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Considering the closing of SVB, will NEDL be impacted?","author_name":"Keith Davis","votes":2,"created_at":"2023-03-13T00:18:45Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/nedl#question-238565","answers":[{"id":270855,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:270855","answer":"We had just moved our account to Chase the week before!","author_name":"Ayinde Alakoye","votes":0,"created_at":"2023-12-07T04:52:09Z"}]},{"id":133208,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:133208","question":"How can I record or replay the show that was just recorded?","author_name":"Jermaine Montgomery","votes":2,"created_at":"2021-03-02T14:42:46Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/nedl#question-133208","answers":[]},{"id":125497,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:125497","question":"When is the Android app dropping?","author_name":"Tramayne Chapman","votes":2,"created_at":"2021-01-20T03:14:25Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/nedl#question-125497","answers":[]},{"id":98931,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:98931","question":"Can you do this on other social media platforms besides twitter?","author_name":"Lissette Soto","votes":2,"created_at":"2020-07-23T20:41:00Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/nedl#question-98931","answers":[]},{"id":98057,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:98057","question":"Hello Mr. Alakoye, quick question about copyright licenses for content producers that do not own the rights. Will there be a common agreement with copyright holders (hay sharing?) or will the content produced have to be 100% original?","author_name":"Sebastien Gagnon","votes":2,"created_at":"2020-07-16T18:19:46Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/nedl#question-98057","answers":[]},{"id":98054,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:98054","question":"We own a small FM radio station. Do you any commercial radio stations using the product? I love what I see so far. Thanks","author_name":"John Power","votes":2,"created_at":"2020-07-16T18:10:13Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/nedl#question-98054","answers":[]},{"id":93619,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:93619","question":"Hey Ayinde, Thanks for those answers. Very helpful. One more question if I may, how can I try it out on an Android phone. I look at the website, and it seems the Android download link is down.","author_name":"Calvin Nguyen","votes":2,"created_at":"2020-06-15T15:50:12Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/nedl#question-93619","answers":[]},{"id":93507,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:93507","question":"I have a question regrding the Investment Perks, namely; the $250 mark grants a lifetime subscription to 100 minutes a month - Is that 100 minutes for your live broadcast only? OR does that include also the time spent listening to other podcasts?","author_name":"Damien L Sowell","votes":2,"created_at":"2020-06-14T03:25:05Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/nedl#question-93507","answers":[]},{"id":93331,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:93331","question":"Thanks Ayinde, Follow up questions. In terms of competitions, there are multiple companies overseas doing what you guys are doing (if not, then very similar). What are you doing here that is differentiating yourself from the competition. If not now, then at least what is the vision you see that would be a differentiating aspect of Nedl.","author_name":"Calvin Nguyen","votes":2,"created_at":"2020-06-12T22:55:21Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/nedl#question-93331","answers":[]},{"id":93275,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:93275","question":"Why do you have a perk for $250? I am seeing the minimum as $500. I would like to invest but $500 is high for a Reg CF.","author_name":"Baron Huntington","votes":2,"created_at":"2020-06-12T17:12:50Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/nedl#question-93275","answers":[]},{"id":93077,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:93077","question":"Hey Ayinde, Love the product. What's the priority and GTM plan here? Is it to offer free app and acquire users? What's your vision to eventually make this profitable? Are you plans to go IPO with this?","author_name":"Calvin Nguyen","votes":2,"created_at":"2020-06-11T17:10:29Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/nedl#question-93077","answers":[]},{"id":92874,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:92874","question":"You show Charlize Theron and Joe Rogan in your marketing material. Do they use nedl?","author_name":"Craig J. 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May i please ask how much is it per share?","author_name":"Kimberly Robinson","votes":1,"created_at":"2020-09-05T13:37:47Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/nedl#question-105312","answers":[]},{"id":104145,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:104145","question":"If I invested how can I return/ earn back","author_name":"Sarabjeet Singh","votes":1,"created_at":"2020-08-28T10:21:22Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/nedl#question-104145","answers":[]},{"id":103056,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:103056","question":"Yes, Ayinde! You definitely did answer my question! And I'm very happy to hear that as I am android and windows only! Will Nedl be an inviting space for non-celebrities/ non-influencers? Or will you be only allowing those of certain stature to be able to use Nedl as a plaftorm? I know some other platforms are by invitation only.","author_name":"Tuwana Dumond","votes":1,"created_at":"2020-08-21T02:15:22Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/nedl#question-103056","answers":[]},{"id":102361,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:102361","question":"Hi, while investigating nedl, there's mention of a CTO, Jason Medeiros. But I haven't seen mention of him on this listing. Is he still associated with the company? If not, who is handling your tech stack?","author_name":"Jerry Tsai","votes":1,"created_at":"2020-08-15T15:10:25Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/nedl#question-102361","answers":[]},{"id":100286,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:100286","question":"Hello, I am trying to download the app to test and I see when I try to search for it on the Google Pay store, it's not there. I went onto the Nedl.com site and it says not found when I click on the google play icon. It's there for Apple.. comes right up. What's going on? Being available on Android is a huge factor for me, as I do not do Apple products. Thanks.","author_name":"Tuwana Dumond","votes":1,"created_at":"2020-08-02T17:37:12Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/nedl#question-100286","answers":[]},{"id":97689,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:97689","question":"How many DAU/MAUs do you have currently?","author_name":"Shawn Venkat","votes":1,"created_at":"2020-07-13T04:33:43Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/nedl#question-97689","answers":[]},{"id":94446,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:94446","question":"What is your social media strategy?","author_name":"AJ Cartas","votes":1,"created_at":"2020-06-20T04:55:03Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/nedl#question-94446","answers":[]},{"id":92744,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:92744","question":"Last questions before my investment In the app, can a publisher have other users join him or her on their own Nedl broadcast? Let’s say there is another user(s), the publisher would like to have vocally join him or her on the on the broadcast.","author_name":"Kevin Brown","votes":1,"created_at":"2020-06-08T10:16:37Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/nedl#question-92744","answers":[]},{"id":92696,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:92696","question":"Please tell us more about the Amazon Alexa integration. Is the Nedl live audio search available via Amazon Echo devices?","author_name":"Kevin Brown","votes":1,"created_at":"2020-06-07T12:19:58Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/nedl#question-92696","answers":[]}],"faq":[]}}}