Jason’s Shark Tank: Brand-Yourself
Share TWiST 37 Pete Kistler calls in to pitch Brand-Yourself, a platform to manage your online reputation (in short, SEO for people) Jason and Phil’s comments: Overall a poor pitch, decent idea which is what you want verses the opposite. Jason comments he has been asked how to get things removed from Mahalo and other [...]
Jason’s Shark Tank: Mingly
Share TWiST 35 Tyler Koblasa calls in to pitch Mingly, a social media CRM tool to help you maintain relationships. The app basically monitors your social profile and inserts time based reminders in a to do list. If you are interested in a beta invite Tyler is currently accepting email addresses at Mingly. Brad and [...]
Ask Jason: Which is more important domain or developer experience?
Share TWiST 35 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. [...]
Ask Jason: How do I make my product more visible?
Share TWiST 34 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 [...]
Ask Jason, How do I defend my product against a big name competitor?
Share TWiST 34 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 [...]
Ask Jason, How do I become an angel investor?
Share TWiST 34 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 [...]
Ask Jason: How do I become a successful blogger?
Share TWiST 34 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 [...]
Ask Jason, How do I determine the value of my community?
Share TWiST 33 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 [...]
Unofficial “Best TWiST Guest 2009″ Results
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Jason’s Shark Tank – Transissimo
Share TWiST 33 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 [...]
