Help Wanted: Seeking a Co-Founder Level Team Member
JT Keller a friend and helper to this site is looking to add to his startup team in the form of a co-founder, below is a brief description of what they are working on and who he already has on his team.
Seeking a Founder Level Elite Web Developer for an Innovative Branding Platform [...]
Ask Jason: Which is more important domain or developer experience?
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Ryan Clarke calls in to ask, I have great domain experience, should I consider outsourcing the technical end for my idea?
Brad and Jason’s advice:
While you can try to outsource the work the chance of success is slim, the better approach is to get a co-founder that can develop your product.
The opposite the opposite holds [...]
Ask Jason: How do I make my product more visible?
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Anthony Colarusso who created myfaceshirt.com, a site that designs and prints the face of the buyer on a t-shirt. He wants to know, how to make his product more visible?
Jason’s advice:
You need to get this viral and in the social space, DailyBooth may be a perfect place to start marketing your idea.
Disadvantage is [...]
Ask Jason, How do I defend my product against a big name competitor?
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Jonathan Dusing of row27 Mobile calls in to ask, how do I defend my product against a big name competitor that wants to throw it’s legal weight around, how aggressive should I be?
Jason’s comments:
You have to be careful but you have to look at what you have to lose and what you have to [...]
Ask Jason, How do I become an angel investor?
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Tommy Leap calls in to ask, how do I become an angel investor? First you have to meet the SECs rules to become an angel investor. If that is met, you have to understand the risk and create a portfolio that diversifies you enough to find a winner understanding that many startups will fail [...]
New Addition to StartupRecap
I would like to introduce and thank JT Keller for joining me at StartupRecap. JT will be assisting me recap some of the segments and also adding some content. You may also remember him for the recent launch TWiST StartupEffect a side project he thought might help the community.
JT is a strategic marketing and branding [...]
Ask Jason: How do I become a successful blogger?
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Max Salmeron the youngest caller to date (15 years old) calls in to ask, if Jason has any advice for someone who wants to become a blogger. Jason suggests you find something that you are passionate about and that you enjoy, start with one vertical and become part of that community. It will be [...]
Ask Jason, How do I determine the value of my community?
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Stephen Cross calls in with a good question , how do I determine the value of my community?
Jason and Shawn comment:
At Weblogs Inc they used Google’s keyword manager and worked backwards, started with AdSense and got a feel for pricing power and then moved to display ads.
Some advertisers are more cutting [...]
Unofficial “Best TWiST Guest 2009″ Results
Congratulations go to Gary Vaynerchuk for the Unofficial Best TWiST Guest 2009!!!
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Jason’s Shark Tank – Transissimo
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Nicky Hajal calls in to pitch, Transissimo a site that is described as Mahalo Answers for translation. “A community to help translate the world”
Jason and Shawn’s Comments:
Good space the world is going global.
Domain experience because of Nicetranslator, which is good
Business model is lacking, how you will make money
Didn’t understand what was unique about the [...]
