Comments on: This Week in Startups #42 with Michael Robertson

By: Jay Bose

Jay Bose — Sat, 28 May 2011 21:45:00 +0000

This was a very strong episode.

M. Robertson’s energy and thoughts are no joke.

By: Peter J. Hart

Peter J. Hart — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 20:06:00 +0000

It is good to hear from Episode #117 that the Ask Jason caller got the job.

By: Timeshare Juice Taking On The Establishment, Part 1

Timeshare Juice Taking On The Establishment, Part 1 — Thu, 20 May 2010 20:21:51 +0000

[...] able to talk to Erick Arndt of Timeshare Juice, if you don’t remember he pitched during the interview with Michael Robertson and was the winner of the Bing Perfect Pitch contest. I don’t think [...]

By: TWiST: HIRED!!!

TWiST: HIRED!!! — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 14:32:27 +0000

[...] of the ballsiest moves I have seen in a long time occurred on TWiST #42 when Josh Nielsen called in to ask “How do you value equity when being offered a position at [...]

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Sat, 03 Apr 2010 03:28:57 +0000

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By: Ken Rasmussen

Ken Rasmussen — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:03:12 +0000

Best episode yet, with one major error. Nuclear is never clean, either to acquire, use, or eliminate 500 times normal cancer rate for anyone living near a uranium mine. ALL reactors leak. Tritium is unremoveable from ground water, and unsafe at any level. And politics won’t even look at, much less fund, the technology of nuclear remediation because billions are being made with the Yucca mountain pork barrel. http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-ward5-2010mar05,0,2178921.story Also reference my own website http://www.commutefaster.com/Energy2.html Mahalo, Google, Yahoo #1 or 2 for “Best Energy Sources”

By: Jim Mueller

Jim Mueller — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:49:19 +0000

Jason/Tyler and the rest of the crew, I have a new favorite episode…this one #42. Michael has a fascinating career and you tapped everything…great interview.

Props to all,

Jim

By: Scott Simko

Scott Simko — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:05:50 +0000

Kendrick – Glad you like it

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Kendrick Larimore — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 07:23:54 +0000

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By: Michael Robertson discusses how he bought the domain name MP3.com for $1,000 back in 1997 ZamaanOnline

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 05:28:22 +0000

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Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:30:02 +0000

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By: Time Capsule: MP3.com Bought for $1,000 for 10,000 Visitors a Day | Domaining Manual

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:18:26 +0000

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Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:17:16 +0000

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By: Sebastian

Sebastian — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:51:49 +0000

3rd try for this comment. I think it was the best show so far as well, with the little caveat of the global warming part. I’m not saying it’s black or white, but i find it irresponsible of a thought leader, a guy people look up to, to say it’s not worthwhile to pursue the research and find an economically sensible solution.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 20:21:42 +0000

It is a testament to this show that people still listen to it despite the long downloads. I have experienced slow downloads with this podcast for weeks, and guess what? I leave iTunes open for however long it takes.

This episode with Michael is a perfect example of why I am willing to wait: Brilliant material. I haven’t even finished listening to all of it yet, and I had to come here and comment that I am fascinated by one portion of it especially. Listen to 1:04:55 – 1:06:25. It will be a short bit on business plans. A 1 page business plan to guide you is the interesting part. It makes a lot of sense to do the research but not rely on a business plan, and I will certainly keep that need for flexibility in mind. I plan to bring this into my entrepreneurship class (where we discuss the 30 page business plan among other things) and see what people think.

Thanks for the great show, Jason!

By: McBeese

McBeese — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:43:28 +0000

Best show yet! Well done.

BTW, SIP = Session Initiation Protocol

By: James

James — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 01:40:03 +0000

Gary V episode wasn’t special at all. It was almost annoying because Gary and Jason sound the same and they’re always interuppting eachother like a female gossip show lol. They’re both legends, but I don’t see what was special about that ep! This one definitely owns them all. Michael Robertson is a legend! Who else has taken on that many industries! I can’t believe I haven’t heard of him before.

By: Armando Sosa

Armando Sosa — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:26:27 +0000

Yeah, I was very upset with the large download, but, this episode was simply amazing.

I hope people already get over Gary V. and accept this as the best episode ever.

Michael Robertson is now one of my heroes (and I don’t ave many heroes)

By: James

James — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:11:49 +0000

FFS I meant “NOW” not not… This ep is best, THEN matt mullenweg

By: James

James — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:11:29 +0000

Agreed! Best episode yet! I’m not moving Matt Mullenweg to second.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:34:49 +0000

best twist yet in my opinion.

By: Guillaume Balas

Guillaume Balas — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:01:20 +0000

Very interesting interview ! Such a pity that these kind of experiences are not taught in Universities/MBA programs….

Thank you Michael Robertson for saying that MP3tunes.com is unique thanks to its open API !!!

And thank you to Jason and Michael to say that API are going to be the big thing !

Cheers,

Guillaume

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By: Scott Simko

Scott Simko — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 13:07:45 +0000

I would like to let everyone know Jason is very aware of the download speed problem and is working on it daily. He has been in contact with Blip.tv who handles the downloads and is trying to workout a solution.

By: EB

EB — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 11:04:45 +0000

Also bummed about the download – VERY hard to stop iTunes from downloading once it’s made up its mind. Please keep the feed clean!
But love the show, that’s why I put up with it.

By: Michael Troy

Michael Troy — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 10:51:27 +0000

Yeah, downloading this episode now. It’s 821MB. Doh!

By: MB

MB — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 08:11:28 +0000

I’m a listener from Barcelona (Spain), and lately (it’s been now a month or two) the podcasts are quite slow to download. I tried from different locations, and it seems to be a problem with the blip.tv servers.
The mp3 file starts downloading very fast (2MB/s) but after 10 seconds drops dramatically, nearly stopping. If I pause and resume, the same happens; so I’ve been downloading the episodes by pausing and resuming an average of 5 times.
I don’t know if the problem is only in Barcelona, or if it’s happening elsewhere. Anyone has experienced similar issues?

By: Scott Simko

Scott Simko — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 03:30:02 +0000

KS – Thanks, I’ll bring it to Emily’s attention

By: KS

KS — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 03:23:53 +0000

The audio podcast feed is referencing the video of the episode rather than the MP3, makes for a bit of an unexpectedly large download.

By: sunny

sunny — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 00:24:04 +0000

Love this week in startups, absolutely nothing like this in the U.K. Have to say this was one of the best episodes in a while, felt like I had watched 3 episodes in one. Mainly because in this one it was more focussed on the guest so got to see different view points, with Jason taking more of a backseat (don’t mean that in a negative way). This obviously only works if you have an energetic guest like Michael Robertson who was relentless (I learnt so much this episode). I would happily pay a subscription for such valuable content. Jason and Michael bounced of each other really well. Keep up the good work. Thanks

By: HN

HN — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 15:48:02 +0000

This is actually episode #42. 41 was James Segill.