News Roundtable with Jason Nazar and James Altucher - TWiST #175
发布时间 2011-08-06 03:35:34 来源
摘要
0:00-1:30 Welcome everyone to the TWiST Roundtable News Panel.
1:30-4:00 A big announcement about the TWiST Backchannel: we've added three new level: Superfan, Fan and Broke-Ass Fan. Go to twistlist.co to pick the level that's right for you.
4:00-5:30 Does Docstoc have a mailing list? You should use MailChimp. Thank you to MailChimp for sponsoring the show. Everyone try out the free plan at Mailchimp.com.
5:30-7:30 Welcome to blogger and entrepreneur James Altucher and Jason Nazar, co-founder of Docstoc.
7:30-9:00 Let's start with Airbnb's apology post. Has Airbnb messed this up with their response?
10:00-11:45 James: I disagree, I think Airbnb's response was poor and their damage control hasn't been sufficient.
13:00-14:00 Why would a person who doesn't need to save money rent a room on Airbnb?
16:00-18:15 James: You can't compare a hotel room to someone's house.
19:00-22:00 Let's talk about the Google and Microsoft fight. What do you think--who is right and who is wrong?
23:30-25:30 Google has also announced that they're re-releasing their realtime search product--minus Twitter data. Real realtime search without Twitter be relevant at all, James?
25:30-26:30 Is this an example of, if you don't take Google's offer for something, they'll set out to destroy you?
29:00-30:45 Thank you to Carbonite for sponsoring the show. Go to Carbonite.com to sign up.
30:45-33:45 Let's talk about the announcement of the Lockerz raise. What do you think of their business model and what do they need the money for?
36:00-36:30 Tyler demonstrates the types of deals available on Lockerz.
37:30-39:00 Is this filling seats with people that companies don't want to have relationships with?
39:00-41:00 LinkedIn released their quarterly earnings and saw their stock get a boost.
44:30-46:00 But who else has a resume database today?
46:00-47:30 Google+'s send an email feature is like LinkedIn's In Mail--but for free.
48:15-50:00 Jason demos the cancellation procedure at LinkedIn.
53:45-55:15 Time Inc. announced that all of their 21 magazine titles will come to tablets by the end of the year. Is this way too little, way too late?
55:15-56:30 Jason plays Taps for the death of the magazine app.
59:30-1:00:00 Ashton Kutcher's character on Two and a Half Men will be an Internet entrepreneur. Will this bring more awareness to startups if he name drops them?
1:00:00-1:02:30 Insight from Tyler: It's like building Istanbul.
1:02:30-1:04:00 Instagram has hit 150 million photos uploaded, with 1.3 million new photos uploaded each day. What's the secret to their crazy level of adoption?
1:04:00-1:05:00 Apple announced this week that they ship more smartphones than any other manufacturer. Is this another pointless number milestone?
1:08:00-1:10:00 Would you let people use their food stamps for iPhones, James?
1:13:00-1:14:45 Tyler: Is the real concern the dollar more than the market?
1:17:00-1:17:45 Would you pay more taxes to make the country fiscally more healthy, Jason?
1:18:30-1:19:15 Thank you to everyone. Check out Docstoc.com and Ranker.com.
1:19:15- Thank you to MailChimp and Carbonite.
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