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Re: Protected: Best TWiST Guest 2009?

Marble Polishing Boca Raton — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 07:07:19 -0000

Best TWiST Guest 2009?

Re: Unofficial “Best TWiST Guest 2009″ Results

Justin Herrick — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:20:04 -0000

I am now going to use this as my official guide of which episode to watch next. (Descending order of most popular guest).

Re: New Addition to StartupRecap

drbillnye — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:05:29 -0000

congrats and welcome :)

Re: Ask Jason, How do I get customers for my service business?

MacSupport — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:39:17 -0000

Thank you for your comments and feedback! Good summary of the TWIST segment, and your suggestions are helpful too. :) The site is currently being redesigned and is scheduled to re-launch in a few days. Sorry we didn't get back to you sooner! We really do appreciate your input!

Re: Ask Jason, How do I get customers for my service business?

Scott Simko — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 06:34:14 -0000

I did not track down the exact company Tyler was referring to but when I did a search for "listening labs" their are many options.

Re: Ask Jason, How do I get customers for my service business?

Jon Hoar — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 03:57:48 -0000

Tyler mentioned an online Listening Labs service. Did anyone manage to track down a name or URL for the company that do this?

Re: Ask Jason: What is the most effective method to drive traffic to a new site?

Frank — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 03:49:35 -0000

I remember this episode Jason was very quick to invest into this company, for a Quarter percentage (25%) an $100 on every kit sold through Mahalo. I am a long time listener. I have been listening about the TWIST idea on Leo show TWIT, Jason ask Leo for the use of the "TWIT" acronym. Leo approve and off Jason when to start-up "TWIST". I love this show it's great for long traveling distances. I have never listen to a dulled episode as yet. My favors are Gary Vaynerchuk and Matt Mickiewicz. I brought Gray book via Audible and I am a regular visitor at Site point. Oh thanks for the Mahalo Swag, I was part of the first 50 who one that contest. The Mahalo mug sits on my desk, but it's never been used..lol

I wanted to comment on this particulate subject because I am also having a hard time driving travel to my site in my niche market. I have started a Virtual pedigrees database which stores genealogies (pedigrees) of two breed thus far, many more to come of course. You can visit the American Staffordshire Terrier at http://Amstaff.virtualpedig...; thus far, I have a few hundreds pedigrees on record with hundreds more being added to the database daily. Jason, I am also going to work on a English Bulldog database as well, you can post Taurus and Fondue AKC pedigrees alone with pictures to the database if desired. If anyone in the Jasonnation is a dog breeder and interested in starting they own breed specific pedigrees database, please contact me.

Oh yet any ideas on how to get traffic to the site, I link it to some big American Stafford hire Terrier forums, and also is a Freemium model good for this niche or should I charge a $19.00 subscription for my services?

Re: TWiST, Mike Jones of MySpace and Peter Hirschberg of The Conversation Group

Scott Simko — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:03:37 -0000

Mike - I have primarily scaled back to just the "Ask Jason" and "Jason's Shark Tank" segments.

Re: TWiST, Mike Jones of MySpace and Peter Hirschberg of The Conversation Group

Mike — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:40:27 -0000

Am I missing something? Did you stop updating the blogs with episode recaps?

Re: Ask Jason, How do I determine the value of my community?

Scott Simko — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 08:32:43 -0000

Thanks for bringing that to my attention, I am sure you will find many more.

Re: Ask Jason, How do I determine the value of my community?

Gregg — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:27:10 -0000

"bloggesphere"

That's a very ugly typo. Should be blogosphere.

Re: Ask Jason, How do I get customers for my service business?

Scott Simko — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:14:13 -0000

I agree overall the site design is nice, simple and clean. However, I think they need to promote a few of the differentiators a bit better. I did reach out to Francis, through their site but didn't get a reply. Maybe they will read this one day and it will help them.

Re: Ask Jason, How do I get customers for my service business?

Jeremy McFarland — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 21:17:05 -0000

Nice recap and comments Scott. I agree with the logo recommendation. Maybe remove the shadow/3D appearance, that sucker looks like it's jumping off of the screen, way too much emphasis. Also maybe decrease the size of the image in the holiday ad with the guy reaching through the computer screen. These two things make it hard to read the sites content which is a bad thing. Other than that the site looks good visually. It's simple, clean, and not overly flashy; all good traits of a modern site in my opinion.

Re: TWiST, Garry Tan of Posterous

Ryan Clarke — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 00:25:34 -0000

Scott, you hinted at this briefly in the chatroom of episode 31 but this is simply excellent. Thank you for all the hard work and an amazing job.

Re: Ask Jason: How far into the future should a startup predict trends?

Ben Langfeld — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 16:15:29 -0000

Text of this question is available here: http://langfeld.co.uk/my-th...

Re: Ask Jason, I’m Graduating should I learn from a great entrepreneur or learn on my own?

alexcapecelatro — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 15:26:54 -0000

To be honest... if you need to ask the question, it is probably best to work for someone else. Running your own venture takes an almost naive determination and any doubt will kill your potential. I would work for someone else if you have any doubt about moving forward on your own project.

Re: Ask Jason, I’m Graduating should I learn from a great entrepreneur or learn on my own?

howardowens — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 15:15:36 -0000

It's possible to be successful anywhere if you have a passion for what you're doing and work smart and hard.

Re: Protected: Best TWiST Guest 2009?

Dorie93950 — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:56:47 -0000

Vote for @frankensite! His brilliant history brings the future to LIFE!

Re: Protected: Best TWiST Guest 2009?

Jim "Genuine" Turner — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:00:43 -0000

Jason how did they capture you so many times with your hands up and that look on your face?

Re: Protected: Best TWiST Guest 2009?

JT Keller — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 00:12:58 -0000

Scott,

I appreciate your hard work as always. Keep it up! I had to vote for Mark Suster hands down. I loved his insights and candor. There were tons of value and takeaway in that episode. I can agree with the earlier posters in terms of how many great guests and how much great content TWiST provides. I hope that Jason and crew keep up the good work and the same "look and feel" moving forward. It just feels like a great startup...bootstrapped with loads of energy and intellect. I look forward to an epic 2010 for TWiST and your recaps. Happy holidays and new years wishes to everyone!

Re: Protected: Best TWiST Guest 2009?

Mary Ann Halford — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:18:22 -0000

Scott, thanks for doing this . . . there were so many great shows. I particularly enjoyed sessions with Don Dodge, John Ham & Brad Hunstable, Ryan Block and Peter Rojas and of course Gary Vaynerchuk. I am glad there is was at lease ONE woman - hope there will be more in 2010. Annnie Duke was great of course and I respect her accomplishment in poker, but hope to see businessWOMEN next year! I have placed my vote and placed it with Ryan and Peter - I loved hearing about their business as well as their history with Jason. It was a terrific show.

Re: Protected: Best TWiST Guest 2009?

derekhuether — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:31:29 -0000

I was surprised by how captivated I was by both Annie Duke and Gary Vaynerchuck. Was it their energy or the chemistry with Jason? Regardless, it didn't matter what they talked about, I was left wanting to hear more. I hope Jason is able to bring them both on again in 2010.

Re: Ask Jason, How do I grow my website?

Scott Simko — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:57:59 -0000

I am glad you called in and shared your experience allowing us all to learn a bit.

Re: Ask Jason, How do I grow my website?

twizzler3b — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:48:54 -0000

Hey Scott, great site, thanks for posting this clip! Dan O' from Positive Atmosphere :)

Re: Ask Jason, How Do I Protect My Idea?

John Humphrey — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:49:34 -0000

I've got a great idea (thinks to self) for Mahalo! Trying to iterate on my own without peeps/$ is proving to be much harder than I imagined (still, interesting to do and some fun). Wondering about the metric you use to determine you've developed enough to come out of the closet. I'm not sure which interview, but Andrew mixergy.com, seemed to be saying that less than 100,000 uniques a month is basically meaningless.
Hilarious JibJab. Going to tweet it now!