Saturday
Feb202010
Saturday, February 20, 2010 at 04:09AM This Week in Startups #42 with Michael Robertson
Jason’s guest this week was Michael Robertson, CEO and Founder of MP3Tunes. This was an incredible show, highlights include a guest that has an incredible amount of experience, battling big corporations, lawsuits and how to deal with them, interesting predictions for the music industry and how MP3.com got started.
00:07 During “Ask Jason” we get to hear Josh Nielsen ask “How do I value equity when being offered a job at a startup?” the question doesn’t end there without spoiling things, be sure to see where this one ends up.
00:25 We get to hear from Erick Arndt of Timeshare Juice pitch how he plans to change the timeshare exchange experience. He gets some incredible feedback from Jason and Michael regarding his business model and distribution.
00:44 Highlights of the interview include:
01:49 News with Lon Harris include:
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00:07 During “Ask Jason” we get to hear Josh Nielsen ask “How do I value equity when being offered a job at a startup?” the question doesn’t end there without spoiling things, be sure to see where this one ends up.
00:25 We get to hear from Erick Arndt of Timeshare Juice pitch how he plans to change the timeshare exchange experience. He gets some incredible feedback from Jason and Michael regarding his business model and distribution.
00:44 Highlights of the interview include:
- Michaels story of rags to riches
- What motivated him to succeed
- How he started MP3.com and fought the music industry, winning and losing in some cases.
- How independent label artists helped him succeed.
- 6 months to IPO
- Why he gave $15 million to his employees
- Michael’s opinion on why Spotify will go out of business.
01:49 News with Lon Harris include:
- Microsoft and Yahoo
- Tesla Plane Crash
- Lower Merion, PA Privacy Invasion
- Sex.com
- YouTube Embedding Survey
- Please Rob Me
- Scribd
- Hulu on the iPad
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Reader Comments (29)
Love this week in startups, absolutely nothing like this in the U.K. Have to say this was one of the best episodes in a while, felt like I had watched 3 episodes in one. Mainly because in this one it was more focussed on the guest so got to see different view points, with Jason taking more of a backseat (don't mean that in a negative way). This obviously only works if you have an energetic guest like Michael Robertson who was relentless (I learnt so much this episode). I would happily pay a subscription for such valuable content. Jason and Michael bounced of each other really well. Keep up the good work. Thanks