Howard Lindzon of StockTwits -TWiST #309

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Howard Lindzon sits down with Jason on today's episode. The two discuss Howard's more than 50 investments, his view on the current market and his company StockTwits, "twitter for the stock market".

1:10 Welcome to this episode of This Week in Startups. Let's welcome Howard Lindzon of StockTwits
2:00 How many companies have you invested in Howard?
2:45 Go to gotomeeting.com and use the code "start" to get your 30-Day free trial
4:50 What exactly is a hedge fund for people who don't know?
5:20 So it's like take this bucket of money and make it grow?
7:00 So why would people give their money  to an immense hedge fund?
7:45 Do entrepreneurs who have trouble getting funding have a problem or is it on the people who don't invest?
9:00 What do you think makes the skill of raising money?
10:00 How does knowing the stock market make you a better entrepreneur?
13:20 Do you think Google will be here 50 years from now crushing it?
14:30 What is the best sense "in person" you get when you are investing in a company?
17:45 What was your most successful angel investment?
22:40 Thanks to NewRelic! Use code TWIST to get a FREE MONTH of NewRelic PRO
25:00 Let's hear about you and Facebook.
28:25 Do you think Google is untouchable right now?
31:30 Let's talk about StockTwits
37:00 So instead of the hashtags like at Twitter, StockTwits uses dollar signs?
41:20 Do you think people are ceasing to put their money in stocks?
42:15 Let's talk about Zynga
42:50 What should Zynga do next? Should they go public?
44:35 Do you track people's actual performance?

47:20 What is the future of StockTwits?
49:00 Do you think the instream ads on Twitter work?
49:45 Jason, what do you think the future of StockTwits should be?
51:40 Can we talk about how television is broken now?
53:00 Is Bloomberg a good mayor?
53:15 Is TV collapsing on itself?
54:00 Is the public obsessed with media though?
54:25 Who do you think is smart?
56:45 Let's talk about the US. Are we a declining empire?
62:10 Are high frequency machines good or bad?
63:40 What does Apple do now as the world's largest Hedge Fund?
64:35 Why do you think Apple hasn't bought Twitter?
66:15 What do you think about Hollywood? Is TV screwed?
69:15 Thanks to our sponsors GoToMeeting and NewRelic. Follow Howard Lindzon on Twitter @howardlindzon and got stocktwits.com

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