Mark interviews Eric Ries, author of the New York Times Bestseller The Lean Startup. This episode is all about building businesses in the most efficient and effective way possible. This includes having a "business hypothesis," knowing when to go after the money, and how to "Fail Fast" while continuing to build a better product.
Mark sits down with Shelby.tv founder and CEO Reece Pacheco. They talk about how to make video social, how to pivot a business as a team, as well as improving discovery and monetization strategies for video content.
It's a This Week in Venture Capital first, as Mark hears a company pitch from the co-founders of Smarketplaces, Sonia Sahney Nagar and Ryan Weber.We'd like to thank our sponsors Fenwick & West, Assistly, and MozyPro--Protect your data, protect your business. as improving discovery and monetization strategies for video content.
This week we invite Steve Mitgang, President and COO of Pro Guide Direct. Steve’s history with Yahoo, Veoh, and even creating the Upper Deck trading card company make him a very interesting interview with Mark Suster as they discuss market testing and building a business in an already full category. Also, sad news as Mark [...]
This week Mark delves into the world of sales in the current state of startups and business tech. He welcomes accomplished sales manager Vince Thompson, formerly of AOL and Facebook, to talk about his new venture with MiddleShift. Also welcomed to the studio is This Week In’s own Mo Alo, who has been the sole [...]
This week, Mark takes on the changes of both Facebook and Netflix, as the internet is in “construction mode”. He welcomes AnyBeat founder Dmitry Shapiro, who has some experience in the internet video/multimedia space with both Veoh and MySpace Music. The two discuss the waning of anonymity on the internet, and the birth of a [...]
This week, Mark returns after a brief hiatus with Detroit Venture Partners CEO & managing partner Josh Linkner. The two disucss urbanizing Detroit and how to get the non “silicon” world inundated to the tech startup lifestyle. Also, the two go over business news such as the state of Yahoo! and TechCrunch after serious management [...]
This week, Mark turns to the side of video games in the mobile space as he welcomes Scott Lahman, founder and CEO of GOGII to the studio. The two discuss how video games can possibly stand in a market pretty much dominated by Apple’s iTunes Marketplace, as well as what HTML 5 has to offer [...]
This week Mark is back in the studio as he welcomes Ian Rogers of TopSpin Media to step in and chat about all things music and startups. The two discuss some of the early freemium music services such as Yahoo’s Launch, and how that has changed forms to services like Spotify and Turntable.fm of today. [...]
In his final week in New York City, host Mark Suster is visited by John Frankel, partner of ff Venture Capital. The two discuss the infamous origin of the name “ff”, the state of the changing Venture Capital world, and where they both think the industry, and the tech industry in general, is headed in [...]
This week Mark speaks with the founder of a great new up and coming company, DonorsChoose.org. Founded just a few years ago, the company has been featured by the likes of Oprah, Steven Colbert, and many other multimedia platforms. Mark discussed the company and their mission with founder Charles Best. For more information, visit http://www.donorschoose.org/.
Still in NYC, Mark Suster is back interviewing another big name in the East Coast Venture Capital world, James Robinson of RRE Ventures. Watch as the two discuss getting into the business, and what exactly the story is behind James’ nickname and twitter handle, @JDrive.
This week, Mark Suster is back in NYC for another round of visits with some of our favorite Venture Capitalists and names in the world of business and tech. This week, he’s joined by Hunch Co-Founder Chris Dixon about the state of AI in modern websites and platforms.
Ever want to know exactly how SEO works and what it takes to master it? That’s exactly what Mark Suster breaks down today with his guest Rand Fishkin, CEO & Co-Founder of the web’s most popular SEO Software provider; SEOmoz. Rand explains how he built SEOmoz, what it takes to run a successful online company [...]
This week Mark’s got Greg Bettinelli, SVP Marketing at Hautelook in studio. The two discuss the birth of Hautelook and how the social game is getting bigger and more profitable day by day.
This week, Mark is back in the studio as he welcomes Cody Simms. VP of Entertainment Products at Yahoo! They discuss Yahoo’s product lineup, the business of mergers & acquisitions, the future of social media, and more!
Last week, we brought you Mark Suster’s exclusive speech to the students of NYU. (http://youtu.be/hfSzfrSPVas). This week, we follow up the speech with a Q&A conducted by journalist and author Adam Penenberg.
This week, still in New York City, Mark Suster brings us his exclusive speech to the business students and aspiring venture capitalists at New York University.
This week, still on his adventures in New York City, Mark Suster sits down with Joel Spolsky – CEO and Co-Founder at StackOverflow.com. The two discuss StackOverflow, as well as Joel’s background at Fog Creek.
This week Mark is coming to you from the Big Apple as he interviews TechStars founders David Tisch and David Cohen. They go over their big TechStars event that happened in NYC and what TechStars is doing with small businesses and ideas. For more episodes and a full schedule, visit http://thisweekin.com/venturecapital
This week, Mark is joined by The Gotham Gal herself, Joanne Wilson. The two talk about the state of women in today’s startup world, and Joanne gives some words of wisdom for women who are looking to start a company.
