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TWiST Santiago, Chile Meetup | E200

E200 • Oct 26, 2011 • 84 mins

In this episode, Jason Calacanis and Tyler Crowley host a TWiST Chile Meetup, reviewing pitches from various startups including Schooools.com, AgentPiggy.com, Piehole.tv, Dentalink, Loveblip.com, and 3scan.com. They offer critiques, discuss business strategies, and rank the startups. The episode concludes with a discussion on the Chilean startup scene.

Speakers

Jason Calacanis

Host • 64%

Tyler Crowley

Guest • 15%

Chapters

0:00	Welcome everyone to another TWiST Chile Meetup!
1:27	You can learn how to have that Samurai Spirit and intro to Tyler
2:00	Scott Walker intro
3:00	Recap of past meetups, South Africa, London
5:00	Welcome to the Chats!
6:46	GoTo Meeting Ad
8:21	Welcome to Chile! Introductions
9:34	Schooools.com Pitch
11:00	Jason's critique of Schooools.com
14:00	Tyler's critique of Schooools.com. Make an emotional connection during the pitch!
16:40	Valente's response, Jason discusses transforming schooools.com into a mobile ap
19:00	Discussion of Launch Tablet Conference
21:29	www.agentpiggy.com pitch, Pablo Ambram
23:00	Jason and Tyler evaluate Agent Piggy pitch
26:15	Tyler and Jason score the presentation and the business of Agent Piggy
27:19	Walker Corporate Law ad
30:19	Jason evaluates Agent Piggy's financial advice levels, teaching kids about money
34:43	Piehole.tv Pitch
36:17	Piehole evaluation. Some startups are spending 50k on videos.
37:25	Why are videos important to a startup; comparing web video to traditional television.
39:40	Tyler breaks down Piehole's pitch!
41:30	Jason scores Piehole: 7 pitch, 7 product, Tyler gives the pitch an 8, the product a 6.5
43:00	Dentalink pitch
45:26	Tyler's evaluation. Use the best-use case.
46:08	46: Jason evaluation. Make it about numbers!
47:10	Tyler: does this service increase revenues?
48:40	Why dentists issue surveys
49:00	Dentalink scores, evaluation of business issues
53:42	www.loveblip.com pitch! Frederico pitches.
56:00	Jason and Tyler evaluate www.loveblip.com , and Tyler is digging the shirt, but the pitch needs serious work.
58:32	Jason tackles the "interests issue" with dating sight www.loveblip.com
1:00:51	Jason designs a simple app for dating
1:01:41	Loveblip.com's interest pages explained
1:05:04	Loveblip gets a lifeline!
1:06:48	Jason and Tyler do the post-lifeline evaluation
1:08:48	www.3scan.com pitches
1:10:08	Evaluation of 3scan begins
1:11:30	How do we score this one?
1:12:10	Insight from Tyler
1:13:20	Baby pigeons explained.
1:15:15	Winners are picked!
1:16:00	Ranking the Chile Startups
1:17:00	Thanks James!
1:17:38	The Chilean startup exodus
1:20:20	Wrap up, thank you to GoTo Meeting and Walker Corporate Law. See you next time on ThisWeekin Startups!

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