May 18, 2012
- Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Join our mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! On This Week in Startups, the News Roundtable Panel returned, all abuzz over the granddaddy of IPOs–Facebook. Panelists Thomas McInerney and Marshall Kirkpatrick joined Jason and Kirin Kalia of LAUNCH for in-depth [...]
May 16, 2012
- Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Join our mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! On This Week in Startups, Jason welcomed entrepreneur and investor Jennifer Lum. Jennifer is the co-founder of not only Adelphic Mobile, but also her own investment firm, Apricot Capital. 1:00-2:00 Welcome everyone, [...]
May 11, 2012
- Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Join our mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! On This Week in Startups, Jason, Tyler and special guest co-host Shamal Ranasinghe (virtually) traveled all the way to Colombo for the first Sri Lanka meetup! We saw five entrepreneurs with well-thought [...]
May 4, 2012
A new website called Miss Travel is gaining quite a bit of attention, but not necessarily in a good way. Miss Travel launched last month as a dating site geared toward travelers. The way that the site combines these two elements, however, is the reason it is causing controversy.
Miss Travel matches “attractive” and “generous” people that share a love for travel but lack either the funding or the companion to do so. But at this point, the...
April 30, 2012
- Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Join our mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! On This Week in Startups, Uncle Jason lent a helping ear to startup founders in need of advice. Five founders called in to ask questions regarding their most pressing career and business [...]
- Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Join our mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! On This Week in Startups, Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson, Kevin Rose and Zynga were among the hot topics in front of our panel of expert analysts–Niel Robertson, CEO of Trada, and Jon [...]
- Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Join our mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! On This Week in Startups, first-time entrepreneur Michael Preysman joined Jason to discuss his disruptive play in the luxury clothing space. Everlane, Michael’s company, offers designer goods (think tees, sweatshirts, totes and [...]
April 29, 2012
How would you like to have a Facebook News Feed for all the news and information you consume? A new startup that just launched into public beta aims to do just this. The company is called Wavii and takes the concept of news aggregation to a new level.
As Adrian Aoun, the CEO of Wavii, explained to WebProNews, the company aims to understand everything on the Web. Although he admits it’s an ambitious goal, Aoun believes that Wavii has the potential to...
April 27, 2012
- Join our mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! On This Week in Startups, Google Drive, CISPA, VC philanthropy and Klout were among the hot topics in front of our panel of expert analysts–William Quigley, a managing partner with Clearstone Ventures, and Sean Percival, ex-Mahalo-er and founder of Wittlebee. 1:00-2:30 Welcome [...]
April 24, 2012
- Click here to stream the audio version of this episode. Click here to stream the video version of this episode. Join our mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! On This Week in Startups, Jason sat down with SurveyMonkey CEO Dave Goldberg. Though he’s now in the business of beautifully simple [...]