TWiST, Mike Jones of MySpace and Peter Hirschberg of The Conversation Group
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#TWiST 18
Guests:
Mike Jones COO of MySpace
Peter Hirschberg of The Conversation Group
Interview: at Digital Family Summit
Community nuisances and their evolution help breed success in social media.
Even though you are a large behemoth the tides can change quickly with social sites.
Did Facebook out develop MySpace? Once you reach a certain size innovation with scale becomes difficult for [...]
TWiST, Ryan Block & Peter Rojas of gdgt
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#TWiST 17
About gdgt (like “gadget” — or g-d-g-t) is a new kind of technology site — a social gadget platform that enables you to connect with the community through your gadgets, and connect with your gadgets through the community. It’s a place for you to engage with your devices and hang out with people who [...]
TWiST, Brandon Kessler of ChallengePost
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#TWiST 16
TechCrunch50 Company Highlight:
(19 min.) Ethan Anderson of Redbeacon:
They are currently executing on sales and marketing plans and have partnership offers, people have even offered to work for free because they love the idea.
Jason comments that Ethan knows how to pitch, he basically explains it in plain English.
The unique thing about Redbeacon as compared [...]
TWiST, Roelof Botha of Sequoia Capital
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Roelof is a venture capitalist at Sequoia Capital focusing on services and software investments. Prior to joining Sequoia Capital in 2003, Roelof served as the Chief Financial Officer of PayPal (EBAY). Earlier, he worked as a management consultant for McKinsey & Company. Roelof is a certified actuary (Fellow of the Faculty of Actuaries), and has [...]
TWiST, Garry Tan of Posterous
Where did the idea come from? Email is the simplest way we all communicate why not just email something and have it integrated into many services.
TWiST, Matt Mickiewicz of SitePoint, 99designs, and Flippa
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Episode 13
Date: Aug. 28, 2009
Guest: Matt Mickiewicz, Founder of SitePoint, 99Designs, and Flippa
SitePoint is a fast growing online media company and information provider targeting the Web professional market, specifically Web Developers and Designers. The company has five major revenue streams: advertising and sponsorship, content-based products both online and in retail, software, and more recently streaming [...]
TWiST, John Ham & Brad Hunstable of Ustream
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Episode 12
Date: August 14, 2009
Guest: John Ham, CEO & Brad Hunstable, President – Co-founders of Ustream
Ustream.TV is the live interactive video broadcast platform that enables anyone with a camera and an Internet connection to quickly and easily broadcast to a global audience of unlimited size. In less than two minutes, anyone can become a broadcaster [...]
TWiST, Peter Pham of Billshrink
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Episode 11
Date: August 10, 2009
Guest: Peter Pham, CEO of Billshrink, Co-founder of Beta South
BillShrink is a free, personalized savings tool that helps you
save money on your everyday bills. We put the power in your
hands by presenting comprehensive, unbiased choices so
you can select options best for you.
The concept behind the company was born when co-founder Schwark [...]
TWiST, Chris Tolles of Topix
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Episode 10 (on Location at Twiistup)
Date: July 31, 2009
Guest: Chris Tolles, CEO of Topix
Topix is the leading news community on the Web, connecting people to the information and discussions that matter to them in every U.S. town and city.
A Top 10 online newspaper destination (comScore, March 2008), the site links news from 50,000 sources to [...]
TWiST, Loren Bendele of Savings.com
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Episode 9
Date: July 18, 2009
Guest: Loren Bendele, CEO, Savings.com
Our Mission: Simply put, our mission is to help you save money everyday. Built on best-of-breed technology, we offer the best collection of coupons available online to help you find the best savings opportunities. At Savings.com, you are in control of a vast array of resources to [...]
