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0:00-2:00 Welcome everyone. Were here today with Rick Marini, CEO of BranchOut. 2:00-3:45 Ryan Carson had a great episode and we recently went and spoke at one of his conferences, right Tyler? 3:45-4:30 If you want to be part of the process of building the show, go to twistlist.co and join the Backchannel Producer Program! 4:30-7:30 Thank you to MailChimp for sponsoring the show! Everyone thank them @MailChimp on Twitter! 8:30-9:15 What is the product and why did you build it? 9:15-12:00 Give us some idea of the growth of the product. 12:00-13:45 Jason demos the BranchOut interface on Facebook. 13:45-15:15 How do you differentiate yourself from LinkedIn? 15:15-16:30 How many people are paying to advertise jobs on LinkedIn? 16:30-19:15 Why doesnt LinkedIn integrate with Facebook? 19:15-23:00 What happens when Facebook decides that they want to have a jobs feature? 23:00-23:45 And Facebook gets 0% of what you sell to recruiters right now? 23:45-27:30 What is the first-ever enterprise product youre launching on Facebook this week? 27:30-34:30 Thank you to SurveyMonkey for sponsoring the show. Everyone thank them on Twitter @SurveyMonkey. 34:30-35:15 So why didnt you call up Mark Pincus to invest? 35:15-40:00 Do you ever think you sold Tickle too soon? 44:15-46:45 What is your take on the current massive unemployment? 46:45-48:15 Are we not competitive enough as a country anymore? 48:15-52:30 Why dont we raise the tax on the rich 3% and put it toward engineering or <b>…<b>

0:00-1:45 Welcome everyone, were here today with Dan Martell of Flowtown. 1:45-4:30 Thank you to GoToMeeting for sponsoring the show. Everyone remember to thank @GoToMeeting on Twitter. 4:30-6:00 What is Flowtown? 7:30-8:30 Is it your belief that a large amount of this going on is gray or black hat? 8:30-9:30 Were a lot of other startups based on products like yours and Rapleaf? 9:30-10:45 Would there have ever been a problem with this if consumers better understood that their data is public if they put it on a social network? 11:45-13:45 What was the moment like when you found out you were getting shut down? 13:45-15:15 Is it a double-standard that Google can use data like this and other players cant? 15:15-17:00 How do you humanely lay people off? 17:00-18:30 What do you say to Dave McClure, Mitch Kapor, all of your investors? 18:30-22:15 Did you launch all three new products to see what would stick? 22:15-24:30 Who owns the person tweet stream for a company or service? 25:00-27:00 Thank you to Scott Walker Corporate Law for sponsoring the show. 27:00-28:30 Tell us about how you built the company back up and about the subsequent acquisition. 31:30-33:00 Tell us a little about DemandForce. 33:00-35:30 Whats the most clever "word of click" youve ever seen anyone else do? 35:30-38:30 Do you think Google+ will play a big role in search results? 38:30-43:00 How much of social media is just doing something unique vs. doing something really strategic? 44:15-46:30 Question <b>…<b>

0:00-1:00 Today, TWiST is featuring some of the standout companies from the 2012 LAUNCH Festival. 1:00-11:00 Captricitys presentation. Learn more at captricity.com. 11 Thank you to MailChimp for sponsoring the program! Everyone show their appreciation by tweeting their thanks to @mailchimp! 14:15-23:00 YouEyes presentation. Learn more at www.youeye.com. 23 Appstacks presentation. Learn more at goappstack.com. 33 Thank you to LiquidWeb for their support! Give them a "thank you" at @liquidweb! 36:00-46:45 Docstocs presentation. Learn more at www.docstoc.com. 46 Scoots presentation. Learn more at scootnetworks.com. Support This Week in Startups and independent media by joining the TWiST Producer Program at TwistList.co! Multilingual? Translate this episode of TWiST into another language and email the transcript to translate@thisweekin.com Keep up with the latest from our sister company, LAUNCH Where Over $1M in LAUNCH Festival Prize Money is Going www.launch.co LAUNCH Festival 2012 Winners www.launch.co Who Launched at the 2012 LAUNCH Festival www.launch.co Boom! Boom! Boom! www.launch.co LAUNCH Prizes Top $1M www.launch.co FOLLOW ON TWITTER Jason: @jason Captricity: @captricity YouEye: @youeyetests AppStack: @appstack Docstoc: @docstoc Scoot: @scootnetworks MailChimp: @mailchimp LiquidWeb: @liquidweb

0:00-2:15 Welcome everyone, to the second TWiST Santiago, Chile meetup! 2:15-4:30 Thank you to Scott Edward Walker of Walker Corporate Law for sponsoring the program! Everyone tweet their thanks to @ScottEdWalker! 5:30-6:15 James, how is everything down in Chile? 6:15-7:00 How is everything with the startup community down there, James? 7:00-9:00 Welcome to our special guest, Vivek Wadhwa! 9:00-9:30 So the companies will pitch, Tyler, Vivek and I will score them and then well move on. 9:30-10:30 First up is Denis Todirica from GlazeOn pitching his social sharing button that allows donations to good causes. (See an example at static.glazeon.com 10:30-14:45 So, walk me through an example of how this works. 14:45-15:30 Tyler, what do you think? 15:30-16:00 Denis, is the idea that the publisher will pay the charity? What exactly is the transaction model? 16:00-16:30 Wasnt there a cause-based ad network here in Los Angeles? 16:30-18:15 Vivek, what do you think? 18:15-20:15 Next up is Ian Ozsvald from Strong Steam (strongsteam.com), pitching an app store of data-mining and artificial intelligence APIs. 20:15-22:30 So far, Im very impressed with what we see here. 22:30-25:00 Jason walks through a use case for this product. 25:00-27:15 Tyler: Could you make a better mouse trap of all the barcodes scanners? 27:15-28:30 Vivek: This is where technology is headed; this is the right way to go. 28:30-31:00 Thank you to GoToMeeting for sponsoring the show. Everyone thank @GoToMeeting <b>…<b>

Join our new mailing list and be the first to learn about upcoming guests! Go to thisweekin.comemail. 00:00-00:30 Hi everybody, were in our new studio! We have a Shark Tank episode today on This Week in Startups. 1:00-1:22 Welcome to the new Mahalo and ThisWeekin offices, which nobody can see! With me is my partner in crime, Tyler Crowley. 1:48-2:30 Whats everybodys favorite part of the show? The Shark Tank. But were going to try and build people up, and tell them how to pitch their idea, because thats crucial to success in getting capital, getting team members, getting bought if thats your goal. 2:45 TYLER- Pitching is easy, but its not natural. Its something anybody can learn, in a relatively short amount of time, but its counter-intuitive. Almost everything youve learned about pitching is probably wrong. 3:00-5:05 Thank you to GoToMeeting for sponsoring the show! Everyone check them out and start a free trial at gotomeeting.com. 5:09-5:15 Lets get to the pitches, whos up first! 5:15-7:02 PITCH: Avery Keitt of Klassik Greekwear, www.sewklassik.com 7:05-10:55 Jason and Tyler analyze Averys pitch, explain how he made it personal! Avery gets a 9.5 for his pitch, 8.5 for his business. 11:12-12:00 Tylers remarks on the strength of Averys pitch, including its strong ending segment. 12:00-13:09 PITCH: Martin Floreani, CCO Flocasts, www.flocasts.com 13:09-14:30 Analysis of Flocast. Takeaway: Highlight the one or two most important walkaways, dont try and cram <b>…<b>

1:00-3:45 Welcome everyone, we have a News Panel today with Marshall Kirkpatrick and Jason Nazar. 3:45-6:45 Were very happy to have Trada rejoining us today on the program! Everyone show them that youre happy to have them back by thanking @Trada! 6:45-8:30 Google Glass was officially announced as a project on Wednesday. What would be some of the big value adds to having Google integrated with what you do everyday? 8:30-9:15 Jason, would you wear these? 9:15-12:15 Is this Googles iPad moment or is it their Newton moment? 12:15-14:30 Jason: I predict 20 or 30 years from now that only old people will remember that Google started in search. 14:30-15:00 The people who have more money have iPads, the people who have less money dont. 15:00-17:45 Marshall, should they be focusing on kooky products or working to preserve shareholder dividends? 17:45- On Thursday, President Obama signed the JOBS Act into law, a part of which will ease the regulatory burden on companies seeking to make an IPO. Will this stimulate IPOs? What is the most significant policy change here? 20:15-21:15 Jason N.: What this helps is the small business owners wanting to startup, mom and pop stores and people not looking for a liquidity event. 21:15-24:00 Marshall: From what I have read amongst crowd-funding specialists is that theres actually a lot of disappointment. 24:00-25:30 Jason N., would you invest in crowdfunding sites? Do you think theyre going to do well? 25:30-26:45 Will this have a material <b>…<b>

0:00-1:45 Welcome to the TWiST News Panel with Steve Blank and Dave Mathews. 1:45-4:00 Lon, Tyler, Dave, how are you all doing? 4:00-5:00 Thank you to Sourcebits for sponsoring the show. 5:00-7:15 Lets begin with Kevin Rose shutting down Oink and joining the Google team. Do you think this is a good move? 7:15-9:00 Insight from Tyler: Its like a billboard for a yardsale. 9:00-9:45 Whos going to be answering to who over at Google+? 9:45-12:30 What do you think, Steve? 12:30-15:00 What do you think Kevin has in store, Lon? 15:00-16:30 Yahoo has filed a suit against Facebook alleging that the social media giant has infringed upon their patents. 16:30-18:00 Dave, do you believe that these patents are legitimate? 18:00-22:00 Steve, whats your take on the patent situation? 22:00-24:00 Tyler: I think Yahoo picked the precise week to file this lawsuit. 24:00-25:00 What does Yahoo do moving forward, is the question? 25:00-25:45 Thank you to LiquidWeb for supporting the program. Everyone go to thisweekin.comliquidweb for $100 off hosting services. 25:45-29:15 At SXSW, a company called BBH Labs debuted an experiment called Homeless Hotspots. Is this a way to help homeless people and give them a leg up or is it crass exploitation? 29:15-32:00 Dave: As an entrepreneur, I love this idea. 32:00-37:00 Would people have had a problem with this if you replaced homeless people with college students? 37:00-39:30 Lets talk about StyleSeat. 39:30-44:15 What if there was an app where <b>…<b>

1:00-1:45 Welcome to this episode of TWiST with David Sacks of Yammer. Id also like to thank our friends at Tagged for lending us their studio space. Everyone check out Tagged.com. 1:45-3:00 The last time we had you on, David, how big was Yammer? 3:00-4:30 How did you pivot out of Geni? 4:30-7:00 Where is Yammer today? I hear you just raised $85M? 7:00-9:30 Discussion of IT versus user decision making. 9:30-12:45 Is this liberating for IT because they dont have to own making bad decisions? 12:45-14:15 So in a way this is becoming the Novell networks of enterprise. 14:15-14:45 Is this a better Google docs system? 14:45-18:00 Thank you to MailChimp for supporting TWiST! Everyone thank @MailChimp! 18:00-20:15 Do you see Dropbox or Box.com eventually becoming competitors? 20:15-22:15 What about CRM? Are there third party plug-ins for that? 22:15-24:00 Do you think enterprise will become one login across all services? 24:00-26:00 Is communication always terrible at companies? 26:00-28:30 In your opinion, has Yahoo has become a patent troll? 28:30-30:30 David explains why hes offering a $25k signing bonus for anyone who leaves Yahoo for Yammer. 30:30-32:45 Is it going to take a systematic approach to eliminate patent trolling? 32:45-36:00 How do you know the difference between photocopying a site and improving upon an idea? 36:00-38:00 Should small companies just start filing patents themselves? 38:00-43:15 Thank you to GoToMeeting for sponsoring the show! Everyone thank <b>…<b>

1:00-2:30 Welcome everyone, Im here today with Marco Zappacosta of Thumbtack. 2:30-4:00 How did we meet, Marco? 4:00-5:30 How is Thumbtack better than finding a babysitter elsewhere online? 5:30-10:00 Thank you to LiquidWeb for supporting TWiST! 10:00-13:00 So what youre trying to do is say, were focused on this issue and we want transparency? 13:00-19:00 It seems like theres less of a demand for forums to meet angels now than a few years ago, yes? 19:00-23:30 What about service providers suck at writing their own marketing profiles? 23:30- How did you go from raising an A round to where you are today, discussing termsheets? 29:45-35:00 Thank you to GoToMeeting for sponsoring the show! Everyone thank @GoToMeeting! 35:00-39:00 So if you did a felon or drivers license check, that may eliminate some of the cheaper options? 39:00-44:45 How do you handle the minimum wage issue? 44:45-51:00 Do you think that the age of a founder is an issue? 51:00-55:45 So your parents are famous entrepreneurs who built Logitech, correct? 55:45-59:15 How do you weed out the good from bad when hiring? 59:15-1:01:00 So when youre buying traffic, the person who wins is the one with the best business model? 1:01:00-1:05:45 A discussion of Googles increased presence into local search. 1:05:45-1:08:00 Have a been a good angel investor? I hope so. 1:08:00-1:09:30 Whats the latest at CNET, Stephen? 1:09:30-1:11:00 Marco, thank you for joining us. Well see you next time, everyone. Support This <b>…<b>

1:00-3:00 Welcome everyone, we have an exciting show today with the three winners of the LAUNCH Festival: SpaceMonkey, Alltuition and Scoot Networks. 3:00-4:30 Were happy to welcome eMinutes to the program as a new sponsor! Everyone thank them @eminutes! 4:30-5:00 Welcome Sue, how are you doing and how is Alltuition doing? 5:00-6:15 And we also have Clint Gordon-Carroll here from SpaceMonkey and Michael Keating from Scoot Networks. 6:15-7:30 What is Scoot and how have you been since the event? 7:30-9:15 How did you get people to come to your booth and care about your product? 9:15-10:30 Sue, what was your experience like, from the moment you got accepted to the moment you got onstage? 10:30-11:30 What about the rehearsal process, how did that go? 11:30-13:00 Tyler, do you remember your first impressions of Alltuition? 13:00-14:15 Sue, do you remember how long your pitch ended up being? 14:15-16:45 Clint, tell everyone what SpaceMonkey is. 16:45-20:00 Is SpaceMonkey the kind of thing where you can tell immediately if someone is getting it? 20:00-21:00 Clint explains how SpaceMonkey is reducing the carbon footprint. 21:00-22:15 How far along was Scoot Networks when you were in the Demo Pit? 22:15-24:00 Thank you to Trada for supporting the program! Everyone thank @Trada for their sponsorship! 24:00-27:00 Sue, what was it like when you found out that you won the 2.0 competition? 27:00-28:15 What investors did you have come from the event, Michael? 28:15-30:15 How important <b>…<b>