This Week's TWiST

"" Jason's guest this week will be Kamran Pourzanjani, co-founder and CEO of Pricegrabber - also, week's episode will be happening at a special time, Thursday @ 3pm (PST).  Kamran founded PriceGrabber back in 1999 and built it into one of the biggest comparison shopping sites on the web before selling it to Experian in 2005 for almost $500 million.  Since selling PriceGrabber, Kamran has been a fixture in the LA tech scene as both an angel investor and advisor to startups.  His newest project is Bestcovery, an expert rating and reviews site. We'll also have a special scheduled episode next week (Tuesday @ 2pm) thanks to the Thanksgiving holiday.  Jason's guest then will be Jim Lanzone, CEO of Clicker.

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Vote on Open Angel Forum Logos

Hey guys, we've been getting some great logos for the Open Angel Forum, but we need your feedback on which one you like the best.  As always, if you think you can do better, give it a shot!  E-mail any new logos to contact (at) thisweekinstartups (dot) com.

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This Week in Startups #27 with Matt Coffin

Our second episode this week (making up for the missed one last week), Jason is joined by Matt Coffin, angel investor and founder of LowerMyBills.com. Matt founded LowerMyBills back in 1999 (full details about his inspiration come during the first part of his interview) and later sold it to Experian for over $300M. Since then he's become an angel investor and advisor to startups around the world (including Mahalo). Check out the full episode to find out about his management style, the type of companies he really wants to invest in, and how to get funding with your next project.

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This Week in Startups #26 with Matt Mullenweg

Live from the Business of Software conference in San Francisco, it's This Week in Startups! Jason's guest on this special episode was Matt Mullenweg, founder of Wordpress. Matt's accomplished an incredible amount, especially considering he's only 25! Tune in to hear how he created Wordpress, the decision to split off the project to non-profit and for-profit entities, and how he likes to run his companies.

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On Friday's Show: Matt Coffin

Joining Jason this Friday will be entrepreneur and angel investor extraordinaire, Matt Coffin.  Matt is well known for his creation of LowerMyBills.com, which was later sold to Experian.  Since then Matt has advised, and invested in, a number of startups including Mahalo, DocStoc, and Demand Media.  Matt will chatting with Jason about how he got his start, the process of building LowerMyBills.com and how he chooses his angel investments. A full list of Matt's investments include: Buscape (comparison shopping in south america - sold oct 2009 for 330m) Mahalo Rubicon Project Demand media Docstoc Ebureau Hautelook Impact radius Inadco Machinima 2tor Billshrink Don't forget, special bonus episode Wednesday @ 5pm, live from Joel Spolsky's Startup Workshop.  Jason will be interviewing Wordpress.com founder Matt Mullenweg and taking tons of questions from the audience.  Make sure to tune in!

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