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Sweden vs. South Africa Meetup on This Week in Startups #260

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Fri, 25 May 2012 17:22:14 +0000

Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Join our mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! On This Week in Startups, it was an unprecedented TWiST first! Sweden went head-to-head with South Africa for an international meetup! Who won? You have to watch! 1:00-3:00 Welcome everyone to the first [...]

Steve Chen of ScreenDate on This Week in Startups #259

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Wed, 23 May 2012 04:06:35 +0000

Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Join our mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! On This Week in Startups, Steve Chen joined the show to discuss his angel investments and some of the challenges restauranteurs face today (Steve owns 5A5 Steak Lounge). Steve also gave us [...]

News Panel with Thomas McInerney and Marshall Kirkpatrick on This Week in Startups #258

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Fri, 18 May 2012 18:35:14 +0000

Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Join our mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! On This Week in Startups, the News Roundtable Panel returned, all abuzz over the granddaddy of IPOs–Facebook. Panelists Thomas McInerney and Marshall Kirkpatrick joined Jason and Kirin Kalia of LAUNCH for in-depth [...]

Jennifer Lum of Adelphic Mobile/Apricot Capital on This Week in Startups #257

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Wed, 16 May 2012 04:02:51 +0000

Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Join our mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! On This Week in Startups, Jason welcomed entrepreneur and investor Jennifer Lum. Jennifer is the co-founder of not only Adelphic Mobile, but also her own investment firm, Apricot Capital. 1:00-2:00 Welcome everyone, [...]

Sri Lanka Meetup on This Week in Startups #256

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Fri, 11 May 2012 01:24:07 +0000

Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Join our mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! On This Week in Startups, Jason, Tyler and special guest co-host Shamal Ranasinghe (virtually) traveled all the way to Colombo for the first Sri Lanka meetup! We saw five entrepreneurs with well-thought [...]

All Ask Jason on This Week in Startups #255

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 19:14:57 +0000

Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Join our mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! On This Week in Startups, Uncle Jason lent a helping ear to startup founders in need of advice. Five founders called in to ask questions regarding their most pressing career and business [...]

News Panel with Niel Robertson and Jon Ferrara on This Week in Startups #254

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 19:09:29 +0000

Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Join our mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! On This Week in Startups, Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson, Kevin Rose and Zynga were among the hot topics in front of our panel of expert analysts–Niel Robertson, CEO of Trada, and Jon [...]

Michael Preysman of Everlane on This Week in Startups #253

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:57:41 +0000

Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Join our mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! On This Week in Startups, first-time entrepreneur Michael Preysman joined Jason to discuss his disruptive play in the luxury clothing space. Everlane, Michael’s company, offers designer goods (think tees, sweatshirts, totes and [...]

The Age of Excellence – An Editorial by Jason Calacanis

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 00:28:22 +0000

News Panel with William Quigley and Sean Percival on This Week in Startups #252

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:40:24 +0000

Join our mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! On This Week in Startups, Google Drive, CISPA, VC philanthropy and Klout were among the hot topics in front of our panel of expert analysts–William Quigley, a managing partner with Clearstone Ventures, and Sean Percival, ex-Mahalo-er and founder of Wittlebee. 1:00-2:30 Welcome [...]

Dave Goldberg of SurveyMonkey on This Week in Startups #251

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 21:24:33 +0000

Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Click here to stream the video version of this episode. Join our mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! On This Week in Startups, Jason sat down with SurveyMonkey CEO Dave Goldberg. Though he’s now in the business of beautifully simple [...]

News Panel with Peter Horan and Ryan Block on This Week in Startups #250

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 01:49:55 +0000

Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Click here to stream the video version of this episode. Join our mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! On This Week in Startups, News Panelists Peter Horan (Web entrepreneur and many-time CEO) and Ryan Block (co-founder of GDGT) joined Jason, [...]

Rob Hayes of First Round Capital on This Week in Startups #249

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 01:26:12 +0000

Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Click here to stream the video version of this episode. Join our mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! On This Week in Startups, Uber VC Rob Hayes of First Round Capital stopped by the program to offer his investor’s insight [...]

News Panel with David Travers and David Carter on This Week in Startups #248

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 03:23:41 +0000

Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Click here to stream the video version of this episode. Join our mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! On This Week in Startups, new panel guests David Travers of Rustic Canyon Partners and David Carter of Amplify LA joined us [...]

LAUNCH Winners Alltuition, SpaceMonkey and Scoot on This Week in Startups #247

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 19:09:24 +0000

Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Click here to stream the video version of this episode. Join our mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! It’s been a month since the 2012 LAUNCH Festival, so what have the winners been up to? On TWiST, we checked in [...]

News with Jason Nazar and Marshall Kirkpatrick on This Week in Startups #246

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 23:00:49 +0000

Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Click here to stream the video version of this episode. Join our mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! On This Week in Startups, Docstoc CEO Jason Nazar and Marshall Kirkpatrick, founder of PlexusEngine, joined the News Panel to discuss the [...]

David Sacks of Yammer on This Week in Startups #245

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 21:38:06 +0000

Join our mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! On This Week in Startups, CEO of the enterprise social network Yammer David Sacks rejoined the program for the first time since 2009! Since that time, David has overseen Yammer’s growth to 300 employees in the US, Australia, Europe and Asia, and [...]

Naval Ravikant of AngelList on This Week in Startups #244

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 02:00:17 +0000

Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Click here to stream the video version of this episode. Join our mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! On This Week in Startups, Naval Ravikant, the mastermind behind the indispensable AngelList, sat down with Jason to talk about his career [...]

LAUNCH Festival 2012 Highlights on This Week in Startups #243

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 00:21:34 +0000

On This Week in Startups, we're bringing you some of the presentation highlights from the 2012 LAUNCH Festival. Catch the pitches by Captricity, YouEye, Docstoc, Appstack and Scoot Networks to see why they were among the best and brightest!

Santiago, Chile Meetup on This Week in Startups #242

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 18:11:41 +0000

Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Click here to stream the video version of this episode. Join our mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! Coming direct from Chile to LA, the TWiST Santiago meetup saw five promising companies take a turn at the mic to pitch [...]

Marco Zappacosta of Thumbtack on This Week in Startups #241

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 01:34:27 +0000

Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Click here to stream the video version of this episode. Join our mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! On This Week in Startups, young entrepreneur and co-founder of Thumbtack Marco Zappacosta sat down with Jason to talk about a more [...]

News with Dave Mathews and Steve Blank on This Week in Startups #240

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 01:18:10 +0000

Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Click here to stream the video version of this episode. Join our mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! Today on This Week in Startups, NeuAer CEO Dave Mathews and author and educator Steve Blank joined the program to offer their [...]

Author Jeff Pfeffer on This Week in Startups #239

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 01:30:52 +0000

Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Click here to stream the video version of this episode. Join our mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! Today on This Week in Startups, author and Stanford professor Jeff Pfeffer joined us to discuss he latest book, Power: Why Some [...]

Chamath Palihapitiya of The Social+Capital Partnership on This Week in Startups #238

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 20:38:08 +0000

Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Click here to stream the video version of this episode. Join our new mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! On This Week in Startups, entrepreneur and investor extraordinaire Chamath Palihapitiya of The Social+Capital Partnership stopped by to talk Facebook, philanthropy, [...]

George Zachary of Charles River Ventures on This Week in Startups #237

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 20:06:58 +0000

Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Click here to stream the video version of this episode. Join our new mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! VC George Zachary of Charles River Ventures joined us on This Week in Startups to provide some insight from the other [...]

All Ask Jason on This Week in Startups #236

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 18:13:13 +0000

Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Click here to stream the video version of this episode. Join our new mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! On This Week in Startups, we brought back–by popular demand–the All Ask Jason episode! Four fans of the show called in [...]

News with Liz Gannes and Peter Horan on This Week in Startups #235

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 20:01:54 +0000

Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Click here to stream the video version of this episode. Join our new mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! On This Week in Startups, Liz Gannes of AllThingsD and Web entrepreneur Peter C. Horan joined us for analysis on blogger/angel [...]

Kevin O’Connor of FindTheBest on This Week in Startups #234

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 03:15:27 +0000

Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Click here to stream the video version of this episode. Join our new mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! On This Week in Startups, an old friend of Jason’s from the Silicon Alley Reporter days joined us in the studio–Kevin [...]

Berlin Meetup on This Week in Startups #233

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 02:57:02 +0000

Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Click here to stream the video version of this episode. Join our new mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! This Week in Startups went live to Germany this week for the first ever TWiST Berlin Meeetup! Five killer companies pitched [...]

Paul Bragiel of i/o ventures on This Week in Startups #232

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:06:54 +0000

Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Click here to stream the video version of this episode. Join our new mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! On This Week in Startups, serial entrepreneur turned startup mentor Paul Bragiel joins Jason for a chat. Paul, a partner at [...]

Greg Tseng of Tagged on This Week in Startups #231

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:02:44 +0000

Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Click here to stream the video version of this episode. Join our new mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! Greg Tseng, the co-founder of social network Tagged, is in the This Week in Startups hot seat to talk about the [...]

Neal Sales-Griffin of Code Academy on This Week in Startups #230

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:36:43 +0000

Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Click here to stream the video version of this episode. Join our new mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! Code Academy co-founder (and Ruby on Rails student) Neal Sales-Griffin dropped by TWiST to talk the future of education, why it’s [...]

Hosain Rahman of Jawbone on This Week in Startups #229

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:00:11 +0000

Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Click here to stream the video version of this episode. Join our new mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! Today on This Week in Startups, Jason was joined by Jawbone CEO and co-founder Hosain Rahman to talk about just how [...]

Kevin Fliess of Room 77 on This Week in Startups #228

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:07:17 +0000

Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Click here to stream the video version of this episode. Join our new mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! Kevin Fliess of room booking site Room 77 joined TWiST to talk about where his company has gone since launching last [...]

News Panel with Ryan Block and Adeo Ressi on This Week in Startups #227

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:36:33 +0000

Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Click here to stream the video version of this episode. Join our new mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! On the TWiST News Panel, Adeo Ressi, Ryan Block and Erik Lanigan joined Jason to unpack the topics of Twitter censorship, [...]

Di-Ann Eisnor of Waze on This Week in Startups #226

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:12:53 +0000

Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Click here to stream the video version of this episode. Join our new mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! Waze is paving the way for drivers across the US, and VP Di-Ann Eisnor sat down with Jason to discuss a [...]

News with Cyan Banister and Erik Lanigan on This Week in Startups #225

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 20:03:25 +0000

Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Click here to stream the video version of this episode. Join our new mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! Angel investor and Zivity founder Cyan Banister and journalist Erik Lanigan joined the TWiST News Panel for analysis on SOPA, Facebook’s [...]

Aaron Levie of Box on This Week in Startups #224

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:32:21 +0000

Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Click here to stream the video version of this episode. Join our new mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! Box CEO and co-founder Aaron Levie joined the show in a special Palo Alto episode to talk founding, funding and the [...]

News Panel with Sean Percival and James Altucher on This Week in Startups #223

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 03:46:25 +0000

Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Click here to stream the video version of this episode. Join our new mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! Sean Percival, EIR at Science, and writer and entrepreneur James Altucher joined the TWiST News Panel to unpack a week dominated [...]

Gil Elbaz and Nova Spivack of Common Crawl on This Week in Startups #222

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:59:59 +0000

Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Click here to stream the video version of this episode. Join our new mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! Gil Elbaz and Nova Spivack of Common Crawl–a free and open index of over 5 billion Web pages–joined This Week in [...]

News Panel with Peter Pham and Marshall Kirkpatrick on This Week in Startups #221

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 03:17:26 +0000

Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Click here to stream the video version of this episode. Join our new mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! On the first News Roundtable Panel of 2012, guests Peter Pham of the new tech incubator Science, and former RWW lead [...]

Joe Stump on This Week in Startups #220

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:20:38 +0000

Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Click here to stream the video version of this episode. Join our new mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! Serial entrepreneur Joe Stump (SimpleGeo) joined TWiST to talk about his new venture Sprint.ly. Joe’s a founder who also builds, so [...]

Dr. Warren Bennis on This Week in Startups #219

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 21:15:34 +0000

Dr. Warren Bennis on This Week in Startups #219

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 01:34:39 +0000

Click here to stream the audio version of Part I of this episode. Click here to stream the video version of Part I of this episode. Click here to stream the audio version of Part II of this episode. Click here to stream the video version of Part II of this episode. Join our new [...]

Kevin Rose of Milk on This Week in Startups #218

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 11:06:15 +0000

Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Click here to stream the video version of this episode. Join our new mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! Kevin Rose of app-producing startup Milk sat down with Jason at CNET’s studios for a look forward–and back. Kevin and Jason [...]

Jim Lanzone of CBS Interactive on This Week in Startups #217

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 21:39:44 +0000

Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Click here to stream the video version of this episode. Join our new mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! On TWiST, Jim Lanzone, Clickr founder and president of CBS Interactive, sat down with us at the CNET studios–his home turf. [...]

Dave Morin of Path on This Week in Startups #216

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 20:14:16 +0000

Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Click here to stream the video version of this episode. Join our new mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! Path co-founder and CEO Dave Morin joined TWiST in San Francisco for a candid discussion about his talk-of-the-town startup. Path may [...]

TWiST Seoul Meetup on This Week in Startups #215

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 02:24:39 +0000

Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Click here to stream the video version of this episode. Join our new mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! Five promising startups from Seoul, South Korea pitched their hearts out on the second ever TWiST Seoul Meetup. But who emerged [...]

TWiST Paris Meetup on This Week in Startups #214

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:50:36 +0000

Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Click here to stream the video version of this episode. Join our new mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! Jason and Tyler traveled to the City of Lights for this special TWiST Paris Meetup! Organizer Kirsten Winkler brought three great [...]

News Panel with Rafe Needleman and Peter Horan on This Week in Startups #213

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:04:15 +0000

Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Click here to stream the video version of this episode. Join our new mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! On the News Panel live from San Francisco’s CNET studios with Rafe Needleman and Peter Horan, our guests unpacked everything from [...]

Shervin Pishevar on This Week in Startups #212

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 23:01:40 +0000

Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Click here to stream the video version of this episode. Join our new mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! Distinguished VC Shervin Pishevar of Menlo Ventures joined us in studio for a chat. Shervin’s also an entrepreneur and angel investor, [...]

News Panel with William Quigley and Jon Ferrara on This Week in Startups #211

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 04:00:44 +0000

Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Click here to stream the video version of this episode. Join our new mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! IPO insanity, spyware on smartphones, the Path that no one wanted to take–the analysis was far and wide this week on [...]

LAUNCH ‘Pad Highlights on This Week in Startups #210

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:29:07 +0000

Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Click here to stream the video version of this episode. Join our new mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! Tablets are taking over the digital world and the LAUNCH ‘Pad Conference brought together the biggest players in the space. Take [...]

London Meetup on This Week in Startups #209

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 21:00:28 +0000

Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Click here to stream the video version of this episode. Join our new mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! This time, we came calling on London! Jason and Tyler went across the pond to hear three pitches from three killer [...]

Yaron Galai of Outbrain on This Week in Startups #208

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 19:27:30 +0000

Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Click here to stream the video version of this episode. Join our new mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! How many founders can you think of that have both served in the Israeli military and sold their company to AOL [...]

News Panel with Keith Richman and Paige Craig on This Week in Startups #207

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 16:14:40 +0000

Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Click here to stream the video version of this episode. Join our new mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! In a week packed with news, what did panelists Keith Richman of Break Media and Paige Craig of BetterWorks tackle first? [...]

Dan Martell of Flowtown on This Week in Startups #206

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 10:12:39 +0000

Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Click here to stream the video version of this episode. Join our new mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! Dan Martell of DemandForce-acquired startup Flowtown joined us to discuss the ups and downs he went through building Flowtown, what it [...]

Rick Marini of BranchOut on This Week in Startups #205

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 21:48:10 +0000

Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Click here to stream the video version of this episode. Join our new mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! Rick Marini of job listing site BranchOut joined us to talk about how his service is helping solve–in some part–our nation’s [...]

Dan Gould of Chill on This Week in Startups #204

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 02:05:55 +0000

Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Click here to stream the video version of this episode. Join our new mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! Dan Gould, co-founder of Chill and Namesake, has seen it all. He’s not only the founder of multiple companies, an angel [...]

News Roundtable on This Week in Startups #203

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 15:37:33 +0000

Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Click here to stream the video version of this episode. Join our new mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! Hot topics like Groupon’s IPO and Yahoo’s new releases dominated the News Roundtable this week with guests Jason Nazar and Peter [...]

Shark Tank Takeover on This Week in Startups #202

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 23:40:58 +0000

Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Click here to stream the video version of this episode. Join our new mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! Four brave companies entered Jason’s Shark Tank–who survived? We heard from Flocasts, Klassik Greekwear, Inhabi and Vibe.me, so which pitch did [...]

Patents Special on This Week in Startups #201

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 23:15:51 +0000

Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Click here to stream the video version of this episode. Join our new mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! Is the patent process killing innovation? Jason sat down with intellectual property attorney Reid Dammann and NeuAer CEO and patent maestro Dave Mathews [...]

TWiST Santiago, Chile Meetup on This Week in Startups #200

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 21:17:02 +0000

This Week in Startups had another Santiago, Chile Meetup, which coincidentally was our 200th episode! We heard incredible pitches from startups like online piggy bank Agent Piggy and social media education platform Schooools, who consequently was the winner! Congratulations to everyone who presented on all of their hard work.

Eric Ries of The Lean Startup on This Week in Startups #199

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 18:15:58 +0000

Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Click here to stream the video version of this episode. 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, [...]

Ryan Carson of Treehouse on This Week in Startups #198

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 01:36:17 +0000

Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Click here to stream the video version of this episode. Join our new mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! Ryan Carson came on TWiST and gave some valuable advice for designers, entrepreneurs–really, for anyone who has ever started up or [...]

News Roundtable with Vivek Wadhwa and Jason Nazar on This Week in Startups #197

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 00:21:47 +0000

Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Click here to stream the video version of this episode. Join our new mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! Jason Nazar and Vivek Wadhwa joined the News Roundtable today to allow us to pick their brains on the new iPhone, [...]

Kevin Systrom of Instagram on This Week in Startups #196

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 21:39:21 +0000

Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Click here to stream the video version of this episode. Join our new mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! Everyone knows gorgeous-photo app Instagram, but what about the man behind the photos? Watch as Jason interviews CEO and co-founder Kevin [...]

Jason’s Ignite Steamboat Springs Interview on This Week in Startups #195 Bonus

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 20:45:54 +0000

Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Click here to stream the video version of this episode. Join our new mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! Entrepreneur group Ignite Steamboat Springs turned the tables on Jason and put him in the hotseat! Hear what the master interviewer [...]

TWiST South Africa Meetup on This Week in Startups #194

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 21:27:35 +0000

Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Click here to stream the video version of this episode. Join our new mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! From a “big brother” mobile dashboard for parents to perma-tags that move with you, we heard some seriously innovative ideas come [...]

Tim Hyer of Rentcycle on This Week in Startups #193

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 17:41:59 +0000

Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Click here to stream the video version of this episode. Join our new mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! If you’ve ever moved, thrown a party or found yourself needing that one tool (you know, the one that does the [...]

Health and Fitness Special on This Week in Startups #192

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 18:06:18 +0000

Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Click here to stream the video version of this episode. Join our new mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! How are you feeling today? If anything is achy, sore or just out of sorts, chances are there’s an app (or [...]

Jake Winebaum of Brighter.com on This Week in Startups #191

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 18:51:45 +0000

Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Click here to stream the video version of this episode. Join our new mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! With the rising cost of healthcare, it’s easy to assume that something like dental services are out of your reach. For [...]

News Roundtable with Steve Blank and Bill Lee on This Week in Startups #190

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 03:27:24 +0000

Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Click here to stream the video version of this episode. Join our new mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! We had some strong opinions on the News Panel today (our favorite kind!) as we welcomed super-angel Bill Lee (@westcoastbill) and [...]

Jon Ferrara of Nimble on This Week in Startups #189

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 23:40:34 +0000

Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Click here to stream the video version of this episode. Join our new mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! If you were in sales or customer relations in the 90s, GoldMine was probably indispensible to you. So what’s the founder [...]

News Roundtable with Marshall Kirkpatrick on This Week in Startups #188

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 19:05:49 +0000

Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Click here to stream the video version of this episode. Join our new mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! From dinner table talk, to TechCrunch winners to the scum of the Westboro Baptist Church, TWiST covered a little bit of [...]

Dmitry Shapiro of Anybeat on This Week in Startups #187

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 22:13:26 +0000

Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Click here to stream the video version of this episode. Join our new mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! We’re getting especially social at TWiST today, with the on-air beta launch of Dmitry Shapiro’s Facebook-alternative AnyBeat and a pitch for [...]

News Roundtable with Liz Gannes and Andrew Warner on This Week in Startups #186

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 03:51:02 +0000

Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Click here to stream the video version of this episode. Join our new mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! The tech world was all atwitter (literally) this week with lots of juicy news: Bartz is out at Yahoo!, Arrington is [...]

Luke Beatty of Yahoo! on This Week in Startups #185

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 18:26:33 +0000

Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Click here to stream the video version of this episode. Join our new mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! The interwebs sure looked a lot different back in 2004 when Luke Beatty founded Associated Content and welcomed people all over [...]

Seoul, South Korea Meetup on This Week in Startups #184

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 22:12:03 +0000

Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Click here to stream the video version of this episode. Join our new mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! Bridging yet another gap in the worldwide entrepreneur community, it’s the very first TWiST Seoul, South Korea meetup! We connected with [...]

Shark Tank Takeover on This Week in Startups #183

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 23:14:53 +0000

Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Click here to stream the video version of this episode. Join our new mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! Not 1, not 2 but 5 startup founders waded into the waters of Jason’s Shark Take today on this special takeover [...]

News Roundtable with Paul Kedrosky and William Quigley on This Week in Startups #182

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 23:10:45 +0000

Click here to stream the audio version of this episode Click here to stream the video version of this episode Join our new mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! It might have started as a News Roundtable, but this Friday’s show included a master class in economics! Our brilliant friends [...]

Jason’s Interview with OpenView Labs on This Week in Startups #181 Bonus

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 00:47:52 +0000

Join our new mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! In this special TWiST bonus, the tables were turned when OpenView Labs came calling to interview Jason. Listen in on his candid discussion about what makes a great leader, what he’s looking for as an investor and what his biggest piece [...]

Travis Kalanick of Uber on This Week in Startups #180

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 20:26:13 +0000

Join our new mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! What do you do when you can’t hail a cab? Travis Kalanick wasn’t about to wait around–instead, he founded Uber, a totally new way to get a sweet ride to you in seconds. On this episode of TWiST, Travis talks starting [...]

News Roundtable with Sean Percival and Paige Craig on This Week in Startups #179

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 19:08:42 +0000

Join our new mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! Spirited doesn’t even begin to describe the debate that occurred when we got Sean Percival and Paige Craig in studio, together, for a Friday News Roundtable Panel. The team ran through all the hot topics, like Groupon’s IPO amendment, Walmart’s music [...]

Mike McCue of Flipboard on This Week in Startups #178 Bonus

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 00:35:08 +0000

Join our new mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! Americans no longer crack open the town paper at night in bed–they fire up their iPads and open the Flipboard app. CEO and co-founder Mike McCue talked to Jason in NYC about the rapidly changing content landscape and what it’s like [...]

Arnie Gullov-Singh of Ad.ly on This Week in Startups #177

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 22:20:27 +0000

Today on TWiST, we bring you the episode, “Like Opening a Doughnut Shop at a Police Station” (otherwise known as an interview with Arnie Gullov-Singh, CEO of Ad.ly). Jason and Arnie talk shop about how celebrities are profiting off Twitter and what it will take for Google+ to get in on the action, as well [...]

This Week in Docs Pilot — a This Week in Startups Special #176

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 00:44:45 +0000

This Week in Docs Pilot (TWiST #176 Special Episode) In this very special TWiST bonus, Jason, Tyler and Lon make good on their promise to do a pilot episode of This Week in Docs. They discuss the films Tabloid, A Crude Awakening and Collapse. So viewers, what did you think? What documentaries should they review [...]

News Roundtable with Jason Nazar and James Altucher on This Week in Startups #175

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 00:06:01 +0000

Bad behavior abounds in this week’s TWiST News Roundtable! Airbnb’s apology debacle, Google shutting out Twitter data and LinkedIn making users jump through hoops to cancel–just for starters. Find out what guests Jason Nazar and James Altucher had to say about these tech offenders. 0:00-1:30 Welcome everyone to the TWiST Roundtable News Panel. 1:30-4:00 A [...]

Rob LoCascio of LivePerson on This Week in Startups #174

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 19:40:47 +0000

TWiST #174 Bonus with Rob LoCascio of LivePerson Employee numbers in the hundreds, back down to the tens, the way back up again–the ride Rob LoCascio, CEO and founder of LivePerson, has been on is a wild one. Listen in as Rob talks to Jason in NYC about his rocky road and ultimate success. 0:00-1:00 [...]

Lockhart Steele of Curbed.com on This Week in Startups #173

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 00:34:43 +0000

TWiST #173 Bonus with Lockhart Steele of Curbed.com While in NYC, Jason and Curbed and Eater founder Lockhart Steele grabbed a burger and talked tech, what life is like for an ex-Gawker, first-time entrepreneur in NYC and the hyper-local space. 1:00-1:15 Welcome everybody, I’m here with Lockhart Steele and we’ll talk about [...]

Chris Dixon of Hunch on This Week in Startups #172

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 18:46:05 +0000

TWiST #172 Chris Dixon of Hunch Jason met up with Hunch founder Chris Dixon while in New York and the two dove deep into subjects like pre-cognition and behavioral influence, just some of the cool tech the Hunch team is working on. 0:00-0:30 Welcome everyone, to another episode of This Week in Startups. 0:30-2:00 Thank [...]

News Panel with Brian Alvey and Dave Mathews on This Week in Startups #171

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 23:43:48 +0000

TWiST #171 News Panel with Brian Alvey and Dave Mathews Two opinionated guests, one roundtable–a whole lot of news. This week saw Brian Alvey of Crowd Fusion and Dave Mathews of NeuAer debating Airbnb’s big PR crisis, Google’s new offering (hotels!) and the people everyone loves to hate, patent trolls. 0:00-1:30 It’s our news Roundtable [...]

Jay Levy of Zelkova Ventures on This Week in Startups #170 Bonus

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 19:39:01 +0000

TWiST #170 Jay Levy of Zelkova Ventures in NYC While on a trip to New York, Jason got seasoned VC Jay Levy of Zelkova Ventures for a man-on-the-street talk about the state of the market, why NYC is a great place for startups and how Jay knew not to pass on Klout. 0:00-0:45 Thank you [...]

Jason’s ReadWriteWeb Talk on This Week in Startups #169 Bonus

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 22:57:55 +0000

TWiST #169 Jason Calacanis’ ReadWriteWeb 2WAY Summit Talk The state of blogs, why publishers should be quirky, Google’s infamous Panda update–nothing was off-topic when RWW Managing Editor Abraham Hyatt sat down with Jason on stage at the RWW 2WAY Summit in NYC. Watch the interviewer become the interviewee on this special TWiST bonus episode. 0:00-2:00 [...]

TWiST Santiago, Chile Meetup on This Week in Startups #168

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 20:53:21 +0000

This Week in Startups TWiST Santiago, Chile Meetup #168 Live from South America, it was our first ever TWiST Santiago, Chile meetup with 8 worthy companies competing to take the top three spots and pitch to Jason. Let’s take a look and find out how Zuggi.com, Challengein.com and Gym-Pact.com fared. 0:00-3:00 Welcome everyone to [...]

Martin Tobias of Tippr on This Week in Startups #167 Bonus

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 02:34:36 +0000

TWiST #167 Martin Tobias of Tippr You’ve heard of Groupon and LivingSocial, but did you know the real deal is over at Tippr? Martin Tobias, founder of the third largest group buying site in the US, talked to TWiST about his patented auction technology, who the real players in the group space are and why [...]

News Roundtable Friday on This Week in Startups #166

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 23:53:54 +0000

TWiST #166 News Roundtable Friday Google+ is heating up, while Cisco is cooling down. Zynga has amended their IPO, while Zillow files for theirs. Which is all to say that tech news abounds once again in this addition of a Friday TWiST News Roundtable with guests David Young of Joyent and Marhsall Kirkpatrick of [...]

Connected Devices and Web-enabled TVs on This Week in Startups #165

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 23:41:25 +0000

TWiST #165 State of Connected Devices and Web-enabled TVs Not watching much TV on your TV lately? You’re not alone. As connected devices drop in price and web-enabled TV sets become the norm, our viewing habits are shifting away from traditional cable and toward the fast-expanding universe of apps, direct content and streaming media. Join [...]

TWiST Paris Meetup on This Week in Startups #164

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 16:39:31 +0000

TWiST #164 Paris Meetup Live from the banks of the Champs Elysees, it’s a TWiST Paris Meetup! Organizer Kirsten Winkler presents six (six!) worthy startups for Jason and Tyler’s consideration: Captur.io, Reunik, docTrackr, SudyKa, Contract Live and FUGU Furniture. Who will emerge victorious? Tune in to find out! 0:00-2:00 Welcome to the TWiST Paris Meetup. [...]

News Roundtable with Steve Blank and Brian Kennish on This Week in Startups #163

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 00:58:53 +0000

TWiST #163 News Roundtable with Steve Blank and Brian Kennish To G+ or not to G+? If that’s the question, then our guests have opinions! Educator and entrepreneur Steve Blank and Disconnect founder Brian Kennish join the TWiST Roundtable to discuss this week’s hot stories, including what’s new at the Google, Netflix’s rate hike and [...]

Adam Kanner of ScoreBig on This Week in Startups #162

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 22:30:17 +0000

TWiST #162 with Adam Kanner of ScoreBig Ever missed out on an awesome concert or the game of the year because the ticket price was just too steep? We have–and so had Adam Kanner. A former NBA exec who had seen too many seats go empty, he decided to do something about it and founded [...]

Fred Wilson from Union Square Ventures on This Week in Startups #161

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 03:37:49 +0000

TWiST #161 with Fred Wilson from Union Square Ventures East coast super VC, blogger and adviser Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures sat down to talk to Jason in his NYC office and had heaps of valuable advice for entrepreneurs young and old alike. Fred talked about the ups and downs in his lengthy career, [...]

Scott Heiferman of Meetup on This Week in Startups #160

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 19:18:01 +0000

TWiST #160 with Scott Heiferman of Meetup Jason sits down in the TWiST NYC studios to talk to Scott Heiferman of the wildly popular site Meetup.com. Scott discusses his youthful ambitions, his brief stint behind the counter at McDonalds and why this could be his last startup. 0:00-1:30 Thank you to MailChimp for sponsoring [...]

GoToMeeting Special with Chris Cox on This Week in Startups #159

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 00:24:45 +0000

TWiST #159 GoToMeeting Special with Chris Cox of LessonTrack TWiST sponsor GoToMeeting ran a “Meeting of a Lifetime” contest and Chris Cox was the lucky winner! Watch as Chris pitches Jason on his startup LessonTrack and they talk the ins and outs of entrepreneurship and the learning vertical. 0:00-1:00 Welcome to the GoToMeeting Meeting of [...]

News Roundtable with Tammy Camp and William Quigley on This Week in Startups #158

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 22:28:53 +0000

TWiST #158 News Roundtable Panel with Tammy Camp and William Quigley Google+ is the hottest ticket in town–or is it? Join Jason, Tyler and Lon along with guests Tammy Camp and William Quigley as they debate that and all the other big news in the world of tech this week. The gang weighs in on [...]

David Helgason of Unity Technologies on This Week in Startups #157

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 19:04:58 +0000

TWiST #157 with David Helgason of Unity Technologies On this episode of TWiST, we take a global look at gaming startups as Jason sits down with David Helgason of Unity Technologies. Unity, originally founded in Denmark, is a platform for creating 3D games and David is on a mission to democratize game development. With clients [...]

Sam Zaid of Getaround on This Week in Startups #156

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 19:58:24 +0000

TWiST #156 with Sam Zaid of Getaround Have wheels, won’t travel? If you don’t need your car on any given day, it can sit in your garage or it can make you some cold, hard cash. That’s the aim of startup Getaround–to connect people who need a set of wheels with people who have them. [...]

Joe Fernandez of Klout on This Week in Startups #155

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 01:54:50 +0000

TWiST/TWiSM Crossover Episode #17 with Joe Fernandez of Klout In the first issue of the new This Week in Social Media, Jason kicks things off with Joe Fernandez of Klout, the social scoring phenomenon. Joe explains the algorithms at work behind the scores, how you can increase yours and what the future (Klout credit cards?) [...]

Bonus with Lukas Biewald of CrowdFlower on This Week in Startups #154

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 18:05:47 +0000

TWiST #154 Bonus with Lukas Biewald of CrowdFlower While at Google HQ, Jason sat down with Lukas Biewald of CrowdFlower to talk about the global crowd sourced marketplace, the future of outsourced labor and the dynamics of a free market. Thank you to GoToMeeting and Squarespace for sponsoring TWiST! 0:00-1:00 Welcome to Lukas Biewald of [...]

TWiST London Meetup on This Week in Startups #153

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 21:08:00 +0000

TWiST #153 London Meetup with Steve Schofield London’s calling… with three more killer startups ready to pitch Jason! Wading into the waters of the Shark Tank this go around are Kliqed, MyChoicePad and Skadoosh. See who emerges victorious! 0:00-1:00 It’s a TWiST London meetup live from Central London! 1:00-3:00 Welcome to Steve Schofield, the TWiST [...]

The Second Annual TWISTEE Awards on This Week in Startups #152

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 18:55:48 +0000

TWiST Episode #152: The Second Annual TWISTEE Awards We’re celebrating two years of This Week in Startups success with the second annual TWISTEE Awards! Join Jason, Lon and Tyler as they look back at the good, bad and hilarious of the past year and present awards for categories like Best Jason Rant and Best Insight [...]

Yancey Strickler of Kickstarter on This Week in Startups #151

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 20:24:13 +0000

TWiST Episode #151 with Yancey Strickler of Kickstarter If you’re a filmmaker, photographer, actor, chef or just about any other creative type, you’ve no doubt heard about the phenomenon that is Kickstarter, the largest creative crowd-funding site in the world. From the TWiST NYC studios, Jason interviews Kickstarter’s co-founder Yancey Strickler, who has a wealth [...]

News Roundtable with Andrew Warner and James Altucher on This Week in Startups #150

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 23:33:24 +0000

TWiST Episode #150 News Roundtable with Andrew Warner and James Altucher From Apple to Zynga and everyone in between, we’ve got some hot topics on today’s news docket! This week, guests Andrew Warner and James Altucher join Jason to discuss Facebook’s facial recognition controversy, Apple’s plans for a new, spaceship-like campus in Cupertiono, eBay’s latest [...]

This Week in Startups #149, Bonus with Ben T. Smith of MerchantCircle

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 23:31:11 +0000

While at the Crowdsortium event at Google HQ, host Jason Calacanis interviewed event speaker Ben T. Smith, co-founder of MerchantCircle, a social network for local business owners. Since this interview, Reply! has acquired MerchantCircle for $60M. More here: http://prn.to/Reply-acq Multilingual? Translate this episode of TWiST into another language and email the transcript to translate@thisweekin.com FOLLOW [...]

#148 IPO Special with Jon Avina and Henry Blodget on This Week in Startups

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 21:23:57 +0000

TWiST Episode #148 IPO Special with Jon Avina and Henry Blodget Overwhelmed by all the talk of pre-money valuations, liquidating shares and S1s? TWiST is here to help with a special all IPO show devoted to Groupon, LinkedIn and the like. We’ll explain the latest happenings in the market with the help of our guests [...]

News Roundtable with Cyan Banister and Vivek Wadhwa on This Week in Startups #147

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 19:17:51 +0000

TWiST Episode #147 News Roundtable with Cyan Banister and Vivek Wadhwa There’s never a dull news week on TWiST! This week, guests Cyan Banister and Vivek Wadhwa join Jason to discuss Groupon’s IPO, Twitter’s latest improvements, the crowded field of group buying, Google’s evilness and much more. To follow along with the discussion, go to [...]

Cyrus Massoumi of ZocDoc on This Week in Startups #146

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Fri, 27 May 2011 18:24:28 +0000

TWiST Episode #146 with Cyrus Massoumi of ZocDoc Fed up with the slow-moving healthcare industry (who isn’t?), Cyrus Massoumi turned his appointment angst into a successful startup. ZocDoc, now in its fourth year of operations, has over 500,000 monthly satisfied patients using the system. On this episode of TWiST, Jason talks to Cyrus about how [...]

Dave Mathews of NeuAer on This Week in Startups #145

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Fri, 27 May 2011 18:09:09 +0000

TWiST Episode #145 with Dave Mathews of NeuAer Meet the man taking “tag, you’re it” to a whole new level. Dave Mathews of NeuAer (winner of best tech at the LAUNCH Conference) stops by the studio to tell Jason about the newest capabilities of ToothTag, the ingenious app that uses BlueTooth, Wifi and NFC technologies [...]

News Roundtable Tuesday on This Week in Startups #144

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Tue, 24 May 2011 19:42:09 +0000

TWiST Episode #144, News Roundtable with Adeo Ressi, Jay Levy, Tyler Crowley and Kirin Kalia On a special Tuesday news roundtable program, Jason welcomes Adeo Ressi of The Founder Institute and Jay Levy of Zelkova Ventures to the program. Up for discussion are LinkedIn’s much-anticipated IPO, Amazon’s move into the book publishing space, Groupon’s recent [...]

David Tisch of TechStars NYC on This Week in Startups #143

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Fri, 20 May 2011 00:46:50 +0000

TWiST Episode #143 with David Tisch, Managing Director of TechStars NYC Today, Jason welcomes David Tisch, a man on the front lines of id’ing and cultivating new startup talent in New York City today. David discusses TechStars first NYC class and the value that the legendary incubator brings to the table. Support This Week in [...]

Alex Ljung of SoundCloud on This Week in Startups #142

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Wed, 18 May 2011 00:55:13 +0000

TWiST Episode #142 with Alex Ljung, CEO and founder and SoundCloud When most people think about sound on the web, they think music. But SoundCloud founder and CEO Alex Ljung is changing that with his Berlin-based company that’s on its way to becoming the YouTube of sound. In this interview, Alex and Jason cover everything [...]

News Roundtable with Liz Gannes, Aarron Walter and Lon Harris on This Week in Startups #141

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Fri, 13 May 2011 23:43:54 +0000

TWiST Episode #141 with Liz Gannes, Aarron Walter and Lon Harris on the Roundtable Panel Jason’s roundtable panel this week included Liz Gannes, senior editor at All Things D, and Aarron Walter, lead UX designer for MailChimp as well as regulars Tyler Crowley of Skweal and Lon Harris of Ranker.com. The discussion kicked off with [...]

Bitcoin Discussion with Gavin Andresen and Amir Taaki on This Week in Startups #140

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Tue, 10 May 2011 23:21:30 +0000

TWiST Episode #140 with Gavin Andresen and Amir Taaki What if–instead of whipping out your VISA card–you could pay just as safely and much more anonymously with bitcoin, a growing open-sourced international currency. Never heard of it? Then it’s a must you watch this episode of TWiST, where Jason talks to Gavin Andresen, the bitcoin [...]

William Quigley on This Week in Startups #140.5

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Tue, 10 May 2011 23:07:41 +0000

TWiST Special Bonus Episode #140.5 with William Quigley, VC and Author What do the next ten years look like for founders and VCs? William Quigley has an idea. In this special TWiST bonus episode, Quigley discusses his new report “A Venture Capital Revival is Upon Us” and shares his thoughts on why the future for [...]

News Roundtable Panel on This Week in Startups #139

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Fri, 06 May 2011 23:46:24 +0000

TWiST #139 with Rob Tercek, Marshall Kirkpatrick and Lon Harris on the Roundtable Panel On this Friday’s News Roundtable Panel, we welcome Rob Tercek, Marshall Kirkpatrick (ReadWriteWeb) and Lon Harris (Ranker.com). Hot topics on the docket include Twitter’s acquisition of Tweetdeck, the $10M round raised by social commenting startup Disqus, and the level of privacy [...]

Ranjith Kumaran of PunchTab on This Week in Startups #138

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Tue, 03 May 2011 21:45:57 +0000

TWiST #138 with Ranjith Kumaran of PunchTab Are you a blogger, website publisher or just a reader who loves rewards? Then put PunchTab on your radar. Former YouSendIt co-founder Ranjith Kumaran’s new startup lets you create an instant loyalty program for your website or blog in just a few clicks. On today’s show, Jason asks [...]

News Roundtable Panel on This Week in Startups #137

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 21:56:04 +0000

TWiST #137 Roundtable News Panel In the second weekly News Roundtable edition of TWiST, Om Malik (GigaOm), Brian Kennish (Disconnect), Tyler Crowley (Skweal) and special return guest Lon Harris (Ranker.com) all join Jason for some lively debate. They panel discusses Facebook’s recent additions, the iPhone privacy uproar, the hacking of the PlayStation network–and the ethics [...]

Evan Schneyer, CEO and Co-Founder of Wanderfly on This Week in Startups #136

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 01:10:43 +0000

TWiST #136: Evan Schneyer of Wanderfly All packed up with no place to go? CEO of Wanderfly Evan Schneyer was once in your shoes–and created a solution. His site offers a carefully curated stable of options tailored to your budget, dates and interests in seconds flat. On this episode of TWiST, Evan shares how the [...]

Jason’s Talk at Cal Tech on This Week in Startups #135

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 01:31:46 +0000

TWiST #135: Jason Speaks at Cal Tech Jason recently spoke at California Institute of Technology’s Entrepreneurship Club to a group of students and entrepreneurs, offering advice, inspiration and some anecdotes to learn from. Support This Week in Startups by joining our new producer program at twistlist.co! 1:00-2:00 How many people in the crowd want to [...]

John “Jay” Rogers of Local Motors on This Week in Startups #134

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 21:44:45 +0000

TWiST #134: John “Jay” Rogers of Local Motors We love to see real-life products — and Jay Rogers, CEO and co-founder of the next-generation car company Local Motors, delivered by bringing the crowd-sourced Rally Fighter car to our studio. He and Jason discuss the Local Motors business model, the wisdom of crowds, DARPA having LM [...]

Joey Flores of EarBits on This Week in Startups #133

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 22:12:28 +0000

TWiST #133: Joey Flores of Earbits Earbits CEO and Y Combinator grad Joey Flores stops by the TWiST studios to discuss how his new music platform could turn the recording industry on its ear. And, in a special Friday performance, Annemarie Cullen of the band Saucy Monky serenades Jason with a song written just for [...]

Bindu Reddy of MyLikes on This Week in Startups #132

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 17:44:28 +0000

Bindu Reddy of MyLikes on TWiST #132 Are you willing to throw the weight of your Twitter feed behind a brand? MyLikes CEO Bindu Reddy sure is. She’s betting that you’ll happily endorse your favorite things via social networks in exchange for cold, hard cash. On this week’s show, Reddy discusses the ethics behind sponsored [...]

TWiST Paris Meetup Special on This Week in Startups #131

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 21:03:55 +0000

Live from the City of Lights, it’s a very special TWiST Paris Meetup episode! Six stellar companies pitched the audience gathered at the Microsoft France campus, but only three were selected to go before Jason’s discerning eyes. Who made the cut–and who emerged the victor? You’ll have to watch to find out! 0:00-0:30 Today on [...]

Ethan Anderson of Redbeacon on This Week in Startups #130

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 20:01:02 +0000

Looking for the most thorough maid in Seattle or the most artful photographer in DC? Then you need Redbeacon.com. Watch CEO and founder Ethan Anderson explain how he took the company from TechCrunch50 darling to a presence in all 50 major US markets in under two years in this episode of TWiST. 1:00-2:15 Ethan Anderson [...]

News roundtable with Jason Nazar, Brian Alvey and James Altucher on This Week in Startups #129

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 03:02:06 +0000

In the inaugural News Roundtable edition of TWiST, Brian Alvey, Jason Nazar and James Altucher join Jason and Tyler to discuss the hottest topics in startups, tech and investing. Issues bandied about include the Huffington Post to AOL sale, Google’s +1 button and–buzzword of all buzzwords–the infamous, rumored bubble. 3:30-5:30 Ad for MailChimp, a comprehensive [...]

Bill Nguyen, Co-founder of Color.com on This Week in Startups #128

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 17:44:21 +0000

Fresh off Color.com’s $41 million raise, Bill Nguyen joins TWiST to discuss his successes–and what he would do differently next time. Bill also shares his thoughts on implicit social media, the “bubble” and why he likes to work in the bathtub. 1:30-3:00 .CO contest reminder- ending April 1. To enter, buy a .co address and [...]

Ian Rogers CEO and Founder of TopSpin Media on This Week in Startups #127

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 21:18:27 +0000

TopSpin Media CEO and founder Ian Rogers discusses the death and rebirth of the music industry, how he began working with the Beastie Boys after illegally pirating one of their LIVE concerts, and why he has a tattoo of the logo of Steve Jobs first computer company on his leg. 2:00-4:00 Mail [...]

Gary Vaynerchuk of VaynerMedia on This Week in Startups #126

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 17:13:45 +0000

This week web celeb and good friend Gary Vaynerchuk stops by to discuss his new book “The Thank You Economy”, the future explosion of the web 2.0 bubble and why drinking a fine port wine can still be manly. F.Y.I. Gary’s got a potty mouth so you might want to tuck the kids in first [...]

Eyal Goldwerger, CEO of TargetSpot on This Week in Startups #125

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 18:26:32 +0000

If you don’t listen to radio on the web yet, it’ll only be a matter of time. And when you do, it’ll change the way you listen forever. On the show this week, Eyal Goldwerger CEO of Targetspot the nation’s largest digital audio advertising network explains why and how this new medium will soon sweep [...]

Mikkel Svane, Founder of ZenDesk on This Week in Startups #124

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 03:59:19 +0000

This week on the show founder Mikkel Svane gives us the inside scoop on his company Zendesk. With huge profits and a steadily growing user base, find out how they became one of the best customer service support systems in the world! 1:30-5:00 Jason Loves Seaworld 8:00-10:00 Why did you start ZenDesk? [...]

LAUNCH Special Episode on This Week in Startups #124 BONUS

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 07:05:10 +0000

Missed your chance to attend LAUNCH in SF? Not a problem. We had our cameras rollin the whole time! Special Guest Host Jason Nazar takes us around the conference to talk to the judges, the companies and founders that made it all happen. LAUNCH Companies and Interviews 1:00 [...]

Rich Skrenta, founder of Blekko on This Week in Startups #123

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 21:54:48 +0000

Tired of bad search results on Google? Meet Blekko.com. This week Founder Rich Skrenta schools us on the amazing power of search. Oh yeah this guy also created the first widespread virus on the Apple II back in the 80′s. Watch and Learn! Rich Skrenta Founder of Blekko 6:00-7:00 Welcome to the show. [...]

Andy Dunn Founder of Bonobos on This Week in Startups #122

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 17:43:53 +0000

Can’t find a pair of pants that fit? Then you probably haven’t been to Bonobos.com.This week Founder Andy Dunn joins us to discuss how he built the largest apparel brand in the US ever launched over the web. Andy Dunn Co Founder of Bonobos 4:00-8:00 Jason on Charlie Sheen 8:00-10:00 Welcome [...]

Blair Harrison, founder of Frequency

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 18:15:46 +0000

Having problems sorting through the millions of videos out there? Well look no further than Frequency. This week Founder Blair Harrison formerly of iFilm joins us to tell us about his new social video site and why you can’t afford to not use it. 1:00-5:00 LAUNCH was Awesome! 5:00-7:00 [...]

Tony Conrad, founder of About.me and VC at TrueVenture

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 00:15:17 +0000

Tony Conrad joins us to talk about his latest startup About.me and how he sold to AOL 4 days after launching. Plus the inside scoop on what it takes to be a successful VC. 2:00-4:00 Go to Meeting ad 4:00-5:00 Are you an Entrepreneur or a V.C. ? 5:00-6:00 What does it mean to be [...]

Michael Yavonditte, founder of Hashable

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 18:27:29 +0000

This week on the show, Founder of Hashable.com Michael Yavonditte talks social advertising, selling Quigo to AOL and the “millionaire moment” 2:00-4:00 Mail Chimp Ad 4:00-6:00 Intro to Michael Yavonditte 6:00-8:00 Juno.com and Mike 8:00-10:00 NYC college wars 10:00-13:00 The new Web 2.0 Bubble 13:00-15:00 Addicted to the computer [...]

Leah Culver, co-founder of Convore

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 02:03:29 +0000

Why isn’t there a cool Chat site yet? Oh wait, now there is. Leah Culver of Social Chat site Convore tells us about the release of their new product as well as being funded by Y Combinator. 1:00-4:00 Opening: LAUNCH 4:00-5:00 Upcoming Guests 7:00-8:00 Ad 9:00-10:00 [...]

Joe Edelman, CEO of Citizens Logistics

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 18:28:16 +0000

Joe Edelman the CEO of Citizens Logisitics is on the show talking about his latest project Groundcrew which utilizes geo-location and your social media platforms to coordinate mobile action teams in crisis. Another amazing show with an amazing guest, plus Mark Thompson brings us the news. 7:00-13:00 What is Groundcrew? 13:00-17:00 How were you funded? [...]

This Week in Startups #116 with Daniel Ha, Founder of Disqus

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 05:49:39 +0000

Daniel Ha, Founder of Disqus joins us via SKYPE to talk about social commenting, the future of Disqus and how the year 2011 will change the internet as we know it! 2:00-4:00 Missed Opportunities, more ways Jason missed making money 15:00-16:00 Intro to Daniel Ha Co-Founder of Disqus 16:00-17:00 How many servers to you run? [...]

This Week in Startups #115 — London Calling

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 02:37:17 +0000

This week on TWIST we’ve got London on the line for a very special International Startups. TWIST’s London representative Steve Schofield brings us 4 news companies from across the pond to take a dip in the SharkTank. THE WINNER 1. Tripbod – http://www.tripbod.com – Tour Friend at the Other End (will be pitching at the [...]

This Week in Startups #114 with .CO’s Juan Diego Calle

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 02:58:04 +0000

The .COM is DEAD! Ever wanted a domain name that’s taken? Sure you have. That why theres .CO. And on the show this week is Juan Diego Calle the man responsible for taking Columbia’s domain extension and re-branding it to the world. Plus, Jason gets a new desk thanks to ErikOrganic.com INTERVIEW 1:00-3:00 New Desk [...]

This Week in Startups #113 with Billy Chasen, founder of StickyBits

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 04:26:50 +0000

Watch out World Wide Web…StickyBits is Coming! And this week on the show we have Founder Billy Chasen explaining How it works, Why we’ll all be using it with our favorite companies and Whats next for Red Laser technology. INTERVIEW: 2:00-4:00 Intro to Show 4:00-6:00 GotoMeeting.com Ad 6:00-7:00 Intro to Billy Chasen 7:00-8:00 Billys First [...]

This Week in Startups BONUS iTunes episode on the Mahalo pivot

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 01:27:34 +0000

Last Week Jason officially announced in Berlin Mahalo 4.0. The latest Pivot in his revolutionary search based company. On this iTunes only special, Tyler and special Guest Lon Harris rate, review and score Jasons pitch plus talk about the greatest companies to ever “Pivot”

This Week in Startups #112 with Anthony Casalena, Founder of Squarespace

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 05:13:51 +0000

This week Skyping in all the way from the Big Apple, Founder of Squarespace Anthony Casalena. Learn how he took a 30k investment from his father and turned it into a $100 million dollar company. INTERVIEW: 6:00 GoToMeeting Ad 8:00-10:00 Intro to Anthony Casalenas. Why did you start SquareSpace in such a competitive Market in [...]

This Week in Startups #111 with Danny Sullivan, Editor In Chief of Search Engine Land

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 20:00:46 +0000

“The King of Search” proclaimed Jason, making reference to this weeks guest Danny Sullivan. In the search biz for over 15 years and Editor and Chief of Search Engine Land, Danny schools us on the industry and reveals his sec0rets. INTERVIEW 4:00-6:00 GoToMeeting Ad 6:00-10:00 Intro to Danny Sullivan. Google and Bings percentage of the [...]

This Week in Startups #110

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 02:22:57 +0000

This week on the show straight from Spark Capital Headquarters, Mo Koyfman joins us in studio to talk about the broken VC model, the state of Startups and how the Web 2.0 bubble is far from popping. INTERVIEW: 4:00-5:00 Ad 5:00-7:00 What is Mo responsible for at Spark Capital 7:00-8:00 Vimeo is now #2 to [...]

This Week in Startups #109: Jon Steinberg President of Buzzfeed

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 03:00:32 +0000

This week on the show, Jon Steinberg President of Buzzfeed joins us to talk about Virality on the web and its corporate dilution. We take your questions on Ask Jason and Mike Bracco brings us the latest Startup news. Follow Jason on Twitter: www.Twitter.com/Jason Follow Buzzfeed on Twitter: www.Twitter.com/Buzzfeed Follow Jon on Twitter: www.Twitter.com/JonSteinberg NEWS: [...]

This Week in Startups #108: Avner Ronen, Founder of Boxee

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 02:32:51 +0000

This week we talk the demise of Traditional Television with CEO and Founder of Boxee.tv Avner Ronen. And Special Guest Mark Thompson brings us the news. INTERVIEW: 5:00-6:00 Go To Meeting Ad 6:00-7:00 Jason talks about the power of Boxee 7:00-10:00 Avner explains What Boxee is and who uses it 10:00-11:00 How is Boxee different [...]

This Week in Startups #107: John Borthwick, CEO and co-founder of BetaWorks.com

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 01:51:44 +0000

This week CEO and Co-Founder of Betaworks John Borthwick joins Jason and Tyler to discuss their latest ventures as well as what to expect in the new .com bubble. All that and the news with Kathy Choi! Check out whats new at BetaWorks: www.BetaWorks.com Follow John Borthwick on Twitter: www.Twitter.com/borthwick Follow BetaWorks on Twitter: www.Twitter.com/betaworks [...]

This Week in Startups #106: Gil Elbaz, founder of Factual.com

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 02:05:33 +0000

Fact: This Week in Startups has an amazing guest this week. We’re sitting down with Gil Elbaz the Founder of Factual.com to discuss his new project. BTW his old project was this little old thing called Applied Semantics which Google Bought and turned into Adsense. You Definitely want to hear what he has to say. [...]

This Week in Startups #105: Frank Speiser Founder of SocialFlow.com

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 04:04:30 +0000

Ever curious when the best time to tweet is? Find out as the Founder of SocialFlow lets us in on their most prized tweet secrets and shares with us the science of real time conversation. We take the questions of a young entrepreneur in Switzerland on ASK JASON and Kathy Choi brings us the latest [...]

This Week in Startups #104: Ask Jason Marathon!

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 22:00:16 +0000

Have a Startup Question that needs some expert advice? Then you’ll probably want to ASK JASON. This week a room full of questions from around the world to two of the most pitched men in the biz. Follow ThisWeekInStartUps: www.Twitter.com/twistartups Follow Jason: www.Twitter.com/Jason Have a Question for Jason? Email ASKJASON@ThisWeekIn.com

This Week in Startups #103 with Otis Chandler, Founder of Goodreads.com (Audio Special)

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 21:00:47 +0000

This week on the show Otis Chandler from the Social Media reading site Goodreads.com. Note: This is an audio only special. We will return on Tuesday, December 28th with a regularly formatted show. SHOW NOTES 1:00-4:00 Opening of show 4:00-7:00 Why Otis started GoodReads.com 7:00-10:00 How Are Folks using GoodReads.com 10:00-13:00 Trends in Social [...]

This Week in Startups #102: SharkTank Take Over

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 03:36:55 +0000

The Shark Tank is overflowing with pitches which means its time for a Shark Tank TAKEOVER. We give 3 hungry entrepreneurs 60 seconds each to pitch they’re startups in front of the world. Then it’s up to Jason,Tyler and YOU to decide how they fair. Add some news to that and you got a pretty [...]

This Week in Startups #101 – Phil Libin, founder of Evernote.com

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 04:06:02 +0000

Fresh off our 100th episode. This week via Skype Phil Libin, founder of Evernote.com joins us. More priceless advice is dispensed on Ask Jason and the lovely Kathy Choi gives us the latest in Startup and Investment news. Show Notes 1:00-3:00 Last week on the show Lior Ron on Googles HotPot 6:00-10:00 Guest Phil Libin [...]

This Week in Startups #100 – Lior Ron, Product Manager Google HotPot

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 05:30:03 +0000

This is it! Our 100th episode. This week we interview the genius product manager behind Googles new HotPot, Lior Ron. And if thats not enough we give you your weekly dose of Shark Tank and The News. Follow Lior on Twitter: www.twitter.com/lioron Lior Ron the product manager behind hotpot by Google. Jason is dressed in [...]

This Week in Startups #99 -Ask Jason/Shark Tank Takeover

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 03:36:31 +0000

Prepare yourself for an out ASK JASON and SHARK TANK episode where we take your questions LIVE on the air and help the Startup world one phone call at a time. And the First one comes all the way from the UK. James and Peter have a business that needs some helpful marketing advice. Jason,Mark [...]

This Week in Startups #98 – Josh Williams, CEO of Gowalla

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 03:27:27 +0000

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. Gowalla is a location-based [...]

This Week in Startups #97 – Jessica Jackley, CEO of Profounder and Robert Wolfe, Founder of Crowdrise

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 04:59:09 +0000

This week, a special “Founders Roundtable” with guests Jessica Jackley, the CEO of Profounder and Robert Wolfe, CEO of Crowdrise. See how these two are changing the crowd source funding platform and helping small businesses and communities grow. Jessica Jackley is currently the CEO of Profounder, a crowd sourcing platform that helps budding businesses get [...]

This Week in Startups #96 – Bonus Episode – All Ask Jason and Shark Tank

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 04:05:04 +0000

We’re letting the CEO’s take the day off and giving the floor to YOU the viewer. With extended ASK JASON and SHARK TANK segments we’re helping the Startup world one phone call at a time. For more information, show notes and an upcoming schedule, go to http://thisweekin.com Today is a All Ask Jason Show, with [...]

This Week in Startups #95 – Seth Priebatsch, CEO of SCVNGR

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 01:52:40 +0000

This week Jason interviews the CEO,or as he likes to be called the “Chief Ninja” of SCVNGR. With over 650,000 users and 5 million in funding so far,it may just be the next biggest thing in the game space. Plus what would an Episode of TWIST be without an all new ASK JASON…..enjoy Interview: 9:00-14:00 [...]

This Week in Startups #94 with Salman Khan, founder of Khan Academy

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 02:47:07 +0000

On the show this week Jason interviews Salman Khan the founder of Khan Academy. With over 1,000,000 students using the site per month its one of the fastest growing online educations platforms in the world. Along with the latest Startup news and a whole new Shark tank, you wont want to miss it. For more [...]

This Week in Startups Bonus Episode With Tony Hsieh and Jenn Lim of Zappos.com

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 03:57:42 +0000

Jason interviews Tony Hsieh and Jenn Lim from Zappos.com in a bonus This Week in Startups episode. The ‘Delivering Happiness’ bus made a stop in Santa Monica so the Zappos team could take viewer questions live.

This Week in Startups #93 with Chris Hulls, founder of Life360

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 23:53:59 +0000

Jason interviews Life360 Founder Chris Hulls about their web and mobile safety startup. Thomas asks Jason for advice on re-discovering his passion for business, and guest reader Mark Thompson brings us the news. For more information, show notes and an upcoming schedule, go to http://thisweekin.com Today Chris Hulls from Life 360 joins us. We are [...]

This Week in Startups #92 with Kevin Hartz, CEO/Founder of EventBrite

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 07:30:08 +0000

This week, Jason interviews the CEO and Founder of EventBrite, Kevin Hartz. Matt pitches a new web site to the Shark Tank, and Sean Percival brings you the latest startup news! Today on This Week in Startups Kevn Hartz the CEO of EventBrite, we have another pitch in the Shark Tank and Sean Percival is [...]

This Week in Startups #91 with Dave McClure, Founder of 500 StartUps

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 07:52:43 +0000

Our guest this week is Dave McClure, Angel Investor and Founding Partner at 500 StartUps. Jason and Tyler rate our newest Shark Tank call ask get your votes on the show itself! Uber angel investor Dave McClure is chatting with us. The shark tank takes another victim and Tyler will be reading the news headlines. [...]

This Week in Startups #90 with Jamie Siminoff, Founder of PhoneTag and UnSubscribe.com

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 20:49:28 +0000

This week, Jason sits down with Jamie Siminoff, the founder of PhoneTag and UnSubscribe.com. Lon fills in for Tyler to rate our Shark Tank caller, and in the news, we chat with special guest Neil Young of ngmoco. Today on this week in startups we have Jamie Siminoff of PhoneTag and UnSubscribe. Wow! Lon is [...]

This Week in Startups #89 with Jessica Mah, Founder and CEO, inDinero.com

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 06:58:34 +0000

Jason takes a Shark Tank call from a new social tool for vacationers on TWiST this week. Also joining us via Skype is 20 year old CEO of inDinero.com, Jessica Mah. Lon brings you the latest news thanks to our sponsors .CO, GoDaddy, and StormOnDemand.com. Come to the Launch Conference February 23-24, 2011 for free [...]

This Week in Startups #88 with Maxwell Salzberg, Co-Founder of Diaspora

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 02:12:18 +0000

This week, Jason welcomes guest Maxwell Salzberg, one of the computer science students who have co-founded Diaspora, the forthcoming “open source” social network. He’ll also chat with the winners of the Web 2.0 Startup Showcase, sponsored by .CO, Brooke Dixon of Hour.ly. Plus the news with Lon Harris and plenty of insights from Tyler Crowley. [...]

This Week in Startups #87: Ask Jason and Shark Tank Special!

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 07:00:56 +0000

This week we have All Ask Jason and a Shark Tank Special. Today’s show is an all ask jason. Two brave callers will take on the shark tank. I’m so in love with the new entry. What an amazing job. Thanks to StormOnDemand.com Hosting service for hosting our content Create Your Opportunity – .CO is [...]

This Week in Startups #86 with Barry Silbert, CEO of SecondMarket Inc.

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 03:00:26 +0000

This week, Jason greets his guest, Barry Silbert, CEO and Founder of SecondMarket Inc., an auction marketplace for illiquid assets. Plus a new “Ask Jason” segment, news with Lon Harris, insights with Tyler and MORE! Welcome to This Week in Startups Should a new startup stoop to buying traffic, we’re joined in studio by Barry [...]

This Week in Startups #85 with Guest Host Jason Nazar of DocStock & Angel Investor Paige Craig

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 05:56:15 +0000

This week, guest host Jason Nazar of DocStock chats with Angel Investor Paige Craig. Plus, Jason’s taking your questions live with ‘Ask Jason’, and of course, Lon Harris brings up the latest startup news. On this episode of This Week in Startups we have Angel Investor Paige Craig, ask Jason and Lon with the news. [...]

This Week in Startups #84 with Adam Curry of Mevio.com

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 01:05:38 +0000

This week, Jason greets guest Adam Curry, host of The Big App Show and founder of Mevio.com. Plus an all-new edition of Jason’s Shark Tank and the latest startup news. Intro Today on This Week in Startups, Dan of Tip-Top Websites wades the Shark Tank, We’ll chat with legendary entrepreneur Adam Curry and Facebook has [...]

This Week in Startups #83 with Russell D’Souza of SeatGeek

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 19:08:45 +0000

Intro Hello everybody and today on This Week in Startups we’ll teach you how to get the best price on sports and concert tickets. Russell D’Souza is here from SeatGeek, he was one of the TC50 from 2009. A brilliant entrepreneur. All that and more, right now on This Week in Startups. Hello everybody, hello [...]

This Week in Startups #82 with Shervin Pishevar of Social Gaming Network

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 02:00:02 +0000

This week, Jason welcomes Shervin Pishevar, founder and CEO of Social Gaming Network. We also have a brand-new Jason’s Shark Tank and Lon Harris with the news. This is episode 82, only a few weeks shy of 100, which should hit somewhere in late November or early December. If you want to be on the [...]

This Week in Startups #81 with Courtney Nichols of SmartyPants LLC

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 06:06:09 +0000

This week, we welcome Courtney Nichols, entrepreneur, advisor and founder of SmartyPants LLC, makers of brain-enhancing gummi vitamins for kids. We also have the return of Jason’s Shark Tank, news with Lon Harris and at least one Insight from Tyler. Intro Today on This Week in Startups we’ll chat with SmartyPants co-founder and co-CEO Courtney [...]

This Week in Startups #80 with Jody Sherman of Ecomom

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 07:30:28 +0000

Jason greets guest Jody Sherman, CEO of Ecomom, a marketplace for eco-conscious, health-minded parents. 0:00:00 Intro Hello and today on This Week in Startups, how much is too much when deciding a finder’s fee? We speak with Ecomom CEO Jody Sherman, and Tyler plans his first 10 insight episode. Hmmm. All that and more coming [...]

This Week in Startups #79: Global TWiST Meetup!

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 10:00:31 +0000

Jason talks to TWiST fans from all over the world at our 3rd global Startups Meetup! 0:00:00 Intro Hello everybody today on This Week in Startups we will be having the Global Meetup. Yes that’s right, we’ll be travelling to 5 different cities including Sydney and Tokyo and we’re going to hear pitches from startups [...]

This Week in Startups #78 with Alex Iskold

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 03:00:52 +0000

Jason Calacanis hosts This Week in Startups with guest Alex Iskold, CEO and Founder GetGlue) 00:00:00 Intro Today on This Week In Startups we chat with GetGlue CEO Alex Iskold. Shira Lazar of CBS joins us for the news, and it’s revenge of the frogs when we take a Shark Tank call from Paris. All [...]

This Week in Startups #77 with Tony Haile

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 22:50:27 +0000

Jason Calacanis hosts This Week in Startups with guest Tony Haile of Chartbeat. Also in the studio is Storkbrokers founder Sterling Hawkins and Jose Caballer, Chief Visionary at The Groop Digital Agency. 0:00:00 Intro – Today on this week in startups will chat with Tony Haile the general manager of the analytics site Chartbeat. I [...]

This Week in Startups #76 with Steve Huffman

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 02:00:38 +0000

Jason Calacanis hosts This Week in Startups with guest Steve Huffman, Co-Founder of Reddit and Hipmunk 00:01:00 Next Global Startup Meetup will be Sept. 21st at 8pm PST Trada is a crowdsourced pay-per-click marketplace, leveraging the skills of more than 500 certified paid search experts. Mention TWiST and get $100 worth of PPC marketing FREE [...]

This Week in Startups #75 with Kelly Perdew

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:54:53 +0000

Jason Calacanis hosts This Week in Startups with guest Kelly Perdew, CEO of RotoHog.com. 00:01:30 You won season 2 of the Apprentice, how many of the people are legit entrepreneurs? I think he picks four or five potential winners and then covers the rest of the demographics. It’s a show. 00:03:00 Walk me through [...]

This Week in Startups #74 with Craig Kanarick

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:45:54 +0000

Jason Calacanis hosts This Week in Startups with guest Craig Kanaric, Founder of Razorfish and blogger at EXP. Provides fully hosted / managed Microsoft Exchange and Google Apps e-mail 00:02:40 When did Razorfish form? Summer of 1994, I was doing freelance work in website design and development. We knew we were going to build websites or make [...]

This Week in Startups #73 with Larry Drebes

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 22:59:59 +0000

Jason Calacanis hosts This Week in Startups with guest Larry Drebes, Founder of JanRain. 00:02:00 What the Dormouse Said: How the 60s Counterculture Shaped the Personal Computer 00:03:25 Tyler is moving on to start his own company. Tyler “it’s a little nerve racking” and bitter sweet for Jason. 00:06:00 Pre-taped show will air [...]

This Week in Startups #72 with Gabriel Weinberg

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 18:48:33 +0000

Jason Calacanis hosts This Week in Startups with guest Gabriel Weinberg, Founder of DuckDuckGo. 00:07:10 James Andrew submitted a suggestion for a theme song. Provides fully hosted / managed Microsoft Exchange and Google Apps e-mail 00:11:00 Ask Jason – Tim Kress – You have mentioned in your news letter that when the market is hot to [...]

This Week in Startups #71 with Andy Hickl

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 19:33:12 +0000

Jason Calacanis hosts This Week in Startups with guest Andy Hickl, CEO and Co-Founder of Swingly 00:00:30 I’m Back! Back from a week in the Catskill Mountains and it feels good to recharge the batteries 00:01:45 Will have the founder of DuckDuckGo, Janrain and RotoHog on soon Create Your Opportunity – .CO is the new [...]

This Week in Startups #70 with Brian Alvey

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 21:13:13 +0000

This week we have Brian Alvey, CEO of Crowd Fusion. For more information, show notes, and an upcoming schedule, go to www.thisweekin.com. 00:00:45 Jason is taking his first week long vacation in the Catskill Mountain in Upstate NY since starting Mahalo next week 00:01:30 Brian is the first guest to be asked back for a [...]

This Week in Startups #69 with Kurt Wilms

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 23:47:16 +0000

Jason Calacanis hosts This Week in Startups with guest Kurt Wilms, founder and CEO of Fflick. 00:01:00 Jason introduces Fflick, which he calls the hottest new startup in town. He heard about it from Brian Alvey, the guest from the very first episode of #TWiST. Jason also announced that he’d be doing a special early [...]

This Week in Startups #68 with Marco Zappacosta

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 23:22:33 +0000

Jason Calacanis hosts This Week in Startups with guest Marco Zappacosta, CEO and Co-Founder of Thumbtack 00:03:00 Jason met Marco Zappacosta of Thumbtack at Open Angel Forum (SFO) and the reaction was obvious they were going to get funding, Jason is an investor Create Your Opportunity – .CO is the new web address that gives [...]

This Week in Startups #67 with Adam Bernhard

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:09:07 +0000

Jason Calacanis hosts This Week in Startups with guest Adam Bernhard, CEO and Founder of Hautelook. 00:01:00 Open Angel Forum in NY was great 00:01:30 Jason will be speaking: Aug. 3rd – FoundersShowcase Aug. 14th – The Audience Conference Oct. 5th – Future of Web Apps 00:02:00 Adam Bernhard, CEO and Founder of HauteLook [...]

This Week in Startups #66 with Rahul Sonnad

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 18:54:12 +0000

Jason Calacanis hosts This Week in Startups with guest Rahul Sonnad, Founder and CEO of Geodelic Trada is a crowdsourced pay-per-click marketplace, leveraging the skills of more than 500 certified paid search experts. Mention TWiST and get $100 worth of PPC marketing FREE for every $1,000 you spend on Trada (Max $3,000 spend or $300 [...]

This Week in Startups #65 Global Meetup

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:50:30 +0000

Jason Calacanis hosts This Week in Startups: Global Meetup 00:01:00 Meetup.com recently created a global platform and found their initial success with Howard Dean’s campaign in 2004 Create Your Opportunity – .CO is the new web address that gives you a truly global, recognizable and credible option for branding your online presence. 00:11:15 London – [...]

This Week in Startups #64 with Susan Choe

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:19:37 +0000

Jason Calacanis hosts This Week in Startups with guest Susan Choe, CEO and Founder of Outspark Ustream is the leader in live video with more than 75 million monthly viewers. The platform empowers any individual, public figure or brand to stream to a global audience of unlimited size. Ustream offers free broadcasting and viewing platforms [...]

This Week in Startups #63 with Brian Lee

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:20:50 +0000

This week we have guest host Jason Nazar, Co-Founder and CEO of Docstoc and Brian Lee, Co-Founder of LegalZoom & Founder of ShoeDazzle. Ustream is the leader in live video with more than 75 million monthly viewers. The platform empowers any individual, public figure or brand to stream to a global audience of unlimited size. [...]

This Week In Startups #62 with J.R. Johnson

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 01:54:13 +0000

This week we have a special guest host Jason Nazar (TWiST #6) CEO and Founder of Docstoc interviewing guest J.R. Johnson, CEO and Founder of Lunch. 00:01:45 ASK JASON – Scott Klein – Sound Around – We’re in second place in our market, how will pricing affect my product moving forward? Answer: Congrats on your [...]

This Week in Startups #61 All Jayter Show

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 22:46:03 +0000

Jason Calacanis hosts This Week in Startups All Jayter Show. 02:24 Sponsor Break Jayters 04:55 - Call #1: Melissa Ulto (aka Miixxy) Complaint: As a freelancer, she resented Jason’s request for freelancers to submit Launch Conference logo designs for free. She feels that, as Jason stands to profit from the conference, and has enough funds [...]

This Week In Startups #60 with Neil Young

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 03:22:20 +0000

This week we have Neil Young, CEO and Founder of ngmoco the maker of We Rule. Jason Calacanis hosts This Week in Startups at 1pm PT Tuesdays and Fridays. 00:02:30 The Launch Conference will be Feb. 23rd & 24th at the San Francisco Design Center 00:03:30 Friday’s show will be a special “All Jason Haters” [...]

This Week In Startups #59 All Ask Jason

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 05:49:56 +0000

00:01:30 TWiST Global Meetup will be July 20th 11am PST, 2pm EST, 7pm GMT Provides fully hosted / managed Microsoft Exchange and Google Apps e-mail 00:07:00 ASK JASON – Kevin Goldman – Goldman Design – His company has grown and he needs to bring in additional high level help, what is the best way to [...]

This Week in Startups #58 with Alexis Maybank

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 22:41:48 +0000

This week we have Alexis Maybank, Founder & President of Gilt Groupe. Jason Calacanis hosts This Week in Startups at 1pm PT Tuesdays and Fridays. 00:02:00 TWiST Global Meetup, July 20th 11am PST, 2pm EST, 7pm GMT 00:04:00 3 years ago started building Gilt Groupe, taking inspiration from sneaking out to the “sample sales” for [...]

This Week in Startups #57 with Woody Sears

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 00:42:45 +0000

This week we have Woody Sears, CEO & Founder of FrogDog Media. This Week in Startups airs Fridays at 1pm PT hosted by Jason Calacanis. 00:22 UPDATES Moving to a 2 day format with interview on one day and Ask Jason & Shark Tank on another day The next start up meetup is July 20th [...]

This Week In Startups #56 All Ask Jason

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 08:10:09 +0000

00:01:30 This Week In Meetups was a success, 10 cities called in, places as far as Australia had events, email Lon@thisweekin.com with pictures if you went to an event. 00:03:00 The next Startups Meetup will be July 20th @11am PST with a focus on Europe, if you plan to participate please pick and organizer and [...]

This Week in Startups #55 Meetup.com Special Episode

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 02:02:41 +0000

Jason Calacanis hosts This Week in Startups with a LIVE Global Audience. The top presenters were chosen by their respective city and Skyped in. 00:00:30 Welcome Global This Week In Startups community 00:01:00 Welcome Syracuse – From Syracuse Technology Garden (35 people) John Litty (organizer) Pitch – Patrick of Brand-Yourself – Managing online reputations in a proactive [...]

This Week in Startups #54 with Tim Young

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sat, 29 May 2010 00:17:48 +0000

Jason Calacanis hosts This Week in Startups with guest Tim Young, Founder and CEO of Socialcast. 0:00:26 Memorial Day 2010 0:00:40 Non –CGI produced bags under my eyes. I look like Mike Arrington 0:00:55 Going to Power Through the show Great guest, ask jason, shark tank 0:01:14 Discussion on TechCrunch Disrupt 0:02:28 Launch Conference in [...]

This Week in Startups #53 with Keith Lee (Part 1)

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Fri, 21 May 2010 19:37:51 +0000

00:00:30 Jason: May 21, 2010 is going to be kill Facebook account day, I just don’t trust Mark Zuckerberg, it’s all about trust, it’s a good product, too many missteps along the way 00:02:15 Started as a closed system, switched and tried to dupe us to open, default is now open 00:02:50 Facebook’s blog hasn’t [...]

This Week in Startups #52 with Andrew Mason

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Fri, 14 May 2010 19:14:51 +0000

Jason Calacanis hosts This Week in Startups with guest Andrew Mason, CEO of Groupon Ustream is the leader in live video with more than 75 million monthly viewers. The platform empowers any individual, public figure or brand to stream to a global audience of unlimited size. Ustream offers free broadcasting and viewing platforms for theWeb [...]

This Week in Startups – Interview with 100 Things

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Thu, 13 May 2010 23:19:56 +0000

Jason Calacanis is interviewed by Ryan Carson for his show 100 Things.

This Week in Startups #51 with Joel Spolsky

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Fri, 07 May 2010 17:35:30 +0000

Jason’s guest this week is Joel Spolsky, Co-Founder and CEO of Stack Overflow, Founder of Fog Creek Software 00:00:38 Ask Jason – Craig Muir – Reloom – Should I consider a co-founder that can only do part time work? 00:02:00 Generally speaking in the speculative stage yes but once money starts to be invested you [...]

This Week in Startups #50 Anniversary Show

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sat, 01 May 2010 02:44:09 +0000

Jason Calacanis hosts This Week in Startups for his 50th episode! 00:00:30 Welcome to the Twistees Award 00:02:50 Best Pitch Nominations -MusicTrainer -Timeshare Juice -OneLogin -Ming.ly -MarroonDoor Winner: MusicTrainer 00:05:00 Best Story Nominations -Jason’s anecdote about stealing from his father’s bar -Jason not getting on the real Shark Tank -The entire story of his life [...]

This Week in Startups #49.5 Interview with Nathan Lasche

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 23:32:36 +0000

Jason Calacanis hosts an interview with Nathan Lasche, a student at the Harvard Business School. 01:00 Nathan Lasche is a 2nd year Harvard Business School student doing a project on entrepreneurship 01:30 How do you discover the business idea? 02:00 It’s a process but as you get more experience as an entrepreneur the process changes [...]

This Week in Startups #49 with Sky Dayton

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 00:16:38 +0000

Jason’s guest this week was Sky Dayton, Founder of Earthlink, co-founder of eCompanies, Founder and Chairman of Boingo 00:00:20 Next weeks show will be the big 50th show celebration in San Francisco held at a secret location, with a secret guest. If you’d like to sign up for tickets (limited seating) please fill out this [...]

This Week in Startups #48 Ask Jason

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 05:33:11 +0000

Jason Calacanis takes your questions on a special Ask Jason edition of This Week in Startups. 00:30 Mark your calenders in 2 weeks (April 30th) Episode #50 in SFO at Microsoft 02:00 Fan Bi asks, what is your formula for marketing? make a good product and you will get a good up tick from social [...]

This Week in Startups #47 with Niel Robertson

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 02:32:22 +0000

Jason’s guest this week was Niel Robertson, Founder and CEO of Trada a PPC marketplace that allows agencies and in-house advertisers to leverage the skills of hundreds of the best PPC experts in the world, who in turn earn money risk free by generating low-cost clicks and conversions for advertisers. 00:00:45 Emergency dinner in SFO [...]

This Week in Startups #46 with David Heinemeier Hansson

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:06:23 +0000

Jason’s guest this week was David Heinemeier Hansson, creator of Ruby on Rails and partner at 37signals. This show will go down as one of the epic shows, two great entrepreneurs both with often what appeared to be differing opinions but similar in many way. You’ll have to watch to understand that comment, not to [...]

This Week in Startups #45 with Tony Hsieh

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:58:59 +0000

Jason’s guest this week was Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos and author of the soon to be released book Deliverying Happiness (June 7, 2010). Highlights of the show included 2 points of advice from Tony to entrepreneurs, a bunch of giveaways and multiple mini-guest segments. 00:03 Surprise guests include: Brian Alvey Don Dodge Matt Coffin [...]

This Week in Startups #44 with Howard Morgan

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:15:25 +0000

Jason’s guest this week was Howard Morgan, Co-Founder of First Round Capital and a 30 year veteran of the technology industry. Highlights of the show this week include: biggest passes that did great, incubator programs and what they offer and who are the greatest tech. entrepreneurs of the 80s, 90s, 00s. Announcements: next week’s show [...]

This Week in Startups #43 with Andy Smith

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 02:07:14 +0000

Jason’s guest this week was Andy Smith, CEO and Co-Founder of DailyBurn a social networking fitness site, that allows you to track what you eat, record your workout, join a challenge and find like minded people for support in your fitness goals. Highlights this week include an in-depth discussion concerning TechStars and worst VC experiences [...]

This Week in Startups #42 with Michael Robertson

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 09:09:28 +0000

Jason’s guest this week was Michael Robertson, CEO and Founder of MP3Tunes. This was an incredible show, highlights include a guest that has an incredible amount of experience, battling big corporations, lawsuits and how to deal with them, interesting predictions for the music industry and how MP3.com got started. 00:07 During “Ask Jason” we get [...]

This Week in Startups #41 with James Segil

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 04:01:53 +0000

Jason’s guest this week was James Segil of EdgeCast a content delivery network. Highlights of the show include an interesting discussion of TED and why he is banned from attending, a celebrity Ask Jason call-in and how companies distribute their content. Things of note: Open Angel Forum announces two new cities: New York and San [...]

This Week in Startups #40 Bonus Interview with Penn State

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 23:20:09 +0000

Today Jason had the opportunity to speak to 55 seniors at Penn State who will all be working on the University’s “Idea Pitch” contest. All the students are part of the Information Sciences and Technology school and will be pitching their ideas to the business school. I really liked this interview it was not your [...]

This Week in Startups #39 with Scott Morrow

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 11:43:38 +0000

This week’s guest was Scott Morrow, CEO of ThisNext a social shopping search/discovery site that uses crowdsourcing to bring the best products to the top. Highlights of the show are a live surprise call to a superfan and interesting discussion about arbitrage. The show starts off with a great behind the scenes video (by Colorado [...]

This Week in Startups #38 with Stefan Weitz

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 14:12:36 +0000

This week’s guest was Stefan Weitz, Director of Bing Search at Microsoft. Not only was the show insightful as always but I think this was one of the funniest shows I’ve seen in awhile. Not to mention Jason’s recent Twitter iPad joke, shame on the journalists who fell for that, Jason and Loren Feldman of [...]

This Week in Startups #37 with Phil Kaplan

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 15:34:38 +0000

This week’s guest was Phil Kaplan co-founder of Blippy. Highlights of the show included a great discussion with Phil about what it’s like to work as Entrepreneur in Residence, another great Tyler quote and multiple giveaways (5 Jawbone ICONs, 1 Nexus One, $500 MicroSoft prize pack (congrats Erika)). Announcements: A new show This Week in [...]

This Week in Startups #36 Bonus with OAF

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 04:34:29 +0000

Following TWiST 35 with Brad Feld, Jason had a special bonus show with some of the Open Angel Forum (OAF) inaugural presenters. Jason starts off by explaining what OAF is “it is a forum to help entrepreneurs raise Angel investment” and then goes on to talk a little bit about the structure of the event [...]

This Week in Startups #35 with Brad Feld

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 22:58:54 +0000

Jason’s guest this week was Brad Feld, co-founder of Foundry Group and mentor for TechStars. Highlights of the show include the appearance of Sith Lord Calacanis and a great discussion about startup team dynamics. The show starts off with a recap of the inaugural Open Angel Forum event consisting of “Power Angels” such as Chris [...]

This Week in Startups #34 Ask Jason Bonanza

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 02:15:19 +0000

This week was an all “Ask Jason” show, present to help Jason with questions and advice is the ever insightful Tyler Crowley and Mahalo technical advisor Mark Jaffrey. We have the pleasure of hearing four great questions and a news segment with Lon Harris that touches on all the tech stories of the week. The [...]

This Week in Startups #33 with Shawn Gold

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 23:18:04 +0000

Jason’s guest this week is Shawn Gold, CEO of online invitation startup, Cocodot. Shawn and Jason have a long history together, including at Weblogs, Inc (where he was the President). Shawn’s most recent venture, Cocodot, is looking to reshape the way people handle invitations for high end events – it’s the first online service [...]

This Week in Startups #32 with George Naspo

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 21:32:12 +0000

Jason’s guest on this week’s show is George Naspo, CEO of IKANO Communications. George has tons of experience (30 years plus) in the business world during which he’s bought and sold numerous companies – he’s got some great insights into how to evaluate companies that you don’t want to miss. George has built up a [...]

This Week in Startups #31 with Jack Andrys

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:38:15 +0000

Coming into the TWiST studio this week is Jack Andrys, CEO of WebSpy. Jack’s been running IT startups since about 1994 (prior to that he was a commercial diver for the construction industry, interesting change, right) and has built WebSpy into one of the leading providers of log analyzation software, with its products being used [...]

This Week in Startups #30 with Annie Duke [BONUS #4]

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:44:37 +0000

Another bonus episode of TWiST – and Jason’s guest is the world’s best female poker player, Annie Duke! Annie has one over $3,000,000 in tournaments, won the World Series of Poker and is a noted writer, blogger, philanthropist and TV personality (she was recently on Season 2 of “Celebrity Apprentice“). Most impressively, she’s managed to [...]

This Week in Startups #29 with Jim Lanzone

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:52:48 +0000

On this episode of This Week In Startups, Jason is joined by Jim Lanzone, former CEO of Ask.com and now current CEO of Clicker. Clicker brings together a wide array of programming from traditional television to web originals. The site could quite possibly be the next gen version of TV guide with features such as [...]

This Week in Startups #28 with Kamran Pourzanjani

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:43:07 +0000

On this episode of This Week In Startups, Jason is joined by Kamran Pourzanjani, CEO of Pricegrabber.com. The site provides a price comparison service that is linked up with 13,000 merchants, retailers, and sellers and overlooks millions of products by tagging each with “matter of fact” information. The site got its start in 1999 with [...]

This Week in Startups #27 with Matt Coffin

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:39:36 +0000

Our second episode this week (making up for the missed one last week), Jason is joined by Matt Coffin, angel investor and founder of LowerMyBills.com. Matt founded LowerMyBills back in 1999 (full details about his inspiration come during the first part of his interview) and later sold it to Experian for over $300M. Since then [...]

This Week in Startups #26 with Matt Mullenweg

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:35:30 +0000

Live from the Business of Software conference in San Francisco, it’s This Week in Startups! Jason’s guest on this special episode was Matt Mullenweg, founder of WordPress. Matt’s accomplished an incredible amount, especially considering he’s only 25! Tune in to hear how he created WordPress, the decision to split off the project to non-profit and [...]

This Week in Startups #25 with Mark Suster

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:02:00 +0000

Joining Jason on this week’s episode of TWiST is LA-based venture capitalist Mark Suster. Mark is a highly experienced VC with GRP Partners – he’s also an entrepreneur who built and sold two companies before starting with GRP. If you want to talk to someone who knows about building, funding and selling companies, Mark is [...]

This Week in Startups #24 with Gary Vaynerchuck

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:40:50 +0000

Jason’s guest on this week’s show was everyone’s favorite Twittering wine guy, Gary Vaynerchuk. Gary has a new book out (Crush It!) detailing how to turn your passions into businesses and achievements. Of course Gary and Jason are both very passionate speakers (and very engaging) so check out the full episode to see this amazing [...]

This Week in Startups #23 Angel Funding Showdown

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 18:32:39 +0000

If you’re part of the tech world, you’ve no doubt heard by now about the controversy over “angel” investing groups charging startups to present to them (for full background, check out Jason’s posts on the subject: Part 1 and Part 2). So for this week’s episode, we dropped the normal guest and instead had a [...]

This Week in Startups #22 with John MacFarlane

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:04:41 +0000

Live from New Noise Santa Barbara, Jason is joined by John MacFarlane, CEO of Sonos. Check out the full interview to see the big new products that Sonos has planned (or at least what Jason implies they do), how they deal with the complex legal issues surrounding the music biz, and just how big a [...]

This Week in Startups #21 with Mark Goulston [Bonus #3]

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 01:38:48 +0000

Another week, another bonus episode! On Tuesday, Jason was joined by Mark Goulston, author of his fifth book, “Just Listen”. Mark is the guy Jason turns to when he needs guidance on workplace issues and it’s easy to see why. Check out the full episode to see what Mark has to say about how to [...]

This Week in Startups #20 with Joe Essenfeld

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:42:39 +0000

Jason’s guest today is Joe Essenfeld, CEO of LocalBacon, one of the finalists from TechCrunch50 2009. LocalBacon is a job posting site that turns the traditional model on its head – instead of charging companies for posting, it charges job seekers to apply (a nominal $1 fee). The goal is to weed out the “blast” [...]

This Week in Startups #19 with Kimbal Musk [BONUS #2]

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:00:24 +0000

Jason’s guest on our second bonus episode of TWiST is Kimbal Musk, entrepreneur and restaurant owner. Kimbal is currently running real-time search provider, OneRiot and is the owner of “The Kitchen”, a community restaurant in Boulder, Colorado. Tune in to the whole episode to hear how Kimbal got his start, why he thinks real time [...]

This Week in Startups #18 with Mike Jones and Peter Hirschberg

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:47:37 +0000

We had a special episode this week, live from the Digital Family Summit in Santa Monica, CA. Jason chatted with Mike Jones, COO of MySpace, and Peter Hirschberg, CEO of The Conversation Group, about community building and the challenges facing companies trying to establish themselves in the space. Tune in to see all the insights [...]

This Week in Startups #17 with Ryan Block & Peter Rojas [BONUS #1]

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:13:13 +0000

It’s the first of our special “bonus” episodes – a series of slightly shorter shows consisting of just the interviews with some of the top influencers in tech. Joining us today are Ryan Block and Peter Rojas, co-founders of gadget lover site GDGT. Tune in to find out how they got their starts and have become [...]

This Week in Startups #16 with Brandon Kessler

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:17:48 +0000

Jason’s guest on Friday’s show was Brandon Kessler, CEO of ChallengePost – an online site where anyone can create challenges (like the X-Prize) and make them available to the public. This is Brandon’s fourth startup, so tune in to see how he keeps creating, and executing, all these great ideas. We also had special callers [...]

This Week in Startups #15 with Roelof Botha

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 06:36:27 +0000

Sorry for the delay in posting (we were pretty busy with a little conference called TechCrunch50), but here’s Jason’s show from last week with Roelof Botha. Given Roelof’s experience in startups and venture capital, we did a special show with extra call-ins, so make sure to check out what people are trying to learn and [...]

This Week in Startups #14 with Garry Tan

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 21:37:25 +0000

We had a very special (and a bit shorter) episode this week, live from the offices of Sequoia Capital in Menlo Park, CA. We were up doing the rehearsals with some of the companies that will present at TechCrunch50 2009, and man, do they look great. Hope you’ll be there to see the launch of [...]

This Week in Startups #13 with Matt Mickiewicz

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 20:49:32 +0000

Jason’s guest this week was Matt Mickiewicz, founder of Sitepoint.com and 99designs. Matt has been an entrepreneur since high school, when he founded what was the precursor to Sitepoint. Check out the entire episode to find out how he brought it all together and has become one of the most successful young entrepreneurs, without most [...]

This Week in Startups #12 with Brad and John from Ustream

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 17:11:50 +0000

Jason’s guests on this week’s episode were Brad Hunstable and John Ham, Co-Founder of Ustream. If you don’t already know, Ustream is one of the best live video streaming sites on the web (and certainly our favorite here @ TWiST). Tune in to find out where the idea came from, how they built up the [...]

This Week in Startups #11 with Peter Pham

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 07:31:09 +0000

Jason’s guest this week was Peter Pham, CEO of Billshrink.com. Check out the full episode for all the classic This Week in Startups features, plus tons of great moments for the show. And for a full recap of this (and every episode), check out Scott Simko’s ThisWeekinStartupsRecap.com

This Week in Startups #10 with Chris Tolles

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 21:49:34 +0000

Jason’s guest on this week’s episode was Chris Tolles, CEO of Topix.com. This week’s episode was also particularly special as it was our first live, remote show – broadcasting from LA’s premiere tech event – Twiistup. We had live ‘Ask Jason’ questions, the deadpool, news and a very special ‘acquisition’ announcement from Jason. This is [...]

This Week in Startups #9 with Loren Bendele

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 17:02:22 +0000

We were back on the air this afternoon with Loren Bendel, CEO of Savings.com. Jason introduced Loren as someone he has a lot to learn from as Loren knows an array of things about his vertical that have made him so successful. Loren gave some great insight into what it’s like to run a coupons [...]

This Week in Startups #8 with Atif Rafiq

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 19:50:50 +0000

This weeks guest was Atif Rafiq, head of Yahoo! Local for North America and previous founder/CEO of Covinga. He and Jason talked about the role of community building in creating a network of local business listings and also discussed Yahoo!’s overall strategy to leverage its various “horizontals.” Atif talked about a number of the ventures [...]

This Week in Startups #7 with Don Dodge

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 18:51:08 +0000

Today was a special show with Microsoft’s Director of Business Development, Don Dodge. Jason and Don discussed Microsoft’s new search engine, Bing.com and why Google might be scared. They also covered on Microsoft BizSpark, a startup outreach program that provides free software services for emerging companies. We also had a live interview from the 3rd [...]

This Week in Startups #6 with Jason Nazar

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 08:40:11 +0000

Our guest this week was internet entrepreneur Jason Nazar from Doctstoc.com, the premier document sharing site and online community. He briefly discussed his journey to get off the ground and gave some great advice to would-be entrepreneurs about how to secure capital, build connections, and make the best with limited resources. Joe Waltman, a bootstrapping [...]

This Week in Startups #5 with David Sacks

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sat, 30 May 2009 23:08:09 +0000

Stopping by the studio this week was David Sacks, CEO of Yammer and Geni.com. He’s also one of the minds behind Paypal and was a producer on the awesome movie, “Thank You for Smoking”. Check out the full episode (in audio or video) after the jump. Remember, there’s no show next week as Jason will [...]

This Week in Startups #4 with Keith Richman

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Fri, 22 May 2009 16:58:07 +0000

Our guest on this week’s show was Keith Richman, CEO of Break Media – their flagship site (break.com) gets about 30M unique visitors a month! Make sure to tune in to next week’s episode – and stay tuned afterwards for the debut of our new show This Week in Advertising, featuring a panel of some [...]

This Week in Startups #3 with Lockhart Steele

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Tue, 12 May 2009 06:18:51 +0000

We had a special episode of TWiST this week, shot on Monday instead of Friday, thanks to Lockhart Steele (CEO of Curbed.com) being in LA and deciding to stop by. And remember, we won’t be having an episode this Friday (that’s the one we shot today), but we’ll be back May 22nd, with a brand [...]

This Week in Startups #2 with Seth Sternberg

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sat, 09 May 2009 06:57:06 +0000

Jason’s guest on this week’s episode of TWiST is Seth Sternberg, CEO and Co-Founder of Meebo. And as always, a huge thank you to our wonderful sponsors, Ustream and DNAMail

This Week in Startups #1 with Brian Alvey

contact@thisweekinstartups.com (ThisWeekIn.com) — Sat, 02 May 2009 20:46:58 +0000

The first episode of This Week in Startups with guest Brian Alvey, CEO of Crowd Fusion. You can subscribe to video or audio only podcasts via either RSS (just click on the RSS chicklet) or via iTunes (check the right hand side of the homepage for links). Enjoy the show! Special thanks to sponsors DNA [...]