TWiST with Matt Coffin | E27

In this episode, Jason Calacanis interviews Matt Coffin, founder of Lower My Bills, discussing his entrepreneurial journey and shift to angel investing. They also talk about startup quality versus rapid iteration, protecting business ideas, and evaluate startup pitches. The episode includes a news segment covering tech headlines, and previews of startups Retrivo, Boxy, and Roku.

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Jason Calacanis

Host • 47%

Matt Coffin

Guest • 41%

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Chapters

0:00	Introduction and Interview with Matt Coffin, founder of Lower My Bills
0:26	Sponsor: Web Spy, D and AML, Ustream, Audible
1:13	Discussion on Angel Investing Corexu Forum
2:52	Matt Coffin's journey from selling Lower My Bills to becoming an angel investor
10:41	Discussion on the balance between quality and rapid iteration in startups
28:42	Callers join the podcast: Protecting your business idea and promoting a sustainable hardwood business
42:27	Discussing the worst and best startup pitches
46:02	Shark Tank segment: Phil from Burbank introduces his pitch
1:00:42	The importance of focus and the "Not now" list
1:07:14	The process of selling Matt Coffin's company
1:18:20	Discussing angel investing and charging to pitch
1:20:19	Sponsor: Audible
1:21:21	Lon's News segment: Google's acquisition of Gizmo 5, potential sale of Mahalo, CNN.com layoffs, launch of Clicker and Yidio
1:36:25	Matt Coffin's interest in funding a virtual assistant, mobile, social commerce businesses
1:44:11	Basketball banter with Matt Coffin
1:47:23	Introduction to Retrivo, a startup that aggregates reviews
1:49:35	Introduction to Boxy and Roku's new set-top boxes
1:54:38	Discussing Twitter's unique user decline according to Comscore
1:57:58	The end-of-show meditation session
2:01:07	Thanks to sponsors: Web Spy, DNA Mail, Ustream, Audible
2:01:44	Preview of next week's guest: Ian Rogers from TopSpin

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