POSTPONED: Sean Spector of GameFly

Update: Sorry to say that Sean is sick and will be unable to join us this week.  Instead, tune in to see Jason answer lots of questions from entrepreneurs with an extended call-in show.  And to help Jason answer all these questions, we'll have Don Dodge in the studio, Director of Business Development for Microsoft!

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Jason's guest on this week's episode will be Sean Spector, Co-Founder and SVP of Business Developlment and Content at GameFly.com.  GameFly is the leading online video game rental company with millions of customers in the US.  Tune in Friday @ 1pm (PDT) right here to catch the whole interview, along with the news, 'Ask Jason', and of course, the week's homework assignment. About Sean: Sean Spector is the co-founder and Senior Vice President of Business Development and Content at GameFly.com, which launched in November 2002. GameFly is a video game rental company that charges for membership accounts based on the number of games a customer can "check out" at a time, similar in many ways to the Netflix DVD rental service.  The company carries over 6,000 titles, including both consoles and handheld systems, and has received funding from both Sequoia Capital and Tenaya Capital. In the past, Spector has worked as a producer for Disney Online, as well as serving in the Business Development Group for Disney Interactive and Walt Disney Imagineering.  Prior to launching GameFly in 2002, Spector worked as a New Media Agent at Creative Artists Agency (CAA).

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This Week in Startups #6 with Jason Nazar

Our guest this week was internet entrepreneur Jason Nazar from Doctstoc.com, the premier document sharing site and online community.  He briefly discussed his journey to get off the ground and gave some great advice to would-be entrepreneurs about how to secure capital, build connections, and make the best with limited resources. Joe Waltman, a bootstrapping entrepreneur out of Orange County, CA, called in during "Ask Jason" to find out how to find and recruit a technical co-founder for his new startup. What did Jason say? You'll have to watch to find out. Jason also brought Taurus and Fondue (his two bulldogs) to help with sending the most recent departed company to the "Deadpool."  Plus, we've got a new newscaster!  Amanda Coolong, Chief Correspondent for TechZulu, talked with the Jasons about potential MySpace layoffs, the iPhone/Palm Pre launches (and the accompanying Leo Laporte vs Mike Arrington fight), and Facebook's Vanity URL's, among other stories. Make sure to tune in next week in our guest is Sean Spector from GameFly.

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On TWiST This Week: Jason Nazar

Our guest this week is Jason Nazar, CEO and Co-Founder of DocStoc.com.  Tune in Friday (June 12th) at 1pm right here at ThisWeekinStartups.com to catch the whole interview. About Jason: Jason Nazar is the CEO and co-founder of Docstoc.com, an online community based in Santa Monica, CA where users can store and share business, legal and tech documents at no cost. Docstoc first launched in November 2007 after presenting at the TechCrunch40 Conference in September of that year. The company has raised over 3.25 M from venture capital firm Rustic Canyon Partners, investors like Scott Walcheck from Baidu.com, and the co-founders of Myspace.com and MP3.com. Before his time at Docstoc, Jason was a partner at Venature LLC, a venture capital and consulting firm. While there, he worked with dozens of new ventures to improve their performance and boost their growth. Jason has a JD/MBA from Pepperdine University and a B.A. from UCSB. You can follow him on his blog and his Twitter.

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We're Back!

Sorry we missed you last week, but we're back this Friday (June 12th), streaming LIVE @ 1pm (PDT).  Make sure you tune in to catch a new entrepreneur with a quandyr, another one of Jason's great interviews, the top news of the week, and of course, the deadpool. See you Friday!

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This Week in Startups #5 with David Sacks

Stopping by the studio this week was David Sacks, CEO of Yammer and Geni.com. He's also one of the minds behind Paypal and was a producer on the awesome movie, "Thank You for Smoking". Check out the full episode (in audio or video) after the jump. Remember, there's no show next week as Jason will be in New York to keynote Alley Insider's "Startups 2009" Conference. We'll be back on June 12 with a brand new episode. And as always, a huge thank you to our wonderful sponsors, Ustream, DNAMail, and WebSpy

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