Friday
Jun182010
Friday, June 18, 2010 at 08:42PM This Week in Startups #57 with Woody Sears
This week we have Woody Sears, CEO & Founder of FrogDog Media. This Week in Startups airs Fridays at 1pm PT hosted by Jason Calacanis.
00:22 UPDATES
Moving to a 2 day format with interview on one day and Ask Jason & Shark Tank on another day
The next start up meetup is July 20th for European countries. We will air the show at 11am PT for more information please go check out the meetup page here.
To pitch your company email askjason [at] thisweekin [dot] com
Open Angel Forum is June 24th in San Francisco for more info click here.
02:55 INTERVIEW
Woody Sears, CEO & Co-Founder of Frog Dog Media (makers or the iStory Time app) the most popular apps for kids.
Woody talks about current apps: How To Train Your Dragon (iTunes file) and Shrek Forever After (iTunes file). Jason poses the question “is there parental resistance in putting an iPad with these apps in front of your child?” Woody goes in depth on how the apps are not there to replace books but to compliment them, more like a “digital pop up book.”
07:24 Shrek Forever After – demo
Discussion on how app helps early reading skills. What involvement does Dreamworks have, if any? Is the App on Dreamworks radar? 1st to do a library of children's books in the app store. How difficult is it to get into the Apple Store with your Apps? How did this venture come about? Will you be doing original books? Suggestion for Call of Duty to become a teaching tool.
32:45 SPONSOR BREAK
33:25 25% off if you use TWiST in promo code
33:47 INTERVIEW (cont.)
Licensing discussion. How do you get your app to rank? “Content is king.” Mommy Bloggers and their clout. Visit iStorytime and the Shrek Forever After is in the iTunes store.
39:50 Please thank our sponsors on Twitter
00:22 UPDATES
Moving to a 2 day format with interview on one day and Ask Jason & Shark Tank on another day
The next start up meetup is July 20th for European countries. We will air the show at 11am PT for more information please go check out the meetup page here.
To pitch your company email askjason [at] thisweekin [dot] com
Open Angel Forum is June 24th in San Francisco for more info click here.
02:55 INTERVIEW
Woody Sears, CEO & Co-Founder of Frog Dog Media (makers or the iStory Time app) the most popular apps for kids.
Woody talks about current apps: How To Train Your Dragon (iTunes file) and Shrek Forever After (iTunes file). Jason poses the question “is there parental resistance in putting an iPad with these apps in front of your child?” Woody goes in depth on how the apps are not there to replace books but to compliment them, more like a “digital pop up book.”
07:24 Shrek Forever After – demo
Discussion on how app helps early reading skills. What involvement does Dreamworks have, if any? Is the App on Dreamworks radar? 1st to do a library of children's books in the app store. How difficult is it to get into the Apple Store with your Apps? How did this venture come about? Will you be doing original books? Suggestion for Call of Duty to become a teaching tool.
32:45 SPONSOR BREAK
33:25 25% off if you use TWiST in promo code
33:47 INTERVIEW (cont.)
Licensing discussion. How do you get your app to rank? “Content is king.” Mommy Bloggers and their clout. Visit iStorytime and the Shrek Forever After is in the iTunes store.
39:50 Please thank our sponsors on Twitter
Reader Comments (14)
Again a great interview. I always loved the 2h + sessions but I can understand that doing two shows fits better in the schedule of a CEO who still has to run his main company :).
I wonder if the pre-fatherhood Jason would have invited Woody to the show ;). But as Jason is involved in this topic now he was able to ask great questions.