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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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. [...]
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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 [...]
