This Week in Startups - Jason Nazar, Co-Founder and CEO of Docstoc.com, and guest J. R. Johnson, Founder and CEO of Lunch
发布时间 2010-07-10 02:04:31 来源
摘要
This week we have guest host Jason Nazar, Co-Founder and CEO of Docstoc.com, and guest J. R. Johnson, Founder and CEO of Lunch. For more information, show notes, and an upcoming schedule, go to www.thisweekin.com.
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00:01:45 ASK JASON -- Scott Klein -- Sound Around -- We're in second place in our market, how will pricing affect my product moving forward?
00:12:45 JASON'S SHARK TANK -- Scott McIntosh -- MusikPitch -- Allows people to create a contest for custom music for any project, similar to 99designs but for Music
00:30:20 J.R. Johnson started off as an attorney and after 18months left to pursue his dream with a startup
00:31:15 Are you from an entrepreneurial family?
00:37:00 Did being a lawyer or going to graduate school help you?
00:43:00 Was it a tough sale getting the guys to move to the US?
00:49:30 How did you market your company?
00:50:30 If you knew how difficult it would be, would you have done it?
00:51:00 What was it like to ask friend and family for money?
00:56:00 What didn't you know going into your startup?
01:00:00 Entrepreneur Superhero, is July 14th, what are you best at?
01:01:30 He almost sold the company in 2005 to Internet Brands, which ended up getting them in legal trouble, he signed a terms sheet that included a breakup fee, they won but he didn't get a lawyer and failed to notice the clause, be sure to get a good lawyer.
01:05:00 Basically sold VirtualTour because he wanted to start Lunch, a feature rich site that allows you to create communities about niche areas of interest, it's basically a mini-Yelp.
01:07:30 Why the name Lunch? It's just a great name?
01:08:55 What is different your second time around?
01:09:00 What are you like as a boss?
01:11:30 What characteristics do you look for when hiring?
01:13:30 What is next for Lunch?
01:17:15 Will you continue to build companies?
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