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- Startups - - Startups - Eric Ries of Lean Startup - TWiST #199


Join our new mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! Jason interviewed Eric Ries, entrepreneur and author of The Lean Startup. Eric gave advice for all levels and phases of startups, from idea inception and shortening incubation times to managing the inevitable pivots. Later in the episode, Jason and Eric team up to deliver an 'Old Time Revival,' where audience members bring their business woes to the stage to have them healed by these two experts. Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Click here to stream the video version of this episode. 0:00-2:00 Hey everyone this is ThisWeekIn Startups, my guest Eric Ries of Lean Startups is here. 1:00 What is Lean Startups? 2:45 It's all about addressing the customers needs. 4:10 Talking about the shortening gestation period for new startups. 6:19: Being lean isn't about how much money you raise. 6:55: What's the one piece of advice that makes people so drawn to it? Is it the Minimum Viable Product? 7:00-13:00 Survey Monkey 14:45 Software VS. Hardware startups. 15:33 The impact of Web 2.0 on startups. 16:30 The 'Summer of Startups' which are creating money, which are glorified ponzi schemes? 17:50 It's so much easier to make money today, with ecommerce. Will we not see a lot of these companies meander, when they make enough money to exist but not to progress? 19:09 All overnight successes had 2 years of failure under their belts. Twitter is an example. 20:00 Jason talks his Twitter past. 22:00 <b>...</b>


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- Startups - Author Jeff Pfeffer - TWiST #239


0:00-1:30 Welcome to the program, Jeff. 1:30-2:30 One of the things I loved about your book is that you didn't take a judgement call as to whether power is good or bad. So which is it? 2:30-3:30 What do you think the early factors are in people who successfully build a power base versus those who don't? 3:30-5:00 What does the goal to attain power take? 5:00-6:00 How important is it for people to develop relationships with people more successful than themselves? 6:00-12:00 How do you make your boss like you and root for you? 12:00-16:30 Thank you to Sourcebits for their support of the show! Everyone thank @Sourcebits. 16:30-18:30 Is it true that people don't help people who they see in trouble? 18:30-21:30 Is there an annoying point where you've asked to many people? 21:30-24:00 Let's talk about the healthiness of power and the people who desire it. Are you mentally healthy if you relentless desire power? 24:00- I can tell you from experience that, while the head who wears the crown is heavy sometimes, I feel like it's the fight that I chose. 24:45-27:30 What is the technique you use to psychologically damage and beat your competitors? 27:30-29:00 I think "fighting up" is a brilliant technique that Pepsi employed to take on Coca-Cola. 29:00-29:15 Was it a good technique to engage the average blogger? 29:15-34:30 Thank you to GoToMeeting! Everyone show their support and thank @GoToMeeting! 34:30-37:15 Let's talk about press again. How importance is an individual's social <b>...</b>


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- Startups - Kevin Rose of Milk - TWiST #218


0:00-1:00 Today we welcome Kevin Rose--serial entrepreneur, angel investor and founder of Milk. 1:00-3:00 We both started angel investing around the same time, we're kind of the new kids on the block, right? 3:00-4:45 Who were the big players back then? 4:45-6:45 Thank you to MailChimp for sponsoring the program. Everyone thank @MailChimp for their support of independent media! 6:45-8:00 We've known each other for a long time. How did we meet, again? 8:00-11:30 What was the beginning of your career? 11:30-13:00 How did you build the first prototype of Digg? 13:00-15:45 Digg became such a huge site. Where did it peak? 15:45-17:00 How do you manage the user base becoming more powerful than the company? 17:00-19:45 So Digg is still chugging along? 19:45-20:30 And there's a lot at Facebook that came out of Digg, right? 20:30-22:00 Diggnation became a real phenomenon. 22:00-23:30 Why are you turning it off? Is it just taking up too much time and energy? 23:30-25:15 You're a performer, too, and you want to go out on top. 25:15-27:30 So how did you decide to go with Milk as your next project? 27:30-30:30 You went to your investors and you said what? 30:30-32:30 Do you now feel pressure to live up to expectations, now that you've had so many hits? 32:30-34:30 Thank you to SurveyMonkey for sponsoring the show. Kevin, have you ever used SurveyMonkey? 34:30-36:00 Was it ever publicly announced who was trying to buy Digg? 36:00-37:00 How do you reconcile that decision as a founder <b>...</b>


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- Startups - TWiST Berlin Meetup- TWiST #233


0:00-1:00 Welcome to the first TWiST Berlin meetup! 1:00-2:00 Today, we're excited to bring you the next in our global meetup series that includes London, Paris, Seoul, South Africa and Chile. 4:30-7:00 We're excited to announce a new sponsor today: LiquidWeb! Everyone go to bit.ly to get $100 in free hosting. 7:00-10:00 Radek, are you there? What's going on in Berlin? 10:00-12:00 What's the tech scene like there? 11:00-12:00 Jan Mechtel pitches KeyRocket, the keyboard shortcut learning system. Check it out at veodin.com. 12:00-14:15 Great pitch, thank you Jan. 14:15-14:45 Tyler: I think the pitch was quite good, but I felt like you could have provided some data points about time saved using shortcuts. 14:45-16:00 Jason gives the presentation a 7.5 and Tyler gives it an 8. 16:00-16:30 Tyler: This product was made for you, Jason. Who is your target user? 16:30-17:00 Jason gives the product a 9 and Tyler gives it an 8. 17:00-18:00 Next up is Hermann Frank pitching Fashionism, the location aware fashion discovery app. Go to fashioni.sm to see more. 18 Tyler: Sorry, this wasn't a good pitch. I give it a 5. 19:00-19:45 Jason gives the pitch a 6. 19:45-21:45 Tyler and Jason give examples of how to reword the pitch. 21:45-22:45 Hermann, is this a website or an app? 22:45-23:15 Jason: I could see my wife really using this. I give the business a 9. 23:15-24:30 Is there a map view? 24:30-25:30 Tyler also gives the business a 9 or 9.5. 25:30-27:30 Thank you to Sourcebits for <b>...</b>


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- Startups - - Startups - David Sacks of Yammer - TWiST #245


1:00-1:45 Welcome to this episode of TWiST with David Sacks of Yammer. I'd also like to thank our friends at Tagged for lending us their studio space. Everyone check out Tagged.com. 1:45-3:00 The last time we had you on, David, how big was Yammer? 3:00-4:30 How did you pivot out of Geni? 4:30-7:00 Where is Yammer today? I hear you just raised $85M? 7:00-9:30 Discussion of IT versus user decision making. 9:30-12:45 Is this liberating for IT because they don't have to own making bad decisions? 12:45-14:15 So in a way this is becoming the Novell networks of enterprise. 14:15-14:45 Is this a better Google docs system? 14:45-18:00 Thank you to MailChimp for supporting TWiST! Everyone thank @MailChimp! 18:00-20:15 Do you see Dropbox or Box.com eventually becoming competitors? 20:15-22:15 What about CRM? Are there third party plug-ins for that? 22:15-24:00 Do you think enterprise will become one login across all services? 24:00-26:00 Is communication always terrible at companies? 26:00-28:30 In your opinion, has Yahoo has become a patent troll? 28:30-30:30 David explains why he's offering a $25k signing bonus for anyone who leaves Yahoo for Yammer. 30:30-32:45 Is it going to take a systematic approach to eliminate patent trolling? 32:45-36:00 How do you know the difference between photocopying a site and improving upon an idea? 36:00-38:00 Should small companies just start filing patents themselves? 38:00-43:15 Thank you to GoToMeeting for sponsoring the show! Everyone thank <b>...</b>


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Second Market: invest in a startup that's not even public!


We talk with CEO Barry Silbert and how he hopes to bring real value to Startups who don't want to go public.


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Startup America: Connecting Mentors to Startups


Founding members of the Startup America Partnership board and Small Business Administrator Karen Mills discuss one of the entrepreneur-focused policy initiatives Startup America is putting in place - connecting mentors to startup business in a variety of sectors of the economy. Learn more at www.wh.gov


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This Week in Startups - Gabriel Weinberg, Founder of DuckDuckGo


This week we have Gabriel Weinberg, Founder of DuckDuckGo. For more information, show notes, and an upcoming schedule, go to www.thisweekin.com.


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This Week in Startups - Startups - Josh Williams, CEO of Gowalla


This week Jason sits down with CEO and Founder of Gowalla.com. The New Social Network Platform that links all your favorite social media portals into one simple mobile application. No episode would be complete without an Ask Jason and a special segment of the News with This Week In's Mike Bracco.For more information, show notes and an upcoming schedule, go to thisweekin.com


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- Startups - Hosain Rahman of Jawbone - TWiST #229


0:00-2:00 Welcome everyone. Today I'm here with Hosain Rahman, CEO and co-founder of Jawbone. 2:00-3:30 If you're a fan of TWiST, join the 200 other biggest supporters and join the TWiST List at backchannel.co 3 Huge thanks to our sponsor friends at MailChimp for their support of the show. Everyone give them some love by tweeting a thank you to @MailChimp. 6:00-8:00 Hosain, when did you start the company and why? 8:00-10:15 Why are core technology and licensing businesses hard? 12:15-13:00 Did the product you made for the military work? 13:00-14:30 How much did you spend on patents in the early days? 14:30-15:00 Give me the names of startups who have failed who had money in the bank? It doesn't usually happen. 15:30-18:00 Who was the first person to get packaging right? 19:00-20:00 When did you release the first headset? 20:00-22:45 How important are people like Walt Mossberg (@waltmossberg) and Steve Jobs when you're a hardware product company? 23:15-24:15 Does it take the decade plus you've been at this to see real success with a product? 24:15-26:00 Thank you to our friends at Sourcebits, pioneer in design-led engineering. Everyone thank them @sourcebits. 26:00-28:00 Let's talk about UP, a device that you wrap around your wrist. What's the core function? 29:00-30:30 Jason explains his findings after using various sleep tracking and fitness devices. 31:15-33:30 Do you feel that the work you're doing with UP is more important than what you did with your other devices <b>...</b>


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- Startups - George Zachary of Charles River Ventures - TWiST #237


0:00-2:15 Welcome everyone, I'm here today with George Zachary of Charles River Ventures. 2:15-3:00 George is both an entrepreneur and venture capitalist. His investments include Twitter, Yammer, Cloudshare and Vignette. 3:00-4:45 How long did you spend as an entrepreneur and how long as a VC? 4:45-6:30 So you've been a VC for over a decade now? What is VC, at its core? 6:30-9:15 What's the difference between the bubble today and the one in 1999? 9:15-9:30 Is a great feeling as an entrepreneur to have something that you built still going strong today? 9:30-11:30 What's the closest you ever came to failure? 11:30-12:15 People in the Valley tend to compartmentalize bad behavior. Do you think that's the norm there? 12:15-17:00 Thank you to Sourcebits for sponsoring the program. Everyone thank them @Sourcebits! 17:00-18:00 So, is it your perception that you have to be a little bit of a bad boy? 18:00-19:15 What do you think of the leadership at Apple now? 19:15-21:15 What do you think makes a great venture capitalist? 21:15-23:45 Every decade you put down 70 bets and of course your chance of hitting a Google or eBay are low. 23:45-27:00 Is the machine broken? Who is it working for? 27:00-31:00 What do you think of the mega-venture firms, like Andreessen Horowitz? 31:00-32:50 Why don't limited partners put all their money into a venture fund? 32:50-38:00 Thank you to GoToMeeting for supporting the show! Everyone thank @GoToMeeting! 38:00-42:15 How many companies do you think <b>...</b>


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- Startups - Chamath Palihapitiya of The Social+Capital Partnership - TWiST #238


0:00-2:00 Welcome everyone, we're here with angel investor and entrepreneur Chamath Palihapitiya. 2:00-4:00 Thank you to GoToMeeting for sponsoring the program. Everyone use the promo code "START" for a free 30-day trial. 4:00-4:45 How did you end up meeting Mark Zuckerberg and getting involved with Facebook? 4:45-6:30 How did you wind up at AOL? 6:30-10:00 Ram Shiram was the mentor to Larry and Sergei, correct? 10:00-10:45 What appealed to you about being a VC? 10:45-13:30 Is it a similar rush that you feel when you're playing a hand of poker? 13:30-14:45 Is it hard for you to say no as an angel investor? How do you do it? 14:45-17:45 What percentage of the time does someone fight you on your feedback? 17:45-19:30 What about when someone has been told they're good their whole life, and then you come in and tell them that they're not? 19:30-21:30 Did you know when you met Mark that he was destined for greatness? 21:30-22:45 Thank you to LiquidWeb for sponsoring the show! Everyone thank them @LiquidWeb! 22:45-24:45 How crucial was Sean Parker in the development of Facebook? 24:45-30:00 When you look back on the privacy errors that Facebook made, what do you think was the cause of them? 30:00-32:15 Bill Gates' legacy of philanthropy will exceed his legacy of Microsoft, won't it? 32:15-33:45 But your venture fund is not non-profit? 33:45-37:00 How big is your fund and what stage is it at? 37:00-41:30 So who did you go to to get involved in the fund? 41:30-44:30 What do you <b>...</b>


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- Startups - Neal Sales-Griffin of Code Academy - TWiST #230


0:00-1:30 We're here today with Neal Sales-Griffin of Code Academy. 1:30-2:30 Welcome back Tyler. How's it been going? 2:30-3:00 If you still haven't joined the TWiST Backchannel, go to twistlist.co to sign up. 3:00-4:30 Thank you to GoToMeeting for sponsoring the show. Everyone thank them @gotomeeting. 4:30-7:30 If you haven't heard about the LAUNCH Festival, check it out here: launch.is. It's not too late to get your tickets! 7:30-10:00 Insight from Tyler: Launch is like an Asian girl with double Ds. 10:00-11:00 Neal, what's the mission at Code Academy? 11:00-11:45 What's the difference between you and Codeacademy? 11:45-13:30 How much do people pay to join and what do they get? 13:30-14:00 How do you make a profit? 14:00-15:30 What kinds of people are joining the program? 15:30-17:00 What do I need to know before I come in to Code Academy? 17:00-19:30 What can a student accomplish in an eleven week course? 19:30-21:00 Are there jobs in the US for average coders, or do you have to be elite? 21:00-22:45 Do you think what you're doing could help menial workers acquire a new skill and get a better job? 22:45-26:00 In minority communities, how is becoming a developer looked at? 26:00-28:00 Thank you to Walker Corporate Law for supporting the show. If you need at lawyer, call Scott at 310-288-6667. 28:00 Pricing models debated 28:00-31:30 What if you put people on a payment plan or charged a placement fee for the companies that hire students afterwards? 31:30-33:00 Do you <b>...</b>


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The Lean Startup


Speaker(s): Eric Ries Chair: Dr Linda Hickman Recorded on 12 January 2012 in Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building. Most new businesses fail. But most of those failures are preventable. The Lean Startup is a new approach to business that's being adopted around the world. It is changing the way companies are built and new products are launched. The Lean Startup is about learning what your customers really want. It's about testing your vision continuously, adapting and adjusting before it's too late. Now is the time to think Lean. This event marks the publication of Eric Ries new book The Lean Startup. Eric Ries is an entrepreneur and author of the New York Times bestseller The Lean Startup and the popular entrepreneurship blog Startup Lessons Learned.He co-founded and served as CTO of IMVU, his third startup. In 2007, BusinessWeek named him one of the Best Young Entrepreneurs of Tech. In 2009, he was honored with a TechFellow award in the category of Engineering Leadership. He serves on the advisory board of a number of technology startups, and has consulted to new and established companies as well as venture capital firms. He is currently serving as an entrepreneur-in-residence at Harvard Business School and a Fellow for IDEO, the design consulting firm. His Lean Startup methodology has been written about in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Harvard Business Review, the Huffington Post, and many blogs. mp3 audio podcast available here - www2.lse.ac.uk


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- Startups - Kevin O'Connor of FindTheBest - TWiST #234


0:00-3:00 Welcome everyone, we're here today with Kevin O'Connor of FindTheBest. 3:00-6:00 Thank you to LiquidWeb for supporting independent media! Everyone thank them @LiquidWeb! 6:00-8:15 Where was DoubleClick founded? What was the original name? 8:15-9:00 What was it like going to advertisers in those days? 9:00-11:00 And you grew very rapidly, yes? 11:00-13:30 You had a pretty meteoric rise, and then raised a huge IPO, yes? 13:30-15:00 And you handed over the reins to Kevin Ryan at some point? What did you do during that time? 15:00-16:00 Why do great entrepreneurs never make great venture capitalists? 16:00-16:45 Insight from Tyler: "It's like being the lifeguard at the pool." 16:45-18:30 How many hours a week do you think those VC work? 18:30-20:00 Do you remember Boo.com? 20:00-20:45 Jason explains the poker game guts. 20:45-22:00 What do you think that's out right now that's really impressive? 22:00-24:30 Jason and Kevin look at FindTheBest.com. 24:30-26:30 Is Google a content company at this point, in your mind? 26:30-29:15 Thank you to GoToMeeting for sponsoring the program! Everyone thank @GoToMeeting and thank them for their support! 29:15-31:00 How do you get the results? Is it human and algorithm powered? 31:00-33:30 How do you then take those results and organize them? 33:30-34:45 How do you make money? Are you taking a commission? 34:45-37:00 How do you build a brand like this when Google is infringing on your space? 37:00-40:45 Is it Google's right to put <b>...</b>


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- Startups - Paul Bragiel of i/o ventures - TWiST #232


0:00-2:00 Today we have Paul Bragiel, managing director of the accelerator i/o ventures with us. 2:00-2:45 Your accelerator is actually a physical location that people work out of, right? 2:45-5:00 Thank you so much to MailChimp for their support. Everyone thank @mailchimp! 5:00-6:00 Do you send email updates about i/o ventures? 6:00-7:45 What is the mission of i/o ventures and how is it different from Y Combinator? 7:45-9:00 What's the story? Do you shampoo that beard? 9:00-10:00 Who are the other people working in your office? 10:00-10:30 How many people have graduated? 10:30-11:30 How much do the companies get and how much equity do you take? 11:30-12:00 Is blatantly ripping off someone's idea the worst thing in the world? 12:00-13:45 Jason reveals a story about meeting with a successful investor in Germany at the DLD Conference who warned him about the Samwer brothers. 13:45-16:00 What's the difference between stealing artistically and ripping something off? 16:00-17:00 Who's to blame for enabling pieces of garbage like them? 17:00-19:00 So after two classes, do you feel like the quality is going down? 19:00-20:15 How much more did it cost to start a company ten years ago? 20:15-20:30 Have there been any lawsuits over the mandatory beard rule in your program? 20:30-21:45 Where does the money come from that you invest in the companies? 21:45-24:15 How much of what you provide for companies is coaching versus teaching skills? 24:15-26:30 Thank you to GoToMeeting for <b>...</b>


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- Startups - Naval Ravikant of AngelList - TWiST #244


1:00-2:00 Hi everyone, we're excited to have Naval Ravikant, the co-founder of AngelList, with us on the program today. 2:00-3:00 How many people have raised money on AngelList? 3:00-4:45 When did the first A round get done on AngelList? 4:45-6:15 So you think moderate success is the hard part? 6:15-8:45 What's an actual, true overnight success? 8:45-11:45 What do you think when you hear a story of someone like OMGPOP? 11:45-12:15 Would AngelList have worked ten years ago? What were your prior attempts? 12:15-14:30 How do you respond to the critique that weak companies are getting funded and there are too many startups? 14:30-17:00 Thank you to LiquidWeb for supporting TWiST! Show you appreciate them backing independent media by tweeting thanks to @LiquidWeb! 17:00-19:15 So, when a lot of people follow a company but they don't close the round, how does the entrepreneur take that? 19:15-20:00 So people are raising money from folks like Dave McClure? 20:00-23:00 As an angel, what should I be doing? Should I join a VC firm? 23:00-25:00 There are people who call themselves broker and will help you make deals. Is this normal? 25:00-27:30 How do you respond to VCs who have tried to paint you in a negative light? What are the criticisms? 27:30-31:00 So Obama's jobs act passed this week. What impact do you think that will have? 31:00-34:30 I saw that Democrats were fighting this citing fears that people will get scammed. Is that a valid concern? 34:30-35:30 If you could raise a <b>...</b>


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- Startups - Dan Martell of Flowtown - TWiST #206


0:00-1:45 Welcome everyone, we're here today with Dan Martell of Flowtown. 1:45-4:30 Thank you to GoToMeeting for sponsoring the show. Everyone remember to thank @GoToMeeting on Twitter. 4:30-6:00 What is Flowtown? 7:30-8:30 Is it your belief that a large amount of this going on is gray or black hat? 8:30-9:30 Were a lot of other startups based on products like yours and Rapleaf? 9:30-10:45 Would there have ever been a problem with this if consumers better understood that their data is public if they put it on a social network? 11:45-13:45 What was the moment like when you found out you were getting shut down? 13:45-15:15 Is it a double-standard that Google can use data like this and other players can't? 15:15-17:00 How do you humanely lay people off? 17:00-18:30 What do you say to Dave McClure, Mitch Kapor, all of your investors? 18:30-22:15 Did you launch all three new products to see what would stick? 22:15-24:30 Who owns the person tweet stream for a company or service? 25:00-27:00 Thank you to Scott Walker Corporate Law for sponsoring the show. 27:00-28:30 Tell us about how you built the company back up and about the subsequent acquisition. 31:30-33:00 Tell us a little about DemandForce. 33:00-35:30 What's the most clever "word of click" you've ever seen anyone else do? 35:30-38:30 Do you think Google+ will play a big role in search results? 38:30-43:00 How much of social media is just doing something unique vs. doing something really strategic? 44:15-46:30 Question <b>...</b>


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- Startups - News Panel with Adeo Ressi and Ryan Block - TWiST #227


0:00-2:30 Welcome everyone, I'm here today with Adeo Ressi, Ryan Block and Erik Lanigan for a News Roundtable Panel. 2:30-3:30 How many years ago did you start the Founder Institute, Adeo? 3:30-4:45 Ryan, how is GDGT going? 4:45-5:15 Welcome back, Erik Lanigan. 5:15-7:45 Thank you to MailChimp for sponsoring the show! Everyone tweet your thanks to them @mailchimp! 7:45-8:45 Let's start with some Netflix news. Reid Hastings says they're doing well after the Quixster fiasco, but that they're not focusing on physical DVDs as much as streaming. 8:45-9:45 Who has watched a Netflix streaming movie in the last 60 days? 9:45-11:30 If Netflix had a base price for the basic titles and you could pay more for the first-run titles, would you? 11:30-13:15 Erik: Is Amazon streaming going to be a credible threat to Netflix? 13:15-15:45 Do you think Amazon will be able to make better products than the Kindle Fire or--since they sell is for virtually no profit--does it matter? 15:45-19:30 Jason: Amazon needs to go all-in and double the number of titles. 19:30-22:00 Next story: Boxee just announced a hardware ad-on that allows you to watch live TV. Is this worth the price? How many people use this? 22:00-26:00 Adeo: Do you think Boxee functions will be merged into a TV set? 26:00-28:45 In Silicon Valley, do a lot of people not use cable and just download what they want from bittorrent? 28:45-32:00 If someone bought the BluRay of a DVD and they downloaded the bittorent, is that ok morally <b>...</b>


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- Startups - All Ask Jason - TWiST #236


0:00-2:15 Welcome everyone, today we have an All Ask Jason episode! 2:15-3:00 Don't forget that the LAUNCH Festival is March 7 and 8 in San Francisco! For more information, go to conference.launch.is. 3:00-7:30 Thank you to GoToMeeting for their support. Everyone thank @GoToMeeting. 7:30-9:00 We talk to our first caller, Flaviu Simihaian, who has a question about finding a co-founder for his project Eval.me. 9:00-9:30 Jason: You have to decide if this is a proof-of-concept business or if you want to go up against the leaders. 9:30-11:30 Tyler: What was your core motivation for founding this product? 11:30-15:00 Jason: You need to leave North Carolina. I would also make a list of the things in your life that you're most passionate about. 15:00-15:30 Jason: Go on a long hike and make yourself a list. 15:30-18:00 Flaviu: Is joining another team a better way to go if I can find something I'm passionate about? 18:00-19:00 Tyler tells about an experience in which someone told him he couldn't run a clothing company solo and he was motivated to prove them wrong. 19:00-20:45 The next question is from Marcus Shappi of Ninja Blocks who has a concern about making all of his software open source. 20:45-25:00 Jason: If these investors don't understand the value of open source, that's a bit of a tell that they're probably dumb. 25:00-27:45 Thank you to Sourcebits for their sponsorship! Everyone thank @Sourcebits. 27:45-32:00 The next question comes from Rodrigo Fuentes, who is having a <b>...</b>


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- Startups - Di-Ann Eisnor of Waze - TWiST #226


0:00-1:30 Welcome everyone, I'm here in Palo Alto at Waze HQ with Di-Ann Eisnor, VP of platforms and partnerships. 1:30-2:45 One of the companies I've been using a lot is Waze. For the audience, what is Waze? 3:45-5:00 How is the traffic data from Google maps collected? It doesn't seem to be all that accurate. 5:00-6:15 I first started using the app about five years ago and no one was on it. Now I've noticed that use is going up every month. How quickly has Waze grown in LA? 6:15-7:30 Di-Ann explains how LA's "carmageddon" was a boon for Waze. 7:30-12:15 Thank you to Walker Corporate Law for sponsoring the show. 12:15-13:00 So, when I'm looking at the app and I see lots of cars in LA during rush hour, are you having to mute some number of people and only showing a representation? 13:00-15:00 Show me on your phone the different things you can do in terms of reporting. Does anyone use Waze on an iPad? 16:15-18:00 How are you addressing the issue of distracted driving? 18:00-20:00 Di-Ann explains the other safety precautions Waze is taking. 22:45-23:30 What's the history of the company? You're an Israeli company, yes? 23:30-25:30 What are the chances, you think, that Wazers will be able to project reports onto their dashboards, Minority Report-style? 25:30-26:45 What about a time when Waze will be in my car when I buy it? 26:45-28:15 Di-Ann demonstrates Waze's new speech recognition capabilities. 28:15-32:30 Thank you to GoToMeeting for sponsoring the show. Use the promo <b>...</b>


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- Startups - TWiST Santiago, Chile Meetup - TWiST #242


0:00-2:15 Welcome everyone, to the second TWiST Santiago, Chile meetup! 2:15-4:30 Thank you to Scott Edward Walker of Walker Corporate Law for sponsoring the program! Everyone tweet their thanks to @ScottEdWalker! 5:30-6:15 James, how is everything down in Chile? 6:15-7:00 How is everything with the startup community down there, James? 7:00-9:00 Welcome to our special guest, Vivek Wadhwa! 9:00-9:30 So the companies will pitch, Tyler, Vivek and I will score them and then we'll move on. 9:30-10:30 First up is Denis Todirica from GlazeOn pitching his social sharing button that allows donations to good causes. (See an example at static.glazeon.com 10:30-14:45 So, walk me through an example of how this works. 14:45-15:30 Tyler, what do you think? 15:30-16:00 Denis, is the idea that the publisher will pay the charity? What exactly is the transaction model? 16:00-16:30 Wasn't there a cause-based ad network here in Los Angeles? 16:30-18:15 Vivek, what do you think? 18:15-20:15 Next up is Ian Ozsvald from Strong Steam (strongsteam.com), pitching an app store of data-mining and artificial intelligence APIs. 20:15-22:30 So far, I'm very impressed with what we see here. 22:30-25:00 Jason walks through a use case for this product. 25:00-27:15 Tyler: Could you make a better mouse trap of all the barcodes scanners? 27:15-28:30 Vivek: This is where technology is headed; this is the right way to go. 28:30-31:00 Thank you to GoToMeeting for sponsoring the show. Everyone thank @GoToMeeting <b>...</b>


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- Startups - Marco Zappacosta of Thumbtack - TWiST #241


1:00-2:30 Welcome everyone, I'm here today with Marco Zappacosta of Thumbtack. 2:30-4:00 How did we meet, Marco? 4:00-5:30 How is Thumbtack better than finding a babysitter elsewhere online? 5:30-10:00 Thank you to LiquidWeb for supporting TWiST! 10:00-13:00 So what you're trying to do is say, we're focused on this issue and we want transparency? 13:00-19:00 It seems like there's less of a demand for forums to meet angels now than a few years ago, yes? 19:00-23:30 What about service providers suck at writing their own marketing profiles? 23:30- How did you go from raising an A round to where you are today, discussing termsheets? 29:45-35:00 Thank you to GoToMeeting for sponsoring the show! Everyone thank @GoToMeeting! 35:00-39:00 So if you did a felon or driver's license check, that may eliminate some of the cheaper options? 39:00-44:45 How do you handle the minimum wage issue? 44:45-51:00 Do you think that the age of a founder is an issue? 51:00-55:45 So your parents are famous entrepreneurs who built Logitech, correct? 55:45-59:15 How do you weed out the good from bad when hiring? 59:15-1:01:00 So when you're buying traffic, the person who wins is the one with the best business model? 1:01:00-1:05:45 A discussion of Google's increased presence into local search. 1:05:45-1:08:00 Have a been a good angel investor? I hope so. 1:08:00-1:09:30 What's the latest at CNET, Stephen? 1:09:30-1:11:00 Marco, thank you for joining us. We'll see you next time, everyone. Support This <b>...</b>


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- Startups - Kevin Fliess of Room 77 - TWiST #228


0:00-1:30 Welcome everyone, I'm here today with Room 77 VP and GM Kevin Fliess. 1:30-1:45 It's just been a wild ride since you launched last year, hasn't it? 1:45-3:15 So the produce you launched was "see the room before you commit to a room," yes? 3:15-5:15 Walk us through the product, Kevin. 5:15-6:15 You're agnostic as to where the user books from? 6:15-7:45 Where does the data about the hotels come from? 7:45-8:45 Do you think TripAdvisor is still a reliable resource? 8:45-13:30 Thank you to Walker Corporate Law for sponsoring the program! Call Scott at 310-288-6667. 13:30-15:45 Show us what it looks like when you actually see pictures of the rooms. 15:45-17:00 Is there going to be a time when I request a specific room and I'm guaranteed to get that room? 17:00-19:00 Let's take a look at the view out of a room. How did you generate this? 19:00-21:30 What's been the reaction from hotels to your service? What do they like and dislike? 21:30-22:30 What do the naysayers think? What about the people whose rooms are revealed to be lemons? 22:30-24:00 Kevin tells a story about when a DC hotel was concerned about the sight lines to the White House were too visible on Room 77's site. 24:00-26:45 Has the view from the room and the detail level you provide lived up to your expectations as a competitive differintiator? 26:45-28:15 What's the commission if you book a plane ticket versus a hotel? 28:15-30:30 Why doesn't a successful airline merge with a hotel chain and cross sell <b>...</b>


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- Startups - TWiST Paris Meetup - TWiST #214


0:00-1:45 Organizer Kirsten Winkler welcomes everyone to the TWiST Paris meetup. 1:45-2:45 Patrick from Le Camping explains what their incubator program does. 2:45-4:30 First pitch: Jerome Derozard pitches Lifeshow.com, a program that allows users to publish their photos to TV and tablets. 4:30-6:45 Jason: This was almost a perfect pitch. You defined a problem, you made it personal. I give the presentation a 9 and the business model an 8. 6:45-7:45 Tyler gives the pitch a 9. 9:00-10:15 How are you going to monetize this? 11:15-16:00 Thank you to Walker Corporate Law for sponsoring the program. 16:15-17:30 Next pitch: Richard Fielding presents PrepMyFuture, an adaptive test preparation learning system for GMAT testing. 18:30-18:45 Tyler, what was the one thing that you took away from his pitch? What was the killer feature? 18:45-20:15 Jason gives the pitch an 8. 20:15-21:30 What's the most important feature of this business? 21:30-23:15 Jason: I give the business model an 8 or 8.5. You need to know your audience, so what are the future trends? 23:15-25:15 Tyler: I give the pitch an 8, you could have made it more personal and emotional. 25:15-25:45 If this is going to be social and mobile, you should have told us that. Give your audience a roadmap. 27:00-28:00 Kirsten gives the pitch a 7.5/8 and the business an 8.5/9. 28:00-29:30 Next pitch: Guillaume Martin pitches Pictarine, a service that integrates different photo services into one shareable, downloadable slideshow. 32 <b>...</b>


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- Startups - News with Sean Percival and James Altucher - TWiST #223


0:00-2:15 On today's News Roundtable, we're joined by Sean Percival and James Altucher. 2:15-3:30 Welcome Sean. So you're an EIR over at Science now? 3:30-5:30 James, thanks for joining us. How are you doing? 5:30-7:30 Thank you to Sourcebits for sponsoring the program. Everyone remember to show their support by tweeting them a thank you @Sourcebits! 7:30-10:00 First story: Google was caught scraping the database of a company in Kenya called Mocality. Google apologized, but how did this happen? 11:00-12:45 Are they making a mistake by trying to integrate Google+ so deeply into search? 13:00-17:15 Should this have been opt-in as opposed to opt-out? 17:15-19:00 James: This could be a genius move. Now everyone has to sign up for Google Plus to be relevant in search results. 21:30-25:15 Jason: Twitter and Facebook both need to launch their own social search engines. 25:15-25:30 James: I don't like to have to think when I use Google. 25:30-28:00 Thank you to MailChimp for sponsoring the program. 28:00-30:30 Moving along to a CES Roundup: Ultrabooks were all the rage at the conference this week. HP and Lenovo both showed off new models, so what did everyone think of this? 30:30-32:15 What do you use as a computer, James? What do you think of the ultrabooks? 34:15-35:00 Sean, do you limit the number of hours of day your daughter uses an iPad? 39:15-40:30 Jason: So the constant begging for attention and validation is what we're moving to in media? 46:30-49:15 Next story: Myspace <b>...</b>


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- Startups - Greg Tseng of Tagged - TWiST #231


0:00-2:15 Welcome everyone, we're here today with Tagged founder Greg Tseng. 2:15-3:00 Special thanks to our friends at CNET and CBS Interactive for hosting TWiST on the road. 3:00-5:00 Thank you to our friends at MailChimp for their generous support. Everyone thank @mailchimp! 5:00-5:30 Welcome, Greg. How many monthly unique impressions is Tagged getting now? 5:30-7:30 What exactly is Tagged? 7:30-9:15 What did you think you could bring to social networking that Facebook couldn't? 9:15-11:00 What is the sunk/cost fallacy? 11:00-12:30 What is social discovery? If I'm on Netflix and I liked this movie, then I might like that movie? 12:30-14:30 How does Tagged insert someone new into my network? 14:30-17:00 And you have your own game library, right? 17:00-18:15 Do you make money for the dating service of Tagged? 18:15-19:15 How much do you charge? 19:15-21:00 How did you establish the culture of Tagged? 21:00-22:45 Why do you think you've never had any leaks? 22:45-23:30 Greg: "A startup is like a roller coaster that goes up and to the right." 23:30-25:30 Thank you to Sourcebits for sponsoring the show! Don't get left behind--check out their amazing mobile apps at sourcebits.com. 25:30-28:00 Why are mobile apps so hot? 28:00-30:00 Think about the fact that the iPad didn't even exist two years ago. 30:00-31:30 It's very easy to forget about your personal health as a founder, isn't it? 31:30-34:00 Tell me a little about the executive coaching. What is their role? 34:00-37:45 <b>...</b>


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- Startups - Rick Marini of BranchOut - TWiST #205


0:00-2:00 Welcome everyone. We're here today with Rick Marini, CEO of BranchOut. 2:00-3:45 Ryan Carson had a great episode and we recently went and spoke at one of his conferences, right Tyler? 3:45-4:30 If you want to be part of the process of building the show, go to twistlist.co and join the Backchannel Producer Program! 4:30-7:30 Thank you to MailChimp for sponsoring the show! Everyone thank them @MailChimp on Twitter! 8:30-9:15 What is the product and why did you build it? 9:15-12:00 Give us some idea of the growth of the product. 12:00-13:45 Jason demos the BranchOut interface on Facebook. 13:45-15:15 How do you differentiate yourself from LinkedIn? 15:15-16:30 How many people are paying to advertise jobs on LinkedIn? 16:30-19:15 Why doesn't LinkedIn integrate with Facebook? 19:15-23:00 What happens when Facebook decides that they want to have a jobs feature? 23:00-23:45 And Facebook gets 0% of what you sell to recruiters right now? 23:45-27:30 What is the first-ever enterprise product you're launching on Facebook this week? 27:30-34:30 Thank you to SurveyMonkey for sponsoring the show. Everyone thank them on Twitter @SurveyMonkey. 34:30-35:15 So why didn't you call up Mark Pincus to invest? 35:15-40:00 Do you ever think you sold Tickle too soon? 44:15-46:45 What is your take on the current massive unemployment? 46:45-48:15 Are we not competitive enough as a country anymore? 48:15-52:30 Why don't we raise the tax on the rich 3% and put it toward engineering or <b>...</b>


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- Startups - TWiST Seoul Meetup - TWiST #215


0:00-3:00 Welcome everyone, to the second TWiST Seoul Meetup! 3:00-4:45 We're so thrilled to be back with Seoul because they had great entrepreneurs last time. 4:45-8:45 Thank you to SurveyMonkey for sponsoring the show. Congrats on the billion dollar valuation! 8:45-9:45 Jason, it's great to hear from you and see everyone in Seoul! How is everyone there? 9:45-10:00 Where are you guys coming from us today? 10:00-10:45 Thank you to KHSA and Seoul Space for supporting the entrepreneurs in Seoul. 10:45-12:30 First up we have the founder of Shakr Media, David Lee. David, let's hear about Shakr Media (sha.kr). 12 Taking a closer look at what Shakr does: vimeo.com 15:30-17:30 I would give your pitch a solid 7.5 or 8 but it would have been higher if you'd given us an example that we could get behind. 17:30-18:45 Tyler rates the presentation at an 8. But what about the business? 18:45-19:45 What's the business model? 19:45-20:30 Does the computer read the article and provide a voice over? 20:30-23:15 I don't think this is a business yet because I don't think cable providers will buy this right now. I think the model is go to content creators and charge them for this tool? 23:15-23:45 Let's hear it for David Lee! 23:45-24:30 Next up, Andrew Park pitches PixelAmmo (pixelammo.com) 25 Tyler: How well did you do with your previous game? 25:45-27:00 Watching the video for PixelAmmo's game Keri Racing: www.youtube.com 27:00-27:30 Tyler, what did you think of the pitch? 27:30-29:00 Tyler <b>...</b>


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Dave McClure gives a tour of 500 Startups


Very impressed by Dave McClure and his team work in such a short period of time. He's also the only person I know who invested in 150+ startups in less than a year. This is great, I am proud to be a mentor and wish all the startups and Dave's team a huge success


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SXSW: A boon or bust for startups?


The South-by-Southwest Festival has become a mecca for startups. But is this famed-Texas hotspot more hype than substance? Our CNET experts give you the inside take.


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- Startups - News Roundtable with Peter Pham and Marshall Kirkpatrick - TWiST #221


0:00-3:00 Welcome everyone to the first News Roundtable Panel of 2012. We're here today with Peter Pham, now at the incubator Science. 3:00-4:00 Marshall Kirkpatrick, formerly of ReadWriteWeb, is also joining us today. Marshall, tell us a little bit about your new venture, Plexus Enginge. 4:00-6:30 Thank you to MailChimp for sponsoring the program. Everyone check them out at MailChimp.com and thank them @mailchimp! 6:30-8:00 Megan reads the first story: the incubator debate. Is there a glut of them today and do they offer any real value to startups? 8:00-11:15 Peter, are there too many or too few incubators? 11:15-13:15 Marshall: If there's management and training being made available from a wide variety of sources, there's value in that. 14:30-15:45 Next story: Scott Thompson accepted the position of Yahoo! CEO. Did anyone know him before this? Marshall, what do you know about him? 18:15-20:00 Next story: Google+ recently had its strongest month ever and now has approximately has 62M members. Will they surpass Facebook? 20:00-23:15 Marshall: I think there are signs that Google+ isn't looking fantastic. 23:15-24:45 Jason: Google is desperate to be Microsoft and they're looking more like them every day. 24:45-27:00 Insight from Tyler: It's like trading with yen. 27:00-29:15 Welcome to our newest sponsor Sourcebits. Thank you for sponsoring the show! Everyone be sure to thank them @sourcebits. 29:15-30:45 Next story: Walmart Labs has acquired Small Society, a mobile agency <b>...</b>


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The guy who houses hundreds of startups: Plug and Play's Saeed Amidi


He owns the building where Google and Paypal got their starts. In his many locations around the world you'll find hundreds of startups (in the Sunnyvale headquarters alone there are more than 200 startups). It's rare that you get to spend more than an hour with a guy like this who has invested in, and advises, so many startups. He explains how Silicon Valley works and gives entrepreneurs many tips. Learn more at www.plugandplaytechcenter.com


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- Startups - - Startups - Patents Special - TWiST #201


Join our new mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! Jason interviews NeuAer CEO Dave Mathews and attorney Reid Dammann about everything startups need to know about patents, from why to file to avoiding being poached by "Patent Trolls." 00:00-00:30 Intro 1:12: Welcome to the Patent Episode 1:30 Tyler: How many patents have you filed? 1:45 Jason: I've never filed any patents 2:18 Introduction to Reid 3:30-5:15 Surveymonkey Ad 5:30-6:30 Tyler talks about SurveyMonkey 6:49- 7:18 Let's get right into it, let's talk patents. 7:46- 8:45 Why patent? 9:00- 9:40 How long have patents existed? What are the point of patents? 9:51- 10:45 Let's talk about the filing process. I've heard it's very expensive and time consuming? 11:19 - 12:21 Guests define prior art and 'skilled in the art' 12: 53 - 13: 50 Types of patents, including 'plant patents' and design patents 13:57- 14: 35 Patents vs Copyright and Trademarks 14:40- 15:15 Introduction to software patents, why they are tricky 15: 20- 16:00 Dave Mathews' worst patent ever, CueCat! 17:00- 18:00 Patent application process, enforceable component explained 18:15- 19:30 Multi-touch patent. Or as Jason calls it, Apple's 'Pinching Patent' 19:45- 20:30 Why claims are most important, especially as it pertains to litigation 20:30 - 21:22 Claims explained, especially in terms of constructing language that can protect a patent 22:04- 23:30 Explanation of how patents can be circumnavigated by solving a problem using a new <b>...</b>


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What makes startups succeed or fail? That's what Startup Genome seeks to answer


startupgenome.cc is a project that studies startups and why they succeed or fail and tries to predict that before such an outcome is so certain. Here Bjoern Lasse Herrmann explains this project and how it studies 3200 startups and tries to predict their outcomes.


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- Startups - News Panel with Rafe Needleman and Peter Horan - TWiST #213


0:00-1:30 Welcome everyone, to TWiST live from the CNET/CBS Interactive studios in San Francisco! 1:30-2:15 Welcome to our guests, CNET editor Rafe Needleman and Halogen Media Group's Peter Horan. 2:15-3:30 Thank you to GoToMeeting for sponsoring the program--they help make trips like this possible! 3:30-5:15 First story: Amazon is said to be opening big-box style stores selling their own branded merchandise. What will the stores look like? Rafe, what do you think? 9:45-11:30 Will Amazon have a brick and mortar store in the next three years? 11:30-12:30 Tyler: If they already know that they're going to ship to a major market, why not go ahead put a store there? 12:30-14:00 Will we see Amazon come out with smartphones, TVs, etc.? 14:00-16:45 Is there a way the consumer will lose in this scenario? 18:15-20:15 Next story: Twitter has gotten a major redesign that compartmentalizes its major elements and gives brands more creative control over their page. Rafe, have you played with this at all yet? 21:30-23:30 If you're a business and you can only build on Facebook or Twitter, which one do you choose? 25:45-26:30 Peter: Think about Google's miraculous scaling over the past five years. 26:30-28:30 Thank you to Squarespace for sponsoring the show! Everyone please thank @squarespace for providing such an awesome product. 28:30-31:30 Next story: Evernote's new Hello app is designed to let people to physically swap phones to enter one anothers' contact info. Is this product too <b>...</b>


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The Secrets of Winning Start-Ups


Venture capitalist Lucy Marcus explains what she looks for in a new startup and what makes some succeed where others fail.


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- Startups - Jim Lanzone of CBS Interactive - TWiST #217


0:00-1:45 Welcome everyone, we're here today at CNET studios at CBS Interactive with their CEO, Jim Lanzone. 1:45-3:00 You know Jim from running Ask.com and Clickr. When you were on the program the last time, you had about ten employees and now you have over a thousand here at CBS. 3:00-5:30 Thank you, SurveyMonkey, for sponsoring the show. Everyone remember to thank them @surveymonkey! 5:30-7:15 You were on the program almost two years ago to tell us about Clickr. How did you go from running that to running CBS Interactive? 7:15-8:45 How did you decide that the time was right to sell Clickr? 10:00-11:00 And then CBS bought CNET, who was a big in the advertising space and who was also coveted by AOL, right? 11:00-12:30 How much of the acquisition was CBS needing you versus needing Clickr. 12:30-15:00 You consider yourself a branded house, as opposed to a house of brands, right? What's the biggest challenge there? 18:00-19:15 Jim: We just launched the CNET iPad app and it's already the number two news app. 19:15-23:15 How are the online properties and broadcast TV working together? 24:45-27:00 Thank you to MailChimp for sponsoring the show. Everyone thank them @MailChimp! 27:00-30:30 Are we going to see CBS buying some more teams and companies or building from within? 30:30-34:00 Two of my favorite sites are Chowhound and Metacritic, but they're very niche. What do you do with smaller sites like that? 35:00-37:00 Why isn't CBS including stats from Metacritic on every <b>...</b>


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Lotus Evora GTE - Startups, Startline Accelerations and Track Flybys


Facebook: on.fb.me Twitter: www.twitter.com Car Blog: www.shmee150.co.uk My Vlogs bit.ly ------------------------------------------ INFO BELOW! ------------------------------------------ Camera: Sony CX700 amzn.to Location: Goodwood Hillclimb, UK During a day at Goodwood House I filmed this stunning new Lotus Evora GTE, with a 444hp V6 Toyota Cosworth engine powering the leightweight sportscar that weighs just 1245kg. The GTE was designed for GT2 racing and is not cheap coming in at upwards of £120000. However here you can enjoy some up close shots of the car, some startups, accelerations, race-line starts on track where it bounces off the rev-limiter as well of course as some flybys. Thanks for watching, Tim


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Authors@Google: Eric Ries "The Lean Startup"


Google hosts Eric Ries author of, "The Lean Startup" The Lean Startup movement is taking hold in companies both new and established to help entrepreneurs and managers do one important thing: make better, faster business decisions. Vastly better, faster business decisions. Bringing principles from lean manufacturing and agile development to the process of innovation, the Lean Startup helps companies succeed in a business landscape riddled with risk. This book shows you how. Eric is the author of the popular blog Startup Lessons Learned and the creator of the Lean Startup methodology. He co-founded and served as CTO of IMVU, his third startup, which has today has over 40 million users and 2009 revenue over $22 million. An entrepreneur in residence at Harvard Business School and a frequent speaker at business events, he advises startups on business and product strategy using the Lean Startup approach. theleanstartup.com Order the book here: lean.st


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AMAZING Start-Ups: What a VC Wants!


Successful entrepreneur and CEO, Jay Adelson, demystifies the start-up process by providing advice, tips, and answering questions. Today Jay discusses some of the qualities that many venture capitalists and angel investors are looking for in entrepreneurs. We also get some key advice from successful entrepreneur and venture capitalist, Mike Maples, Jr. Have a question about launching a business that you want answered? Comment or add a video response! Jay Adelson's Twitter: www.twitter.com Email Your Questions: askjay@revision3.com Never Miss An Episode! Subscribe Here: www.youtube.com Check Out The YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com Facebook: www.facebook.com More AskJay Episodes: www.revision3.com About Ask Jay: Entrepreneur, CEO, and business owner Jay Adelson (Equinix, Digg, Revision3, SimpleGeo) demystifies the start-up process by providing advice, tips and answering questions. Submit questions to learn how to turn any business idea into reality and maybe even change the world.


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- Startups - LAUNCH Festival 2012 Highlights - TWiST #243


0:00-1:00 Today, TWiST is featuring some of the standout companies from the 2012 LAUNCH Festival. 1:00-11:00 Captricity's presentation. Learn more at captricity.com. 11 Thank you to MailChimp for sponsoring the program! Everyone show their appreciation by tweeting their thanks to @mailchimp! 14:15-23:00 YouEye's presentation. Learn more at www.youeye.com. 23 Appstack's presentation. Learn more at goappstack.com. 33 Thank you to LiquidWeb for their support! Give them a "thank you" at @liquidweb! 36:00-46:45 Docstoc's presentation. Learn more at www.docstoc.com. 46 Scoot's presentation. Learn more at scootnetworks.com. Support This Week in Startups and independent media by joining the TWiST Producer Program at TwistList.co! Multilingual? Translate this episode of TWiST into another language and email the transcript to translate@thisweekin.com Keep up with the latest from our sister company, LAUNCH Where Over $1M in LAUNCH Festival Prize Money is Going www.launch.co LAUNCH Festival 2012 Winners www.launch.co Who Launched at the 2012 LAUNCH Festival www.launch.co Boom! Boom! Boom! www.launch.co LAUNCH Prizes Top $1M www.launch.co FOLLOW ON TWITTER Jason: @jason Captricity: @captricity YouEye: @youeyetests AppStack: @appstack Docstoc: @docstoc Scoot: @scootnetworks MailChimp: @mailchimp LiquidWeb: @liquidweb


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Shit Startups Say


Inspired by all the Shit __ say videos. We thought we'd take a crack at our own. :) OUR WEBSITE: ravn.com FOLLOW US twitter.com FRIEND US: www.facebook.com People in this video Jonathan Wu Zack Lapid Jerry Hum Li Yin Directed by Dennis Liu Enjoy :)


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22 Bugatti Veyrons-SOUNDS! Revs, Startups, Driving, Etc! [2000 Subscriber Video]


Become a fan on Facebook for the latest updates! www.facebook.com *Skip to 5:55 for revs and startups!* First off, thank you for 2000 subscribers!!! Thanks for staying loyal, giving me support, and just know that many, many more insane videos are on the way! I was thinking to myself, "what car should I feature in my 2K subscriber video?" Needless to say, only 1 car popped into my head: the Bugatti Veyron. So, I compiled all 22 Veyrons I filmed last year into this video for your viewing pleasure. So, I'll just let the video do the talking, enjoy! Places where I filmed these/how many were filmed there: -Monterey & Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA, USA/12 -Los Angeles, CA, USA/6 -London, UK/2 -Paris,France/1 -Miami, FL, USA/1 Please remember to comment, rate and SUBSCRIBE for more!!! Thanks for watching!!!


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- Startups - Dr. Warren Bennis - TWiST #219, Part I


After you finish, watch Part II here: www.youtube.com 0:00-1:15 Welcome to the program. Today we have the legendary leader Dr. Warren Bennis with us. 1:15-2:30 Dr. Bennis has been writing about leadership for longer than some of our other guests have been alive. 2:30-3:00 You are a serial author, yes? 3:00-5:00 Warren: My favorite author on leadership is William Shakespeare. 5:45-11:30 Thank you to SurveyMonkey for sponsoring the show. Everyone remember to thank them @SurveyMonkey. 11:30-12:15 Does a leader have to have had multiple previous successes for people to consider them a leader? 12:15-14:00 Warren leads an exercise in leadership role play: Jason's a young entrepreneur with an MBA and Warren is interviewing him. 15:45-18:30 Is leadership something that can be taught? 18:30-19:30 "The key is finding meaning and purpose to matter what your role or job." 19:30-20:45 "Entrepreneurs are the authors of their own lives." 20:45-22:15 "Leadership means you don't get to say 'I don't feel like it.'" 22:15-22:45 How does a leader push forward when they don't things will necessarily end so well? 22:45-24:45 "The first task of a leader is to define reality." 24:45-26:15 Some people say to be an entrepreneur you have to be delusional, to a certain extent. Is that true? 26:15-29:45 "I'd rather think of it as bold and risk-prone as opposed to delusional." 29:45-32:45 Let's talk about flaws in leadership. Do you have to be a jerk to be successful? 32:45-34:30 How do you get five <b>...</b>


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- Startups - Shervin Pishevar of Menlo Ventures - TWiST #212


0:00-2:00 Welcome, very happy to have you on the show today, Shervin. 2:00-3:30 How do you describe yourself at this point? What do you do? 3:30-5:30 So you recently went to Egypt with Sean Penn? 5:30-11:15 Thank you to SurveyMonkey for sponsoring the program! 11:15-12:30 How does this relate to entrepreneurship, the situation in the middle east? 12:30-14:15 Didn't the Arab Spring start because a small business owner's livelihood was compromised? 14:15-16:30 Is entrepreneurship in a way a religious or spiritual experience for you? 16:30-18:45 So you gave a chunk of your stock to the charity Invisible Children? 18:45-20:15 It takes amazing sacrifices to make the companies, so how do you achieve a balance in life? 20:15-21:15 Are you an investor in Path or just a fan? 21:15-22:15 How much better is their second version? 22:15-24:00 How do you go from having your app panned just one year ago to now being the talk of the town? 24:00-26:15 How does an entrepreneur have the courage to admit that their an idea is a failure and put it to bed rather than flame out? 26:15-28:00 The genius of Path is that, where Facebook turned the world upside down and made everything public, Dave (Morin, the founder) said forget growth, we want privacy. 28:00-31:15 Thank you to MailChimp for sponsoring the program! 31:15-35:45 What was the toughest moment of your career? 35:45-36:30 So you've had some experience, gotten a thicker skin? 36:30-38:15 It's almost your brand to be relentlessly positive <b>...</b>


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What Startups Need To Know: A Forbes Roundtable (Part 2)


FORBES publisher Rich Karlgaard moderates a gathering of small business owners in a forum on the fears and challenges of entrepreneurship. Hiring the right talent, expansion into Asia and more are some of the topics covered in this 2nd part of our conversation. Watch Part One: bit.ly


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