Saturday
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Saturday, July 18, 2009 at 01:02PM This Week in Startups #9 with Loren Bendele
We were back on the air this afternoon with Loren Bendel, CEO of Savings.com. Jason introduced Loren as someone he has a lot to learn from as Loren knows an array of things about his vertical that have made him so successful. Loren gave some great insight into what it's like to run a coupons and promotions company under a recession and also talked about the value of using social media practices to advance the company.
There was an eclectic set of callers this week too. The first caller, Nathan Stobezki, wanted to know if Jason had any thoughts about how to raise capital for his company. Pete Jimison, the second caller, skyped in from Switzerland with a question about the company he started with his brother. Finally, there was a great question from Gabrielle Pascoe, an old acquaintance of Jason's from the Silicon Alley days, about how to choose the proper salary for the CEO of a new venture. As usual, each was offered a ticket to the TechCrunch50 conference in September. Send in your "Ask Jason" questions to contact@thisweekinstartups.com and maybe you too will be as lucky!
This weeks news included a discussion about the Twitter document leak on techcrunch.com and the importance of using discretion when storing company documents on the interweb. There was also a brief talk about youtube's future business model followed with the sending off of failed company "The Printed Blog" to the "Deadpool." Finally, Jason made a PSA to the "stupid people of the world" near the end. If you want to know what he had to say then or at any other point on the show, watch it for yourself and find out!
The next show will be two weeks from now on Friday, July 31st 2009. Because they ran out of time, you have another two weeks to do the homework (if you haven't already) and read "How the Mighty Fall," by Jim Collins.
There was an eclectic set of callers this week too. The first caller, Nathan Stobezki, wanted to know if Jason had any thoughts about how to raise capital for his company. Pete Jimison, the second caller, skyped in from Switzerland with a question about the company he started with his brother. Finally, there was a great question from Gabrielle Pascoe, an old acquaintance of Jason's from the Silicon Alley days, about how to choose the proper salary for the CEO of a new venture. As usual, each was offered a ticket to the TechCrunch50 conference in September. Send in your "Ask Jason" questions to contact@thisweekinstartups.com and maybe you too will be as lucky!
This weeks news included a discussion about the Twitter document leak on techcrunch.com and the importance of using discretion when storing company documents on the interweb. There was also a brief talk about youtube's future business model followed with the sending off of failed company "The Printed Blog" to the "Deadpool." Finally, Jason made a PSA to the "stupid people of the world" near the end. If you want to know what he had to say then or at any other point on the show, watch it for yourself and find out!
The next show will be two weeks from now on Friday, July 31st 2009. Because they ran out of time, you have another two weeks to do the homework (if you haven't already) and read "How the Mighty Fall," by Jim Collins.
Reader Comments (15)
You gotta quit leaving weeks off from your show if you want it to take off. I understand you might be busy, but busy isn't an excuse for the show to not continue on. I do enjoy your show, and yourself as the host. However, should you not be available for the show, you should have someone replace you for the week. You will lose people when you miss weeks, not to mention, pissing off your advertisers. Sorry for the blunt post, but I feel its always appreciated. Cheers and best of luck!