Thursday, December 10, 2009
Again from ThisWeekInStartups.com, the Jason Calacanis ustream.tv show. It’s a great show, and the experience of watching it live has turned out to be a little bit addictive. Check out #TWIST on Twitter. Jason is simply Twitter.com/Jason.
In this audio clip from ‘Jason’s Shark Tank’, Jason tells caller/developer Kevin, of pikk.com what he likes about what [...]
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Also tagged audio clip, domain broker, domain noob, domains, domains are brands, four letter domain names, Jason Calacanis, pikk.com, startups, This Week In Startups, twist
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Wednesday, December 9, 2009
But don’t take my word for it. Here’s another Jason Calacanis audio clip from This Week In Startups, episode 29.
Jason on ‘Dot Com’
The context is a domain/brand a caller mentioned in a previous ‘Ask Jason’ segment.
Jason Calacanis: Isn’t it amazing though Tyler? The people with the naming.
Tyler Crowley: I just found out… I think [...]
Saturday, December 5, 2009
I wasn’t the only one scratching his head when I read the TechCrunch story announcing Twitter founder Jack Dorsey’s new, very cool, credit card reading startup. It’s called ‘Square’. But the domain is squareup.com. Here’s Elliot Silver’s take (links to full post)
TechCrunch reported today that Jack Dorsey, founder of Twitter, has launched a mobile payment [...]
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Also tagged domain broker, domains, domains are brands, elliot silver, feedafever.com, fever, jack Dorsey, Shaun Inman, square, squareup.com
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Sunday, November 15, 2009
This has only happened once before, at the .ME launch, when I was able to register through GoDaddy great names like Portland.Me, Camden.Me, Hire.Me, Tag.Me, and RSVP.Me. I was right there on opening day so for about an hour I thought I actually owned those domains. I had put them in my Shopping Cart and [...]
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
I’ve been listening to a LOT of startup related podcasts. Especially ThisWeekInStartups.com mentioned earlier and Andrew Warner’s Mixergy.com. I’ve pretty much spent the last month going over every one of Andrew’s podcasts. It’s surprising how many startups miss the boat on domains and how that can impact marketing efforts. I think this clip from [...]
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Also tagged adly.com, Andrew Warner, audio clip, domains are brands, Entrepreneurship 101, GetGambit.com, Grasshopper.com, Mixergy, mp3, Noah Kagan, poleon.com, startups
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Wednesday, October 14, 2009
From Jason Calacanis of Mahalo and ThisWeekInStartups.com TWIST Episode 16.
Listen to the clip
Jason Calacanis – … Number one, the name is terrible… If the name of the company is Aardvark you should own Aardvark dot com. They only own Vark dot com. I mean this is like 101 entrepreneurship stuff like name your company [...]
That’s a quote from a recent Frank Schilling interview at PlayingTheAngles.com. The context is:
FRANK: Well, the sellers aren’t going around now and saying the metrics don’t work, I’ll just lower my price. That’s just not happening. We’ve gone from 10X to 100X on the sell side. There are no big buyers anymore. But it really [...]
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Also tagged back-ordering, business ideas, click-alike, deleted domains, Domain Names For Sale, domain renewals, domains, domains for sale, ebay, expired domains, flipping, generic keyword domains, type-in, typosquatting
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Something Chris Tolles, CEO of Topix.com said on a This Week In Startups episode got this started. He stated that Content was worth $.08 to every $1. of Search. Thanks to the magic of Twitter, a DomainNoob like myself, was able to follow-up with Chris directly for details. He pointed me to research (here and [...]
For sale or lease. Domain name only. FeelGoodMovieOfTheYear.com
So you’re marketing a new major motion picture, but the problem is that the title, which the director insists upon, is absolutely impossible to remember. What to do? You’re in luck! For a few $k you can own FeelGoodMovieOfTheYear.com. Perfect, easy-to-remember URL for your heart-warming film. People will [...]
the second man gets the shell.”
Andrew Carnegie.
Today marks the 4th year anniversary of My Trip To Domainland. 4 years ago I concluded a four figure deal on a domain name I’d owned for years. I bought it for a vanity video site where I planned to host my collection of off-beat backstage band banter and [...]
