Chris Yu's guest appearances

Chris Yu

VeloNews Podcasts

Ride On! by Micromobility Industries

How I Grew This

Benedict Evans

Andrew Yang

Friedrich Hayek

Sanjay Dastoor

Felix Salmon

Jeff Russakow

Rebecca Rusch

Steve Anderson

Chris Cosentino

Jason Wilson

Michael Woods

Casey Winters

Ryan Rzepecki

Jason Gay

Kara Swisher

OwlTail

Ian Kenny

This week, Oliver interviews Chris Yu, Chief Product &amp; Innovation Officer and Ian Kenny, global marketing for the Turbo e-bike brand at Specialized. They talk about how incumbent bike manufacturers are thinking of electrification, how that’s changing how the company is thinking about the job-to-be-done for their customers and what role companies like Specialized can play in the discussion to push Micromobility forward. Specifically, they dig into: - what differentiates the Specialized brand in terms of positioning, company ownership structure and customer type. - how their full stack approach, paired with their scale, compares to the rest of the bike industry.- How Specialized think about the Innovators Dilemma, and what framing they use to encourage self disruption within the firm to ensure that they can meet evolving customer needs and wants. - for design, what are the variables that matter for customers? They talk about the Levo family of bikes, and the learnings that can be ported over to other sectors.- How they’re thinking about urban or local transport, including a discussion on the competition such as Vanmoof. - How the business model to service the ‘consumption of miles’ might change the structure of how Specialized - The journey that Specialized made in e-bikes, including its first efforts as early as 2010. - How they’re seeing the supply-chain base change as the industry matures around ebikes/electrification.

This week, Oliver interviews Chris Yu, Chief Product &amp; Innovation Officer and Ian Kenny, global marketing for the Turbo e-bike brand at Specialized. They talk about how incumbent bike manufacturers are thinking of electrification, how that’s changing how the company is thinking about the job-to-be-done for their customers and what role companies like Specialized can play in the discussion to push Micromobility forward. Specifically, they dig into: - what differentiates the Specialized brand in terms of positioning, company ownership structure and customer type. - how their full stack approach, paired with their scale, compares to the rest of the bike industry. - How Specialized think about the Innovators Dilemma, and what framing they use to encourage self disruption within the firm to ensure that they can meet evolving customer needs and wants. - for design, what are the variables that matter for customers? They talk about the Levo family of bikes, and the learnings that can be ported over to other sectors. - How they’re thinking about urban or local transport, including a discussion on the competition such as Vanmoof. - How the business model to service the ‘consumption of miles’ might change the structure of how Specialized - The journey that Specialized made in e-bikes, including its first efforts as early as 2010. - How they’re seeing the supply-chain base change as the industry matures around ebikes/electrification.

79: The agile incumbent: talking e-bikes with Ian Kenny and Chris Yu of Specialized

In the age of increasing levels of automation, it’s easy to get bogged down with the desire to automate as much as possible. However, this isn’t always in the best interest of your product’s users.Chris Yu has worked in various fields, from venture capital to gaming, before landing at Microsoft-acquired productivity app, MileIQ. Chris shares his perspective on the importance of giving your users choice, the ability to trade off product decisions based on a north star metric, and his stance on how mobile has quickly surpassed the web experience. Hear these stories and more on this episode of How I Grew This. Listen now on Apple Podcasts Spotify, Google Podcast, Stitcher, and more.

In the age of increasing levels of automation, it’s easy to get bogged down with the desire to automate as much as possible. However, this isn’t always in the best interest of your product’s users. Chris Yu has worked in various fields, from venture capital to gaming, before landing at Microsoft-acquired productivity app, MileIQ. Chris shares his perspective on the importance of giving your users choice, the ability to trade off product decisions based on a north star metric, and his stance on how mobile has quickly surpassed the web experience. Hear these stories and more on this episode of How I Grew This. Listen now on Apple Podcasts Spotify, Google Podcast, Stitcher, and more.

Product @ Microsoft: Chris Yu - Why Automation Isn’t Always the Answer

Welcome to the brand new VeloNews Tech podcast, in which we’ll discuss complex tech topics and distill them down into terms we can all understand. Aero tube shapes are now integral parts of bicycle design. Engineers test them in the wind tunnel once they’ve got a prototype in hand, but before such prototypes even exist, a virtual design can be created and tested on the computer using Computational Fluid Dynamics, or CFD. Chris Yu from Specialized walks us through CFD and explains how it influences bicycle design today. Episode one is brought to you by Pro Bike Gear. With its new online saddle selector, you can find your next saddle with just a few clicks. Visit pro-bikegear.com and check out Pro’s newly expanded line of saddles.

Welcome to the brand new VeloNews Tech podcast, in which we’ll discuss complex tech topics and distill them down into terms we can all understand. Aero tube shapes are now integral parts of bicycle design. Engineers test them in the wind tunnel once they’ve got a prototype in hand, but before such prototypes even exist, a virtual design can be created and tested on the computer using Computational Fluid Dynamics, or CFD. Chris Yu from Specialized walks us through CFD and explains how it influences bicycle design today. Episode one is brought to you by Pro Bike Gear. With its new online saddle selector, you can find your next saddle with just a few clicks. Visit <a href="http://pro-bikegear.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">pro-bikegear.com</a> and check out Pro’s newly expanded line of saddles.

VN Tech podcast, ep. 1: How CFD makes bikes more aero with Chris Yu