Our guest this week was internet entrepreneur Jason Nazar from Doctstoc.com, the premier document sharing site and online community. He briefly discussed his journey to get off the ground and gave some great advice to would-be entrepreneurs about how to secure capital, build connections, and make the best with limited resources.
Joe Waltman, a bootstrapping entrepreneur out of Orange County, CA, called in during “Ask Jason” to find out how to find and recruit a technical co-founder for his new startup. What did Jason say? You’ll have to watch to find out.
Jason also brought Taurus and Fondue (his two bulldogs) to help with sending the most recent departed company to the “Deadpool.” Plus, we’ve got a new newscaster! Amanda Coolong, Chief Correspondent for TechZulu, talked with the Jasons about potential MySpace layoffs, the iPhone/Palm Pre launches (and the accompanying Leo Laporte vs Mike Arrington fight), and Facebook’s Vanity URL’s, among other stories.
Make sure to tune in next week in our guest is Sean Spector from GameFly.
Tags: Amanda Coolong, DocStoc.com, Facebook, Fondue, GameFly, iPhone, Jason Nazar, Joe Waltman, Leo Laporte, MySpace, Palm Pre, Sean Spector, Taurus
Pay no attention to Spolsky re: your intro music, I think it’s perfect.
awesome week!
Is it possible to download an MP3 to enjoy on my commute?
I look forward to this show every week, keeps me thinking and I guessing the dead pool, I linked you to you in my blog, that’s not saying much, but I am very satisfied with the content on this podcast! good luck to everyone going to TC50.
Hey Jason, love the show, and it’s improving in quality all the time. It’s great inpiration for us gathering courage to start our own business. A tip for the player; choose an embeded video player i which you can skip. I was listening to audio-podcast and wanted to see what your dogs were up to, but skipping was a pain. Kaizen // Karl
Re: MySpace management commentary
I understand Jason’s perspective and not being willing to take on a company that has reached or passed its peak, but there are managers who specialise in certain phases of a company life cycle. Not everyone is an entrepreneur, and not everyone likes to start form scratch. Some individuals are more comfortable in an established firm role, maintaining a ship’s course, and finding new ways to grow.
Jason, you’ve worked in publishing, you should be able to relate to this analogy of different styles and ways of working – a writer that starts with a blank page versus an editor who finds the parts to be added, changed or removed.