This Week in Startups #18 with Mike Jones and Peter Hirschberg

We had a special episode this week, live from the Digital Family Summit in Santa Monica, CA.  Jason chatted with Mike Jones, COO of MySpace, and Peter Hirschberg, CEO of The Conversation Group, about community building and the challenges facing companies trying to establish themselves in the space.  Tune in to see all the insights from these three veteran community builders. Just a quick reminder - we'll be having another special bonus episode on Monday at 1:30pm with Kimbal Musk, so make sure to tune in then!

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TONIGHT: Live from Digital Family Summit

In case you haven't heard already, we'll be live from Digital Family Summit tonight @ 7pm (PDT).  Jason will be joined by two guests - MySpace COO Mike Jones & Conversation Group CEO Peter Hirschberg.  Tune in right here, or if you're in the LA area, stop by the event, happening at Wokano in Santa Monica.

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We're Looking for Some Help

We've officially grown to big for our current size and we need some help with our continued work.  If you've got a sales background and are interested in working with This Week in Startups (plus Kevin Pollak's Chat Show and all of Jason's conferences), check out Jason's post about our current search for a new Director of Sales.

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This Week in Startups #17 with Ryan Block & Peter Rojas [BONUS #1]

It's the first of our special "bonus" episodes - a series of slightly shorter shows consisting of just the interviews with some of the top influencers in tech.  Joining us today are Ryan Block and Peter Rojas, co-founders of gadget lover site GDGT. Tune in to find out how they got their starts and have become two of the most influential journalists in tech.

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This Week in Startups #16 with Brandon Kessler

Jason's guest on Friday's show was Brandon Kessler, CEO of ChallengePost - an online site where anyone can create challenges (like the X-Prize) and make them available to the public.  This is Brandon's fourth startup, so tune in to see how he keeps creating, and executing, all these great ideas. We also had special callers this week - the founders of redbeacon and anyclip, the winner and one of the semi-finalists from TechCrunch50 2009.  Ever wondered what it's like to present at TC50?  Tune in to get the behind the scenes scoop. Just a reminder, we'll be on at a special time this week, 7pm (PDT) - live from the Digital Family Summit in Santa Monica, CA.  See you then!

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