- Startups - News Roundtable with Henry Blodget and Mike Isaac-TWiST #E340

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Henry Blodget, CEO & editor of Business Insider, and Mike Isaac, senior editor at All Things D, analyzed Facebook Home & the market for the HTC First before discussing with Jason & Kirin the Mike Arrington allegations, Twitter Cards, Bitcoin, Tesla's new lease program and Ken Auletta's profile of Henry in the New Yorker.

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2:00 On this episode of TWiST we've got Henry Blodget of Business Inside and Mike Isaac of AllThingsD

3:15 Thanks to theresumator.com for sponsoring the program. This is their first ad on TWiST and I don't even need the copy, that's how much I love the product

5:30 Welcome Henry Blodget, my friend of last two decades!

6:00 How did it feel when Jeff Bezos invested in your company?

7:30 Discussion about quality of CEO Jeff Bezos v. Zuckerburg

9:00 Elon Musk v. Zuckerburg

9:22 Zuckerburg v Larry Page

10:30 News Story #1 Facebook Home, HTC First Release

11:30 Best Zuckerburg product release of all time?

13:10 Henry what do you think?

15:45 What do you think of the chat heads? Isaac?

17:15 What do you think of Zuckerburg's performance on the product release? Henry?

18:00 Henry are you going to long the stock (FB)?

20:00 Content, Ad, Content, Content, Ad Discussion w/ Facebook Home, HTC First

22:00 Thank you to my friends at My Turnstone! We love our new beatiful furniture! Go to myturnstone.com/twist to receive 10% off your first order

26:30 News Story #2 Mike Arrington Debacle

28:00 Jason weighs in

30:00 What do you think about this Henry?

33:30 M. Isaac weighs in

36:00 M. Isaac asks Jason about his comment on Facebook after the story broke

40:50 M. Isaac asks Jason: Do you think Mike is going to comment?

41:18 Henry what is your response to a lack of comment from Mike, AOL, etc?

43:40 Reference to Ellen Powell situation

45:00 Jason reflects on a past Mike Arrington story

48:45 News Story #3 Twitter Cards Release

51:05 Is this a business model Henry?

52:22 Why don't they pay a penny per click for example?

53:20 News Story #4 Bitcoin

57:00 How do governments respond to this?

58:30 Mike, do you think you'll see this go mainstream?

1:01:00 What do you think about Zynga? Does it have a chance?

1:01:50 News Story #4 New Tesla Lease Option

1:06:26 Mike what do you think?

1:10:00 Thank you Henry! Thank you Mike! Great show!

1:11:48 Thank you The Resumator! Thank you My Turnstone!

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