News Panel with Michael Robertson and Thomas McInerney - TWiST #296

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Today, on the This Week in Startups News Panel, we welcomed Michael Robertson of UberTalk and Thomas McInerney - serial angel investor to talk about the new iPad mini, same day delivery services, the new Bravo tv reality show "Silicon Valley" and Tyler dropped a rare insight.

0:30 Guests today are Thomas McInerney and Michael Robertson with Tyler Crowley and Kirin Kalia on the news
Michael Robertson Skype Thomas Mcinerney
3:10 What was that interface you created?
5:00 Check out Ubertalk.com
5:30 TaxBallooon.com
6:45 Why is microsoft accepting Klout?
8:00 Get MailChimp
12:20 Who has the same day delivery advantage?
13:20 Why is it going to work the 2nd time around?
14:30 What impact do you think this will have on retail?
17:00 WIll we be faced with more unemployment with this increased technology?
23:15 Will the mini outsell the iPad 3?
25:30 What do you think about the iPod Mini Michael?
29:45 Get GoToMeeting Use Promo Code Start for a Free 30 Day Trial
33:00 Eric Schmidt leans towards Apple over Facebook or Amazon
34:00 Is a Yahoo or Twitter deal more likely? is Karry shaping up to be a better CEO than Schmidt was?
36:00 Thomas what do you think?
39:00 Jack Dorsey is stepping back from Twitter to focus on Square. Can an entrepreneur ever run 2 companies at the same time?
41:15 Michael do you think it can be done?
44:00 Michael who is the best living entrepreneur?
45:00 Why John Malone Michael?
46:00 Did Larry Page deserve to receive the top spot in Fortune's Top 40 Under 40?
47:30 Which young startup founder is consistently underrated?
48:45 Michael any thoughts on this?
49:30 What exactly is deviantART?
51:00 C and D Letters sent to SideCar, Lyft, Tickengo. What kind of regulations should there be in this space, if any?
57:30 If you have lower priced options, there will be more consumption.
60:00 Don't you want people to know that they'll be rewarded for good performance?
64:00 New Bravo Silicon Valley reality show...
68:45 Profile of Randi Zuckerberg new Bravo Show... Will it help her reputation?
70:45 Thomas did they ask you to be on the show?
72:00 Jason on Honey Boo Boo
77:00 Jason on Starring in a New Reality Show
80:00 Twice, sells 2nd hand clothes, doing Restart Fund. Is this a new trend, or a ploy for attention?
88:00 Jason's Grandmother's frugal nature
90:30 Tyler and Jason's Virgin Flight from LA to SF
92:30 Check out darr.fm, UberTalk, follow Thomas @tgmtgm
94:00 Thanks MailChimp and GoToMeeting