Comments on: TechZing 63 – Travis Kalanick / Bringing The Thunder https://techzinglive.com/page/391/techzing-63-%e2%80%93-travis-kalanick-bringing-the-thunder If you're a hacker, you'll probably like our show ;) Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:08:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 By: Dan DeFelippi https://techzinglive.com/page/391/techzing-63-%e2%80%93-travis-kalanick-bringing-the-thunder/comment-page-1#comment-1306 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:08:10 +0000 http://techzinglive.com/?p=391#comment-1306 Fantastic episode, one of my favorites! Not only did Travis provide a TON of great info but the way he described it and his passion really made it fascinating. Thanks!

]]> By: Bopinder Abu Morpalinder Singh https://techzinglive.com/page/391/techzing-63-%e2%80%93-travis-kalanick-bringing-the-thunder/comment-page-1#comment-1298 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 07:32:12 +0000 http://techzinglive.com/?p=391#comment-1298 Turned out I hadn’t heard #60! Just heard it today and I agree it’s a good one.

]]> By: chris https://techzinglive.com/page/391/techzing-63-%e2%80%93-travis-kalanick-bringing-the-thunder/comment-page-1#comment-1296 Sun, 29 Aug 2010 07:25:22 +0000 http://techzinglive.com/?p=391#comment-1296 Hi, for new people who listened to this show and DIDNT like it, please try earlier episodes. As a long time listener the show is immensly good. Yet I struggled to get through this show. Lots of interesting stuff in it, I just didnt like the delivery of it by the guest. Clearly he has a reason to be confident, yet so in my eyes did Peter(60), but the difference in delivery is stark!

]]> By: Philippe Monnet https://techzinglive.com/page/391/techzing-63-%e2%80%93-travis-kalanick-bringing-the-thunder/comment-page-1#comment-1295 Sat, 28 Aug 2010 23:30:53 +0000 http://techzinglive.com/?p=391#comment-1295 I listened to the show yesterday and I have to agree that it’s probably one of the best interviews. Unlike what Travis said about having to pause or fast forward, on the contrary you want to constantly rewind and replay.
The story shows “shear determination mixed with a big dose of hustling”. Thanks for the interview! 🙂

PS: I agree with @Neville about how cool a movie it would be! So many gems in the story!

]]> By: Neville https://techzinglive.com/page/391/techzing-63-%e2%80%93-travis-kalanick-bringing-the-thunder/comment-page-1#comment-1294 Fri, 27 Aug 2010 19:54:55 +0000 http://techzinglive.com/?p=391#comment-1294 (Yer probably all over this, but…) Get FlowTown’s Dan & Ethan on the show, they sound like the new breed.

]]> By: Jason https://techzinglive.com/page/391/techzing-63-%e2%80%93-travis-kalanick-bringing-the-thunder/comment-page-1#comment-1293 Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:02:05 +0000 http://techzinglive.com/?p=391#comment-1293 @Alex Gemmell Thanks for the positive feedback. 😉 Travis is an awesome guy and fun to talk to so I thought he might be a good guest. I’m really happy it turned out to be a good show.

]]> By: Alex Gemmell https://techzinglive.com/page/391/techzing-63-%e2%80%93-travis-kalanick-bringing-the-thunder/comment-page-1#comment-1292 Fri, 27 Aug 2010 08:37:20 +0000 http://techzinglive.com/?p=391#comment-1292 Wow – this was a really good show guys. Travis’ stories were brilliant and told with such high energy. Add that to your usual excellent chemistry and BAM! – great show!

Thanks guys!

]]> By: Jason https://techzinglive.com/page/391/techzing-63-%e2%80%93-travis-kalanick-bringing-the-thunder/comment-page-1#comment-1291 Thu, 26 Aug 2010 21:21:16 +0000 http://techzinglive.com/?p=391#comment-1291 @Neville Despite the fact that Justin just stole my thunder on Hacker News (I was just posting it), please give his submission some love if you have an NN account:

How I Sold Red Swoosh to Akami for $19m
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1635090

]]> By: Neville https://techzinglive.com/page/391/techzing-63-%e2%80%93-travis-kalanick-bringing-the-thunder/comment-page-1#comment-1290 Thu, 26 Aug 2010 21:08:04 +0000 http://techzinglive.com/?p=391#comment-1290 This should be a movie! “The Travis Kalanik Story” …Thailand, Disney, crazy investors, f-bombs, physics lab investor calls, IRS…somebody sell me the rights I’m makin’ a movie.

]]> By: Jason https://techzinglive.com/page/391/techzing-63-%e2%80%93-travis-kalanick-bringing-the-thunder/comment-page-1#comment-1289 Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:53:37 +0000 http://techzinglive.com/?p=391#comment-1289 @Bopinder Abu Morpalinder Singh Wow, that looks really interesting. Thanks.

]]> By: Bopinder Abu Morpalinder Singh https://techzinglive.com/page/391/techzing-63-%e2%80%93-travis-kalanick-bringing-the-thunder/comment-page-1#comment-1288 Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:47:57 +0000 http://techzinglive.com/?p=391#comment-1288 I recall one of you guys were talking about percentage of income spent on marketing and Justin was right in that smaller companies spend more: http://info.trialpay.com/software/acquisition_report.pdf

]]> By: Jason https://techzinglive.com/page/391/techzing-63-%e2%80%93-travis-kalanick-bringing-the-thunder/comment-page-1#comment-1287 Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:43:51 +0000 http://techzinglive.com/?p=391#comment-1287 @Samh Yep, we’re actually interviewing Jessica Mah of Indinero next week to get a follow up from her about her YCombinator experience.

]]> By: Samh https://techzinglive.com/page/391/techzing-63-%e2%80%93-travis-kalanick-bringing-the-thunder/comment-page-1#comment-1286 Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:38:30 +0000 http://techzinglive.com/?p=391#comment-1286 YCombinator just did it’s pitch to investors day, maybe you could email the founders of the ‘graduating’ companies.

]]> By: Jason https://techzinglive.com/page/391/techzing-63-%e2%80%93-travis-kalanick-bringing-the-thunder/comment-page-1#comment-1285 Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:07:56 +0000 http://techzinglive.com/?p=391#comment-1285 In reply to Bopinder Abu Morpalinder Singh.

Yeah, no kidding. 😉 I need to take my own advice and go to a conference or host one or something.

]]> By: Bopinder Abu Morpalinder Singh https://techzinglive.com/page/391/techzing-63-%e2%80%93-travis-kalanick-bringing-the-thunder/comment-page-1#comment-1284 Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:06:07 +0000 http://techzinglive.com/?p=391#comment-1284 @Justin

Welcome 😀

@Jason Roberts

Time to get out and hustle to find more friends, I guess 😀

]]> By: Jason Roberts https://techzinglive.com/page/391/techzing-63-%e2%80%93-travis-kalanick-bringing-the-thunder/comment-page-1#comment-1283 Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:03:34 +0000 http://techzinglive.com/?p=391#comment-1283 @Bopinder Abu Morpalinder Singh It could also be that Isaac and Arnulf from Central Desktop and Travis are all personal friends of mine, so that might explain why the interviews went well. The only problem is that I’m running out of friends who’ve built cool shit. 😉

]]> By: Justin https://techzinglive.com/page/391/techzing-63-%e2%80%93-travis-kalanick-bringing-the-thunder/comment-page-1#comment-1282 Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:57:08 +0000 http://techzinglive.com/?p=391#comment-1282 @Bopinder Abu Morpalinder Singh Thx for the kind words 🙂

]]> By: Bopinder Abu Morpalinder Singh https://techzinglive.com/page/391/techzing-63-%e2%80%93-travis-kalanick-bringing-the-thunder/comment-page-1#comment-1281 Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:53:31 +0000 http://techzinglive.com/?p=391#comment-1281 Great interview guys. This and the Central Desktop one are the best interviews for entrepreneurs by far (no offense to the others)

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