CEO of Hometown

Description:

In this interview, Mike Townsend interviews Ljuba Youngblom, the co-founder and CEO of Hometown, an early-stage startup app reimagining local news from the ground up. Prior to that, Ljuba co-founded the connected car startup Automatic Labs, which was acquired by SiriusXM in 2017. He’s a UX designer, mentor, and pragmatic do-gooder living in Oakland, California. Check out his article here explaining more about Hometown.

In the show, we go into depth on local politics, what motivates people to vote, to contribute to their local economies, and what fascinating new techniques Hometown is using to improve democracy on a local level.

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Host: Mike Townsend

Guest: Ljuba Youngblom

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