- Startups - Ranjith Kumaran of PunchTab
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TWiST #138 with Ranjith Kumaran of PunchTab
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Are you a blogger, website publisher or just a reader who loves rewards? Then put PunchTab on your radar. Former YouSendIt co-founder Ranjith Kumaran's new startup lets you create an instant loyalty program for your website or blog in just a few clicks. On today's show, Jason asks Ranjith about his inspiration for the service, where he sees it heading and how he controls gaming of the system. Jason also takes an 'Ask Jason' call from Nasser AlNasser in Saudi Arabia, who has a timely question about domain extensions.
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1:30-6:00 Welcome and introduction.
6:00-6:45 GoToMeeting ad.
6:45-8:45 Reminder about the TWiST List producer's program.
8:45-10:00 Introduction of Ranjith Kumaran, former co-founder of YouSendIt and current co-founder of PunchTab.
10:00-10:30 Are you still involved with YouSendIt?
10:30-10:45 How big are the biggest files you can share?
10:45-11:30 Is the current Internet infrastructure really able to handle that?
11:30-12:00 Tell me about the new company. When did you come up with the idea and what is it?
12:00-12:45 Ranjith tells the story about YouSendIt and the Osama Bin Laden beheading video.
13:15-14:15 Tell us the basic concept of PunchTab.
14:15-14:45 This is typically for content sites like blogs?
14:45-15:15 Jason and Ranjith look at ModSentry.com, a site using PunchTab.
15:15-16:30 Is it a gray area, in terms of people getting rewarded, for people to 'like' something on Facebook?
16:30-17:15 So I post a Facebook comment and then I get to 300 points?
17:15-17:45 How long has the product been out?
17:45-18:00 How are you getting the word out about it?
18:00-19:00 Has anyone ever done anything like this before?
19:00-21:00 How do you keep yourself from the gaming of the system?
21:00-24:30 Discussion of PunchTab's new give-away raffle widget.
24:30-26:15 How does the site make money?
26:15-27:00 Are you charging users yet?
27:00-28:00 Are you going to raise a venture round? What's the long-term plan and vision?
29:00-31:30 Jason tells an anecdote about a run-in his father had with the mob.
31:30-33:00 Squarespace ad.
33:00-34:15 Ask Jason call from Nasser AlNasser in Saudi Arabia: Is it a must to have a dot com domain if you want to have a top site?
34:15-36:00 Quick answer: Fake it til you make it. Read Jason's post on the subject, 'How to Name Your Startup' here and Fred Wilson's article 'Domain Name Extensions' from his blog, AVC.
36:00-37:45 Look at the example of Delicious. Tyler, your thoughts?
37:45-39:15 Dot com will always be the gold standard of domain extensions and its going to push things further and further up.
39:15-40:45 Is there a big startup scene in Saudi Arabia?
40:45-41:45 What's the climate there with Osama Bin Laden's death?
41:45-42:15 What's the feeling about the US mission in Pakistan?
42:15-43:00 How is democracy manifesting itself in Saudi Arabia?
43:30-44:00 What's the Saudi Arabia domain extension?
45:00-46:30 Further discussion of Osama Bin Laden and the US operation.
46:30-47:30 Thank you to Ranjith and information about how to get in contact with the PunchTab team.
47:30-48:00 Thank you to GoToMeeting and Squarespace.
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Tyler: @steepdecline
Ranjith: @ranjithkumaran
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