Saturday, November 17, 2012 at 02:11PM Dalton Caldwell of App.net -TWiST #306
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On today's episode, Jason talks with Dalton Caldwell founder of App.net and formerly imeem. They talk about the history of imeem, how app.net can change social networks, and the trials and tribulations of entrepreneurship.
0:30 Let's welcome Dalton Caldwell of App.net
0:55 What was Imeem
1:45 How many uniques were you getting per month?
2:10 What did you learn about social at that time?
2:45 What do you Myspace they got wrong?
4:30 Why do you think Digg unraveled so fast?
5:30 Was it the music industry that killed Imeem?
6:35 Could Pandora be crushed at any time you think?
7:25 Why does congress need to be involved in web radio?
8:20 What was it like when you built such a successful site and then had it taken away?
10:25 At what point to it go from being painful to a resolution?
12:15 Was it worth the psychological damage for you to create imeem?
13:30 Let's talk about app.net
18:15 Let's talk about Sourcebits: We're working with them on a crowdfunding app for the Launch Festival
24:20 Let's talk about unbundling for a second
27:50 you think with App.net you can break the status quo?
27:45 So you are saying app.net will always be friendly to 3rd party developers?
28:15 Talk about the crowdfunding effort you made
29:00 So it's kind a lean startup/kickstarter hybrid?
30:20 Will I be sendign my friends to app.net to rgister and then they us a 3rd party ap to use the service?
31:45 Will you ever have advertising in the service?
32:05 How are you making money for the service?
34:30 How do you feel about the people who will never have the money to afford to pay for a social network?
37:25 Do you think Facebook has ever really innovated?
41:00 Would you say that you have made enemies because you have been critical of Facebook?
45:50 Do you think the peak of Facebook has passed?
46:35 How hard is it to get funded in social?
48:00 Did you ever think a paid search engine would be a good idea?
49:00 How sustainable are you as a company?
50:45 Has Twitter blocked you from pulling in a friend list?
51:40 Explain what ifft is?
53:40 Has anyone built a tool where I can pull my friend's out of Twitter?
54:15 Is there a way to legally bind yourself to this concept?
57:00 Do you think you could be the HBO of social?
58:00 What is the best way for people to communicate if they want to use app.net?
61:20 Go to app.net and sign up for an account
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