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- Startups – Noah Shanok Founder and CEO Stitcher -TWiST #305

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Never miss an episode! Subscribe in iTunes: Audio (bit.ly || Video (bit.ly Turnstone is more than furniture, they’re an experience. Visit myturnstone.com to learn more and receive 10% off your first order. Get up to 2000 subscribers and send up to 12000 emails per month for free with MailChimp. There’s no contract, no trial, and the free plan is always free – visit www.mailchimp.com Join our mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! (http ============== Jason sits down with Noah Shanok to talk about the future of online content and the podcast industry. 1:05 How long have you been running Stitcher and how many downloads to date? 1:20 Do you have more Android or iPhone downloads? 2:15 What is the business model of Stitcher? 2:40 What can you use Stitcher to listen to? 3:30 What was the first podcast you listened to? 5:05 How do you manage the relationship between content owners and advertisers? 6:30 Have you had content producers complain and want their content removed? 11:00 Are you thinking of having a paid subscription service? 13:15 What did you think when Apple launched their Podcast app? 14:10 How do you differentiate yourself from Apple’s Podcast app? 16:15 How do you manage the conversation when something like Apple’s Podcast app debuted? 17:00 How did you get Stitcher installed with Ford? And how does that relationship work? 18:20 What price point do car makers need to charge for an Internet connection in your car? 19:30 Do you give a warning …
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- Startups – All Ask Jason – TWiST #283

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1:00 Welcome everyone, we have a great All Ask Jason episode today. 3:30 Welcome back, Tyler. How are you doing? 6:45 Thank you to our friends at MailChimp for supporting the show! 11:15 Rudy has a question for Jason: “I attempted to do an integration with Indeed and was told that, to work with Indeed, they require that you don’t work with SimplyHired, their competitor. I think that’s seriously anti-competitive, but they won’t budge. I emailed founder Rony Kahan and he had someone from the team confirm this policy. Is this an ethical business practice? What would your response have been to this?” 17:30 Jon’s question: “As a young company, we want attention from clients and investors, not other companies looking to copy our model. How does a startup balance seeking exposure and telling a good story with the potential risk of attracting the wrong attention from copycats and patent trolls? 20:15 Tyler, you’ve had this experience a little bit with Skweal, haven’t you? 22:30 Describe your new Model S in 3 words? 24:15 Thank you to GoToMeeting for supporting the show! To sign up for a free 30-day trial, use the promo code ‘START.’ 26:30 Kathryn’s question: “While I don’t believe people’s personal lives are for me to judge, do you think it is a good idea to go to Hoosters on a company outing and then post a photo of it online? What about the GoDaddy CEO who posed with an elephant he had killed while wearing a company logo hat?” 35:00 Next up, we have a question from Scott …

ABOUT THIS GAME Developers Criterion Games Fire Monkey (iOS/Android) Publishers Electronic Arts Directors Alex Ward (Creative) Craig Sullivan (Creative) Producers Matt Webster Designers Matt Follett Composers Chris Green Series Need for Speed Engine Chameleon (Modified) Platforms Android iOS Microsoft Windows PlayStation 3 PlayStation Vita Xbox 360 Wii U Release date(s) Android, iOS, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360 NA 30 October 2012 AUS 1 November 2012 EU 2 November 2012 JP 15 November 2012 Wii U NA 2013 EU 2013 AUS 2013 Genres Racing, open world Modes Single-player, multiplayer Media/distribution Blu-ray Disc, DVD, download System requirements See marketing and release section
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- Startups – News Roundtable with Peter Pham and Marshall Kirkpatrick – TWiST #221

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0:00-3:00 Welcome everyone to the first News Roundtable Panel of 2012. We’re here today with Peter Pham, now at the incubator Science. 3:00-4:00 Marshall Kirkpatrick, formerly of ReadWriteWeb, is also joining us today. Marshall, tell us a little bit about your new venture, Plexus Enginge. 4:00-6:30 Thank you to MailChimp for sponsoring the program. Everyone check them out at MailChimp.com and thank them @mailchimp! 6:30-8:00 Megan reads the first story: the incubator debate. Is there a glut of them today and do they offer any real value to startups? 8:00-11:15 Peter, are there too many or too few incubators? 11:15-13:15 Marshall: If there’s management and training being made available from a wide variety of sources, there’s value in that. 14:30-15:45 Next story: Scott Thompson accepted the position of Yahoo! CEO. Did anyone know him before this? Marshall, what do you know about him? 18:15-20:00 Next story: Google+ recently had its strongest month ever and now has approximately has 62M members. Will they surpass Facebook? 20:00-23:15 Marshall: I think there are signs that Google+ isn’t looking fantastic. 23:15-24:45 Jason: Google is desperate to be Microsoft and they’re looking more like them every day. 24:45-27:00 Insight from Tyler: It’s like trading with yen. 27:00-29:15 Welcome to our newest sponsor Sourcebits. Thank you for sponsoring the show! Everyone be sure to thank them @sourcebits. 29:15-30:45 Next story: Walmart Labs has acquired Small Society, a mobile agency …
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