The Start of Something Big
I've been listening to Jason Calacanis' podcast titled "This Week in Startups" since episode eight or nine. In the micro-blogging-verse it's hashed #TWiST. At the time of writing this post they're up to 10 episodes and I'm in a mad dash to catch up. Like most other folks, trying out a new podcast, you'll listen to the latest episode and if it fancies you - you'll then start from the beginning and work your way up.
What's My Angle?
For some reason, I really like Jason's style of doing things. I don't know if its because he reminds me of myself or if I'm secretly envious of his successful status and how he runs things. Besides that the way he conducts the shows is exactly how I conduct my meetings (some times). To plainly put, he's all over the place. Indeed his show has segments and bullet points, etc, but because of his passion for the content - whenever there is a moment to squeeze something in, he does. And for that sole reason, I'm totally hooked to the show.
Because of the content: "start-ups", "venture capitalists", "angel investors", "CEOs", oh my - there are a lot of valuable information being spewed out of the mouths of the host and guests. It's almost like an adventure game, traveling through the wilderness, looking for gold nuggets and avoiding threats of immanent danger. To put it into perspective, listening to TWiST is helping me see the possible dangers for my business, while making note the very useful and timely advise so freely given on the show. It's invaluable what this show is doing for me.
So What Now Genius!?
So; with all that said, I'm going to do my part for the start-up community and compile the information shared on Jason's show and post them here. Even though Jason's show is awesome, everything is in the podcast and not on the web site itself. One of the challenges, and treats, is actually going through the shows and pulling out what was said and putting it together in a digestible format.
Why is This the Start of Something Big?
I thought I should explain the title of this post a bit. Posting TWiST's content here is NOT what I was referring to when I titled this "The Start of Something Big". What that really means is, listening to TWiST has stirred up something inside of me that was smothered by my responsibilities of being a father of three little kids, a husband of five years, working a 7:30 to 4:00 job and boostrapping a web development company that I started in late 2001. Getting bombarded with useful business tips have turned on my creative switch and now my head is filled with ideas and concepts. I have to jot them down in our business wiki just to free up some room in my head. So; I'm killing a couple birds with a few stones... in the sense that doing this blog will get these business concepts out of my head onto a coherent medium, thus helping my business, your business, everyone... I'd like to know what you think.