TechZing is an informal bi-weekly chat show aimed at entreprenures and hackers interested in creating their own web app startup. The show is both educational (with practical advice) and conversational.
107: TZ Discussion - How to Get Hacked
Justin and Jason discuss the specific methods that Anonymous used to hack HBGary, how social media power tools like Pluggio could be used for ill in the wrong hands, more about when to abstract and where to store images, Jason's idea for a two-way linked karma system, the skill required to articulate complex ideas, how Jason gave an ownership stake in Appignite to a previous investor, how Uber raised 11 million in VC funding, Justin's idea for a "no investment" movement and the secrets of freemium pricing.
106: TZ Discussion - The Bad Version
Justin and Jason discuss WordPress backup site BlogVault, the backlash on the Skype 5 UI and the possibility for a Skype competitor, the guerrilla tactics behind bootstrapping a startup, methods of sending email through code, Anonymous and the Wikileaks controversy, why Jason is irritated by Justin's iPhone email trailer, securing images on a web server, why arguing is pointless, Justin's eager vs Jason's lazy approach to abstracting code, why Jason feels that switching to Subversion has been a waste of his time and understanding the motivation equation.
105: TZ Discussion - The Infinity Inbox
Justin and Jason discuss the concept of the Infinity Inbox, point inflation on Hacker News, the latest with Appignite and Pluggio, how to build authority on the web, how Jason took on too many projects and how he's rectifying the situation, why Stargate Universe was canceled, why Justin was in and out of school as a kid and the cost-benefit analysis of learning a second language if your first language is English.
104: TZ Interview - Andrew Warner / Mixergy
Justin and Jason interview Andrew Warner, host of the entrepreneur interview show Mixergy, about his experience with his first company, why he started his podcast, what he's learned along the way and what his plans are for the future.
103: TZ Panel – Sébastien Arnaud & Samuel Clay
Justin, Jason and panel guests Sébastien Arnaud and Samuel Clay discuss the status of Sébastien's game AI framework - Cerebro, the AI behind News Blur, the News Blur business model, Open Calais, Game Center and how Titanium does not actually compile to native code, Coffee Script, Backbone.js, Underscore.js, Node.js, Couch DB, Gabriel Weinberg's recent PR coup, homeschooling and unschooling, the prospect of cloning a Woolly Mammoth and the latest in Justin's dental adventures.
102: TZ Interview - Pioneer One / The No Budget TV Show
Justin and Jason speak with the creators of the serial drama series Pioneer One, Josh Bernhard and Bracey Smith, about how they were able to raise $6,000 in donations on Kickstarter to shoot a full-length pilot episode that was downloaded over a millions times on BitTorrent and won best drama of the 2010 New York Television Festival.
101: TZ Discussion - Right Voice, Wrong Face
Justin and Jason discuss life with kids, the Calacanis interview, the mismatch between Jason's voice and face, the status of Appignite and the inherit complexity of the problem, how Justin increased Pluggio's customer conversion rates and why his localization effort was a waste of time, hypothese driven development, the top ten mistakes in behavior change, the lessons learned from TechCrunch's bad review of MinuteBox, the story of how Jason sold his 300 ZX, how Reddit grew 230% in 2010, the lessons learned from Quora, seed stage valuations, Gabriel Wienberg's latest micro opportunity and startup advice from Tim Ferris.
100: TZ Interview - Jason Calacanis / The Godfather
Justin and Jason speak with guest Jason Calacanis about his surprising relationship to TechZing, the This Week In web TV network and his unfortunate fallout with Leo Laporte, how he's iterated and pivoted with Mahalo, the Jason Nation email list and why he stopped blogging, the LAUNCH Conference, the Open Angel Forum, Weblogs, Inc., delegating and growing companies, doing a startup while raising a family, the Beta Cast, martial arts, fat blogging and about a million other things.
99: TZ Panel - Gabriel Weinberg & Peter Cooper
Justin, Jason and panel guests Peter Cooper and Gabriel Weinberg discuss the weaknesses of Google search and the opportunities that exist for upstart competitors, how to recognize the early signs of exponential growth, the importance of maintaining psychological resilience as a solo entrepreneur, dispelling the myth that ideas are worthless, the two primary habits of creative people, recent changes made to Pluggio's user journey, pricing and signup process, Peter's e-book project and the potential growth in e-book readers, the tools they use, the technologies they're most excited about and what they wish they knew better.
98: TZ Interview - Lance Jones / Conversion Optimization
Justin and Jason speak with conversion expert Lance Jones about the three fundamental questions that need to be asked to optimize conversion and the tools required to answer those questions.
97: TZ Discussion - Paralysis through Successalysis
Justin and Jason discuss streaming Netflix on the Netgear Roku XD and the LG BD 570, how the show Pioneer One was bootstrapped with only $6,000 in donations, refactoring the Uber code base and implementing a node.js solution, the value of building a presence on GitHub, optimizing the Pluggio customer funnel, A/B testing "merry christmas" vs "happy holidays", relying on intuition vs testing, how you can succeed in spite of making mistakes, why it's important to set short-term as well as long-term goals, Jason's idea for a goal setting app, how success can paralyze future efforts, a list of potential blog posts and how Jason is learning Python to solve a series of boring problems.
96: TZ Interview – Sean K. Murphy / Startup Strategy
Justin and Jason speak with Sean K. Murphy, founder of SKMurphy, Inc, a Silicon Valley strategy consultancy for B2B software startups, about how tech entrepreneurship has evolved over the past thirty years, the most common mistakes made by entrepreneurs, the analytical framework he uses to understand and advise startups, the thinkers that have most influencing his understanding of the startup process, his criticisms of the product/market fit concept, his thoughts on business plans, why he started Bootstrappers Breakfast and his thoughts on how Jason should proceed with AppIgnite.
95: TZ Discussion - Lost in LA
95: TZ Discussion - Lost in LA by techzing
94: TZ Interview – Amy Hoy / How to Build a Product Empire
94: TZ Interview – Amy Hoy / How to Build a Product Empire by techzing
93: TZ Discussion – Blowing Up on Hacker News
93: TZ Discussion – Blowing Up on Hacker News by techzing