108: TZ Interview - Kyle Bragger / Forrst

Justin and Jason talk to Kyle Bragger, founder of…

Justin and Jason talk to Kyle Bragger, founder of the developer and design community Forrst, about what sparked the idea and how he launched it as a side project, how he selected the technology stack and how it's evolved, how they've dealt with scaling and security, his thoughts on coding frameworks and development methodologies, why and how they created a user-linked karma system and his vision for Forrst's future growth as an angel funded business.

107: TZ Discussion - How to Get Hacked

Justin and Jason discuss the specific methods tha…

Justin and Jason discuss the specific methods that Anonymous used to hack HBGary, how social media power tools like Pluggio could be used for ill in the wrong hands, more about when to abstract and where to store images, Jason's idea for a two-way linked karma system, the skill required to articulate complex ideas, how Jason gave an ownership stake in Appignite to a previous investor, how Uber raised 11 million in VC funding, Justin's idea for a "no investment" movement and the secrets of freemium pricing.

106: TZ Discussion - The Bad Version

Justin and Jason discuss WordPress backup site Bl…

Justin and Jason discuss WordPress backup site BlogVault, the backlash on the Skype 5 UI and the possibility for a Skype competitor, the guerrilla tactics behind bootstrapping a startup, methods of sending email through code, Anonymous and the Wikileaks controversy, why Jason is irritated by Justin's iPhone email trailer, securing images on a web server, why arguing is pointless, Justin's eager vs Jason's lazy approach to abstracting code, why Jason feels that switching to Subversion has been a waste of his time and understanding the motivation equation.

105: TZ Discussion - The Infinity Inbox

Justin and Jason discuss the concept of the Infin…

Justin and Jason discuss the concept of the Infinity Inbox, point inflation on Hacker News, the latest with Appignite and Pluggio, how to build authority on the web, how Jason took on too many projects and how he's rectifying the situation, why Stargate Universe was canceled, why Justin was in and out of school as a kid and the cost-benefit analysis of learning a second language if your first language is English.

104: TZ Interview - Andrew Warner / Mixergy

Justin and Jason interview Andrew Warner, host of…

Justin and Jason interview Andrew Warner, host of the entrepreneur interview show Mixergy, about his experience with his first company, why he started his podcast, what he's learned along the way and what his plans are for the future.

103: TZ Panel – Sébastien Arnaud & Samuel Clay

Justin, Jason and panel guests Sébastien Arnaud a…

Justin, Jason and panel guests Sébastien Arnaud and Samuel Clay discuss the status of Sébastien's game AI framework - Cerebro, the AI behind News Blur, the News Blur business model, Open Calais, Game Center and how Titanium does not actually compile to native code, Coffee Script, Backbone.js, Underscore.js, Node.js, Couch DB, Gabriel Weinberg's recent PR coup, homeschooling and unschooling, the prospect of cloning a Woolly Mammoth and the latest in Justin's dental adventures.

102: TZ Interview - Pioneer One / The No Budget TV Show

Justin and Jason speak with the creators of the s…

Justin and Jason speak with the creators of the serial drama series Pioneer One, Josh Bernhard and Bracey Smith, about how they were able to raise $6,000 in donations on Kickstarter to shoot a full-length pilot episode that was downloaded over a millions times on BitTorrent and won best drama of the 2010 New York Television Festival.

101: TZ Discussion - Right Voice, Wrong Face

Justin and Jason discuss life with kids, the Cala…

Justin and Jason discuss life with kids, the Calacanis interview, the mismatch between Jason's voice and face, the status of Appignite and the inherit complexity of the problem, how Justin increased Pluggio's customer conversion rates and why his localization effort was a waste of time, hypothese driven development, the top ten mistakes in behavior change, the lessons learned from TechCrunch's bad review of MinuteBox, the story of how Jason sold his 300 ZX, how Reddit grew 230% in 2010, the lessons learned from Quora, seed stage valuations, Gabriel Wienberg's latest micro opportunity and startup advice from Tim Ferris.

100: TZ Interview - Jason Calacanis / The Godfather

Justin and Jason speak with guest Jason Calacanis…

Justin and Jason speak with guest Jason Calacanis about his surprising relationship to TechZing, the This Week In web TV network and his unfortunate fallout with Leo Laporte, how he's iterated and pivoted with Mahalo, the Jason Nation email list and why he stopped blogging, the LAUNCH Conference, the Open Angel Forum, Weblogs, Inc., delegating and growing companies, doing a startup while raising a family, the Beta Cast, martial arts, fat blogging and about a million other things.

99: TZ Panel - Gabriel Weinberg & Peter Cooper

Justin, Jason and panel guests Peter Cooper and G…

Justin, Jason and panel guests Peter Cooper and Gabriel Weinberg discuss the weaknesses of Google search and the opportunities that exist for upstart competitors, how to recognize the early signs of exponential growth, the importance of maintaining psychological resilience as a solo entrepreneur, dispelling the myth that ideas are worthless, the two primary habits of creative people, recent changes made to Pluggio's user journey, pricing and signup process, Peter's e-book project and the potential growth in e-book readers, the tools they use, the technologies they're most excited about and what they wish they knew better.
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