All Ask Jason - TWiST #297

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On today's show, Jason answers your questions. Today he explores: Strategies for foreign companies to maximize their exposure to U.S. VCs, Whether or not is OK to change your Co's name post launch, Minimum Viable Product, The Geography of Startups, and the Pros and Cons of growing vs. taking on partners.

0:30 Today is an "All Ask Jason Day"

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5:00 Welcome Dan Norris
5:45 Do I change my domain name before or after my launch?
7:15 Why do people care about changing your domain?
9:30 Do you want  a .ly or a .com?
12:30 Have you gotten press for Web Control room yet?
14:30 Welcome Dimitris
16:00 Who's your favorite guest?
18:00 How should we approach the US market (specifically you or Tyler) about expanding into the US?
20:45 How should you get the message to the VCs in the US?
23:15 How does your website plan on doing this?
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27:45 Welcome Greg Jennings
29:00 After early stages of app development, how can I continue to fund my costs? Seed funding or keep building?
33:15 What is the minimum viable product someone can interact with you?
34:30 Tyler how did you solve a similar problem in the past?
36:35 What type of food are you selecting? Why is it unique?
40:30 How much would the consumer pay for your service?
43:00 Walter Wood, Student from Tulsa, "Do you advise starting a company or joining an already successful team.? And does location matter in the startup game?
51:00 As a society is there a trend in not telling people when they do something wrong?
52:00 Should the startup culture be more honest when ideas truly aren't good?
53:30 Welcome Dane
54:00 We have platform technology, but we've built our own vertical in the plattform. We can build additional verticals ourselves on our platform or we can find partners. How do we decide what to do?
58:15 Which business do you think you would going to and building everyday?
61:45 Which VC do you think are most interested in the internet of things?
66:15 When do you planning on launching the internet of things?
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