret Taylor and Paul Buchheit. If you don&#8217;t read these two guys&#8217; blogs (<a href="http://paulbuchheit.blogspot.com/">here&#8217;s Paul&#8217;s</a> and <a href="http://blog.friendfeed.com/">here&#8217;s Bret&#8217;s</a>), you really should, they have written a ton of stuff that entrepreneurs should read.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s long, 46 minutes or so, but <a href="http://qik.com/video/46046">today I visited FriendFeed&#8217;s offices and met up with their team</a>, which includes some of the original authors of Google Maps and Google Gmail, who left Google to start FriendFeed. We cover a LOT of ground.</p>
<p>We learned a lot (there were people asking questions on my cell phone thanks to Qik) and we learned that they are attempting to build a new, scalable, culture.</p>
<p>At 2:57 we cover what FriendFeed is, that&#8217;s really where the interview starts getting interesting.</p>
<p>What do you think? Does your opinion of FriendFeed change after getting a chance to spend some time with Bret and Paul?</p>
<p>The first video ends abruptly when the 3G disappeared, we restarted the phone and <a href="http://qik.com/video/46080">finished off the interview here</a>.</p>
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