News Panel with Tom McInerney and Marshall Kirkpatrick #258

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On This Week in Startups, the News Roundtable Panel returned, all abuzz over the granddaddy of IPOs--Facebook. Panelists Thomas McInerney and Marshall Kirkpatrick joined Jason and Kirin Kalia of LAUNCH for in-depth insight and analysis on that story and all of the week’s top tech news.

1:00-1:30 Welcome everyone, today on the TWiST News Panel we’re talking about the Facebook IPO.
1:30-2:30 With us today is Thomas McInerney. And also Marshall Kirkpatrick.
2:30-4:30 Tyler and Kirin, how are you both doing?
4:30-5:15 Klout was a big investment win for you, wasn’t it?
5:15-7:00 Big thanks to Squarespace for their support of the program! Everyone thank @Squarespace!
7:00-8:00 Let’s start with Facebook’s IPO. It went out at $38 this morning and closed at the same. Some people are calling this a dud. What do you think?
8:00-10:45 Thomas: Seems like they did a pretty good job matching demand and price.
10:45-12:00 SecondMarket set the price for the IPO months ago: true or false?
12:00-14:45 Marshall, what are your thoughts on day 1 of Facebook’s trading?
14:45-18:30 Marshall, is there one thing Zuckerberg could do to change their fate?
18:30-20:45 Is YouTube the best purchase in the history of technology?
20:45-23:30 Let’s all stop for a second and agree that YouTube is the more important company?
23:30-26:45 Thank you to GoToMeeting for supporting the show! Everyone thank @GoToMeeting!
26:45-28:45 How else should Facebook be making money?
28:45-33:45 Tyler: Do you think a competitor was behind the lawsuit filed against Facebook today?
33:45-36:30 What do you think the biggest risk factors are for Facebook?
36:30-41:30 Breaking: Facebook just bought the company Karma.
41:30-44:45 Congrats to Facebook, now let’s move on.
44:45-46:15 You know, Mark Zuckerberg just turned 28 this week.
46:15-47:30 Thomas: I’m not at all crazy about the Facebook mobile app.
47:30-48:00 Marshall, if you were Zuck, would you buy Pinterest?
48:00-51:30 Next story: BetterWorks made large staff cuts this week. CEO Paige Craig also indicated that they’ll be pivoting. Thomas, what do you think?
51:30-53:30 What do all of those human capital companies do?
53:30-56:30 Let’s talk about CEO Scott Thompson getting canned. Who didn’t see this coming?
56:30-57:30 Insight from Tyler: It’s like a pedophile at a Justin Bieber concert.
57:30-01:00:00 Marshall, what’s your take on all this Yahoo nonsense?
01:00:00-01:04:00 Jason reveals his game plan for revamping Yahoo. Does Marshall agree?
01:04:00-01:05:30 Thomas: I’ve always thought of Yahoo as more of a content company than as a tech company.
01:05:30-01:08:15 Aaron Sorkin has been tapped to adapt the Steve Jobs bio for the big screen. Who should play Jobs in this version?
01:08:15-01:10:30 How smart can Ashton be if he decided to do that horribly offensive Popchips commercial?
01:10:30-01:14:15 Kirin, are you offended by Ashton playing a Bollywood character?
01:14:15-01:15:30 Thomas: I like Daniel Day Lewis as an older Steve Jobs.
01:15:30-01:16:45 Thank you to Marshall and Thomas for joining us today. We’ll see you all next time.

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