Shark Tank Takeover -TWiST #311

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It's a special Shark Tank Takeover edition of TWiST! Five companies pitch their ideas to Jason and Tyler, will Jason invest in one of these companies? Also, Tyler drops a very insightful insight.

0:30 Welcome to this special Shark Tank Takeover edition on This Week in Startups
3:30 If you want to hire Tyler email Jason and jason@calacanis.com
4:00 December 14, we are doing a live filming of TWiST with Jeff Cavalier. Go to twistlive.com/eventbrite
5:50 Explain the concept of your crowdfunding SourceBits app
9:25 Thanks to GoToMeeting for sponsoring the program, now you can present from your iPad. Use promo code "Start" for a 30 day free trial
12:15 Our first company, ActivityHero pitch!
13:30 Tyler what do you think of the pitch?
15:10 Why was that pitch only a 7?
16:40 What do you think of the idea?
18:00 Are you actually collecting the money and then giving it to the business?
18:45 What does a subscription fee cost?
19:25 VendorStack pitch, Go!
20:35 So this is Yelp for SaaS?
21:10 What is the Quora piece?
22:30 Tyler what do you think of the pitch?
23:45 What do you give the idea?
24:35 What do you make on your average lead?
25:30 What is the poster child effect?
26:10 What do you give the business?
27:15 FanDonkey pitch Go!
28:50 What is a wedge strategy?
30:55 Tyler what do you give the idea?
32:20 AskYourUsers.com Go!
34:05 Tyler what do you think of the pitch?
39:20 Amelia could you get in trouble for insider trading for this/
39:40 This is in the marketplace correct?
41:00 Does this break employment agreements at users' companies?
43:05 What is the "risk of ruin"?
44:30 Amelia, what is your rebuttal?
44:55 Are you reviewing each engagement?
45:20 Why don't you make this completely anonymous to protect yourselves?
46:45 Spikes pitch, GO!
50:30 What do you give the pitch Tyler?
54:20 Do you guys record everything that happens in the browser?
58:00 Tyler who is your number one and number two?
59:25 Winner Announced.
61:00 Let's welcome the SourceBits Team
62:40 What is design lead engineering?
66:30 How will someone know to click on the product name and access more information?
75:00 Thanks to SourceBits for helping us change the world. Thanks to GoToMeeting! Great to have you back Tyler! We'll see you next time.

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Tyler: @steepdecline
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Special thanks to the members of the TWiST Backchannel Program!

Executive Producers

• Louis-Eric Simard
• Benjamin Gifford
• Jacek Artymiak
• Octavian Mihai
• Will Paoletto
• Geoffrey Clapp
• Jeff Hoffer
• Austin Miller
• Rashaun Sourles
• Robb Kunz
• Greg Berry
• Sean Lynch
• Mary Ann Halford
• Jim Joyce
• Morgan Howard
• Margaret Johns
• Kyle M. Brown
• Paul Cole
• Nick Duncan
• Magnus Ingvarsson
• Amir Ayalon
• Carlos Zaidenweber
• Avery Keitt
• Joshua Shipsey

Producers

• Eli Coler
• Ted Inoue
• Radek Rybicki
• Hunter Owens
• Ildar Khakimov
• Matti Hallanoro
• Rodrigo Dauster
• Rodrigo Fuentes
• Anthony Ortenzi
• Daniel de la Cruz
• Michael Hofmann
• John Meneses
• Mike Sunyich
• Sami Rageb
• Michael Lustig
• Alex Deli
• John Davies
• Mark Burcher
• Morgan Howard
• Jeffrey Yan

Associate Producers

• Brad Pineau
• Kat Ganesan
• Nicholas Christian
• Mau Frontier
• Kyle Braatz
• Serena Ehrlich
• JD
• Alex Lotoczko
• James Kennedy
• Benoit Curdy
• Asher Nevins
• Mike Kaltschnee
• William Doom
• David Lee
• Jake Kerber
• Sarp Coskun
• Giuseppe Taibi
• Tyrone Rubin
• Keno Vigil
• Paul Peters
• Jamal Waring
• Nick Ostroff
• Alex Binkley
• John MP Knox
• Bryan McCormick
• Marcos Trinidad
• Allen Cordrey
• Daniel Mich
• Joshua Rosen
• Grant Carlile
• James Smith
• Christopher Rill
• Elliot Myhre
• Nihon Giga
• Nathan Gielis
• Greg Meadows
• Rick Cartwright
• Jacques Struwig
• Robert Ward
• Adam Gering
• Shelley Gaskin
• Jim Shute

Supporters

• Ryan Hoover
• Michael Cranston
• Josiah Thomas
• João Fernandes
• Petrus Theron
• Michael Wild
• Dale Emmons
• Tim de Jardine
• Alejandro Vasquez
• Milan Babuskov
• Chris Rowe
• Nelson Melo
• James Dawson
• Toddy Mladenov
• Daniel Torres
• Chris Macke
• Piotr Zuralski
• Armand Konan
• Brian Vogel
• Paul D
• Jennifer Sun
• David Kolb
• Sue Marrone
• Eugene Granovksy
• Will Blackton
• Ryan Dodds
• Brett Arp
• Jason Cresswell
• Edwin Orange
• Daniel Bradley
• Shawn Daniel
• Priidu Kull
• Patrick Desroches
• Alex Lam
• Paul Secor
• Ryan Urabe
• Madhu R.
• Paul Ardeleanu
• Ian Thomas
• Manny Alarcon
• Charlie Osmond
• Christopher Smitley
• Roshan H.
• Barcy Cordrey
• Matt Beaubien
• Matthew Smith
• Oscar Bueno
• Tim Hoyt
  
• Ian Gerstel
• Taphon Maddison
• John Bradley
• Luigi Armogida
• Dave Ferrara
• Janus Lindau
• Chris Mancil
• TR Ludwig
• Giles Thomas
• Jason Cartwright
• Michael Del Borrello
• Joshua Rosen
• David Karlberg
• Marcus Schappi
• Justin Furniss
• Mike Hauck
• Jess Bachman
• Isaac Hill
• Robert Haydock
• Dan Sfera
• Flaviu Simihaian
• Kiko Cherman
• Chandra Siva
• Kasper Andkjaer
• Zach Woodward
• Chris Galasso
• Chad Olsen
• Michael Grabham
• John Shiple
• Gregory Hoffman
• Chris Rickard
• Eskil Steenberg
• Jay Moran
• Karim Sarkis
• Michael Davidovich
• Petru Marchidan
• Sam Drzymala