Josh Harris CEO, Net Band Command- TWiST #301

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Tuesday, October 30, 2012 at 06:58PM

Josh Harris CEO, Net Band Command- TWiST #301

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On this episode of TWiST, Jason sits down with the man who describes him as his muse, Josh Harris. Josh founded JupiterResearch as well as Pseduo.com, and was the subject of the documentary, We Live in Public. Most recently, Harris is the CEO of Net Band Command, a cloud television network that enables its audience to watch and interact with each other. Watch is these two reminisce and discuss the future of Josh's current endeavour.

0:30 Today Josh Harris of Net Band Command and the documentary film We Live in Public
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5:00 Jason's intro to Josh Harris
5:50 Explain how you started with the radio show?
6:45 What was your viable product at that time?
7:45 How did you come up with the idea for the chat room?
10:00 You raised 10... 20 million dollars?
11:15 You think streaming media and talk shows could have worked back then with you at the helm?
13:00 You're Yahoo, would you have picked Josh Harris or Mark Cuban?
14:00 What were you paying for bandwidth at the time though?
14:30 Why did you start Jupiter? Explain to us what it was...
18:00 So you decided to start your own Newsletter?
19:15 So you started Jupiter by getting a physical storefront?
20: 35 So when the gulf war happened what happened?
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25:00 And Jupiter would host all the conferences in NY?
25:45 You owned how much when Prodigy went public?
26:00 So you were worth $100 Million on Paper?
26:15 We Live in Public Trailer
30:18 So you're worth $100 Million and the dot com boom happens?
31:00 So then you had nothing to do?
31:45 So you rented a huge storefront and did what with it?
32:05 So you build this instillation and get a bunch of artists?
33:15 What was the name of the installation?
33:30 We Live in Public was a separate project right? What would you have said you were doing?
34:45 So can you explain Quiet a little more?
35:10 How many people were living in this "hotel"?
36:00 So you could change the channels and see other rooms and see exactly what was going on in each room?
36:45 So you have this guy grill them in a white room, anybody can watch? And it's like it's a criminal interrogation?
37:20 There was a church too?
38:15 Today do you think this would be an easier project than it was in the late 90s?
38:35 So there was a torture chamber and a gun range as well?
39:45 Were you out of your mind? Were you on drugs?
45:00 And the the party ends and you decide to do what?
45:15 Truman Show Girlfriend
48:00 Do I strike you as the type of man who would put up with Betty?
49:15 So you're trying to say she was cast specifically for you to be in love with her?
51:00 And you had relations with a woman who was cast to be your mate?
51:30 Does that not seem kind of sick? Why did you do it?
52:00 Do you think you hurt her?
54:00 So you could just walk around your house and see what the viewers were saying?
54:45 So her Head People were influencing her?
55:00 Do you think that's happening now though with Twitter?
57:30 How is net band command different from Pseudo?
61:45 Do you think users will get enough benefit out of that?
62:15 Tyler does that sound crazy?
64:15 What if I'm just not in the mood to talk?
65:45 So what are we looking at here? (See graphic)
67:45 So something like this, like a mission control?
68:30 Why did Facebook make it to where it is?
69:00 So it this art, business, or TV? When can it get off the ground?
69:35 So is this real or fake this time?
71:00 What is the minimal viable product of Net Band?
72:40 So it's like the Big Brother concept?
74:45 Mark Scarpa is here as well
76:30 Mark do you think Josh's online wife regrets a moment of her time?
79:00 Mark was with us back in the day at Silicon Alley Reporter
80:15 Mark What do you think about Net Band?
87:00 Would you consider using a platfrom like oovoo.com?
89:30 Josh you're a true visionary.
93:15 Thanks everyone, see you next time

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