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- Startups – Tim Hyer of Rentcycle – TWiST #193

- Startups – Tim Hyer of Rentcycle – TWiST #193 Tube. Duration : 66.92 Mins.





Join our new mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! Go to thisweekin.com/email. 0:00-1:00 Today on TWiST, Tim Hyer of Rentcycle is here. 1:00-3:00 We’re here today bringing you another great founder interview. How’s it going, Tyler? 3:00-3:30 To help guide the direction of the show and be first-informed about everything going on at TWiST, join the Backchannel producer program at twistlist.co. 3:30-6:00 Thank you to GoToMeeting for sponsoring the show. 6:00-7:45 On the show today is Tim Hyer of Rentcycle. Welcome Tim. 9:15-10:00 Tell our audience why Rentcycle exists. 10:45-11:30 How does this technically work? 11:30-13:30 Let’s take a look at the site and how it works. 13:30-14:30 Was it easy to win people over on the idea when you started? 14:30-16:30 Jason: Do I own stock in your company? How does that work at Founder Institute? 17:15-19:00 How many cities are you in? What’s the most expensive thing I could rent? 19:00-21:00 Was that the original business plan for Rentcycle? 21:00-23:00 Have you ever thought about having storefronts? 23:00-24:00 How did you make the decision of doing a price round vs. a convertible note? 25:30-29:15 Thank you to Squarespace for sponsoring the show. You can save 20% off for six months of service when you sign up with the code ‘TWIST10.’ 31:30-34:30 Let’s do a little role-playing. Tyler is an accomplished dev and doesn’t need to work. What do you say to him to convince him to work for you, Tim? 34:30-36:30 Jason



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This Week in Startups – Susan Choe, Founder & CEO of Outspark

This Week in Startups – Susan Choe, Founder & CEO of Outspark Video Clips. Duration : 82.78 Mins.





This Week in Startups with guest Susan Choe, Founder & CEO of Outspark. Jason Calacanis hosts This Week in Startups. Check out our Sponsors: usrtream.tv http powervps.com 00 Interview – Susan Choe, Founder & CEO of Outspark (outspark.com) 00 Outspark has been operation for 3.5 years and publishes free MMOs to play and people pay for elements and features, the concept has been widely used in Asia and they bring many games from that region. 00:09:30 The idea to actually start her own business came from her time at Yahoo trying to achieve the same thing but decided to go out on her own 00:13:45 What are the revenue expectations when you launch a new game? 10-15% pay -50 a month for 4 — 8 months and media companies are starting to approach them for virtual goods 00:18:30 What is it like being a female CEO? Female CEOs should be judged the same as male CEOs it’s all about performance and execution, once guys get over it we all have fun achieving the same results, gender shouldn’t matter. 00:20:00 Do you think less women want to be CEOs? Traditionally men do it but Susan finds it fun, people need to give women a chance 00:23:30 VC’s do profile and usually go on trends 00:24:00 What is the most important thing for social media games to focus on? 00:27:00 Why are these games addictive? 00:30:00 Will we see these on the iPad? 00:31:15 Will HTML5 be robust enough as a gaming platform? 00:33:45 ASK JASON — Adam Bunnell — Built a plan to incorporate videos and college



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- Startups – John “Jay” Rogers of Local Motors

- Startups – John “Jay” Rogers of Local Motors Tube. Duration : 70.17 Mins.





Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com and follow us on Twitter: twitter.com We love to see real-life products — and Jay Rogers, CEO and co-founder of the next-generation car company Local Motors, delivered by bringing the crowd-sourced Rally Fighter car to our studio. He and Jason discuss the Local Motors business model, the wisdom of crowds, DARPA having LM design a new military vehicle, electric cars and Jay’s military service (including a favorite Jason movie, “Black Hawk Down”).



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- Startups – News with Sean Percival and James Altucher – TWiST #223

- Startups – News with Sean Percival and James Altucher – TWiST #223 Video Clips. Duration : 83.93 Mins.





0:00-2:15 On today’s News Roundtable, we’re joined by Sean Percival and James Altucher. 2:15-3:30 Welcome Sean. So you’re an EIR over at Science now? 3:30-5:30 James, thanks for joining us. How are you doing? 5:30-7:30 Thank you to Sourcebits for sponsoring the program. Everyone remember to show their support by tweeting them a thank you @Sourcebits! 7:30-10:00 First story: Google was caught scraping the database of a company in Kenya called Mocality. Google apologized, but how did this happen? 11:00-12:45 Are they making a mistake by trying to integrate Google+ so deeply into search? 13:00-17:15 Should this have been opt-in as opposed to opt-out? 17:15-19:00 James: This could be a genius move. Now everyone has to sign up for Google Plus to be relevant in search results. 21:30-25:15 Jason: Twitter and Facebook both need to launch their own social search engines. 25:15-25:30 James: I don’t like to have to think when I use Google. 25:30-28:00 Thank you to MailChimp for sponsoring the program. 28:00-30:30 Moving along to a CES Roundup: Ultrabooks were all the rage at the conference this week. HP and Lenovo both showed off new models, so what did everyone think of this? 30:30-32:15 What do you use as a computer, James? What do you think of the ultrabooks? 34:15-35:00 Sean, do you limit the number of hours of day your daughter uses an iPad? 39:15-40:30 Jason: So the constant begging for attention and validation is what we’re moving to in media? 46:30-49:15 Next story: Myspace



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- Startups – Di-Ann Eisnor of Waze – TWiST #226

- Startups – Di-Ann Eisnor of Waze – TWiST #226 Video Clips. Duration : 55.63 Mins.





0:00-1:30 Welcome everyone, I’m here in Palo Alto at Waze HQ with Di-Ann Eisnor, VP of platforms and partnerships. 1:30-2:45 One of the companies I’ve been using a lot is Waze. For the audience, what is Waze? 3:45-5:00 How is the traffic data from Google maps collected? It doesn’t seem to be all that accurate. 5:00-6:15 I first started using the app about five years ago and no one was on it. Now I’ve noticed that use is going up every month. How quickly has Waze grown in LA? 6:15-7:30 Di-Ann explains how LA’s “carmageddon” was a boon for Waze. 7:30-12:15 Thank you to Walker Corporate Law for sponsoring the show. 12:15-13:00 So, when I’m looking at the app and I see lots of cars in LA during rush hour, are you having to mute some number of people and only showing a representation? 13:00-15:00 Show me on your phone the different things you can do in terms of reporting. Does anyone use Waze on an iPad? 16:15-18:00 How are you addressing the issue of distracted driving? 18:00-20:00 Di-Ann explains the other safety precautions Waze is taking. 22:45-23:30 What’s the history of the company? You’re an Israeli company, yes? 23:30-25:30 What are the chances, you think, that Wazers will be able to project reports onto their dashboards, Minority Report-style? 25:30-26:45 What about a time when Waze will be in my car when I buy it? 26:45-28:15 Di-Ann demonstrates Waze’s new speech recognition capabilities. 28:15-32:30 Thank you to GoToMeeting for sponsoring the show. Use the promo



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