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A Great Domain Name Is a “Signal of Quality”

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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You’re Going To Wind Up With A Dot Com

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 [...]

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TWiST Angel Showdown – Things Got Interesting!

Friday, October 16, 2009

TWiST #23 – Angel Funding Showdown

I’m assuming that’s a Halloween AK-47 Jason Calacanis is holding. The other fellow is Steve Bell (links to his take on all this). Things got a little heated today on This Week In Startups around the issue of Jason’s current beef, “Why startups shouldn’t have to pay to pitch angel [...]

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Entrepreneurship 101 – Name Your Company The Same As Your Domain Name

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 [...]

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