Adi Sideman of YouNow - TWiST #275

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Today on TWiST, Jason welcomed Adi Sideman of YouNow to the studio. YouNow is the future of social viewing--think YouTube 2.0--and Adi has been steadily curating a loyal user base, so join us to learn more about this fast-growing site.

1:45 I’m here today with Adi Sideman of YouNow, which is YouTube 2.0.
2:00 If you’re not already a member of the TWiST Backchannel, go to twistlist.co and join today!
3:00 Thank you so much to GoToMeeting for their support of the show. Everyone thank @gotomeeting and use the promo code ‘START’ for your free 30 day trial.
5:00 What is the mission of YouNow, why did you build this company?
7:30 What are we watching on the screen right now?
10:45 So you entertain folks and, in exchange, you get social media credability.
13:30 Adi talks about his previous venture, an online karaoke channel.
14:00 Flash’s streaming video service is pretty robust, yes?
15:15 Have you gone to sponsors with this yet?
17:45 Who owns the IP? Who owns the content?
19:00 What about buying exposure?
19:30 Can I pay to get extra viewers?
20:45 How many channels are there? Is part of your strategy to limit the number of channels?
22:00 Thank you so much to Squarespace for sponsoring TWiST! Everyone thank @Squarespace!
26:00 What’s the minimum age for being on the service and how do you protect kids?
28:00 What about kids meeting each other through the service?
30:00 How is this being received?
31:30 What is the minimum age to join the service?
32:30 Have you started meeting with broadcast execs?
34:30 What aspect of the business is keeping you up at night?
37:00 How much is bandwidth an issue for this kind of business?
38:15 How is Silicon Alley today vs. the 90s?
39:30 The iPad app to me is the killer. Could this product be all mobile?
40:15 How long has it been in the market? What’s the peak number of users?
41:45 How do you view the impact of society?
43:45 Huge thanks to GoToMeeting and Squarespace. And thank you to Adi, we all wish you continued success. Until next time.

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