Comments on: 110: TZ Interview – James Altucher / An Unlikely Story https://techzinglive.com/page/681/110-tz-interview-james-altucher-an-unlikely-story If you're a hacker, you'll probably like our show ;) Tue, 01 Nov 2022 21:27:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 By: Taylor Norrish https://techzinglive.com/page/681/110-tz-interview-james-altucher-an-unlikely-story/comment-page-1#comment-3331 Wed, 09 Mar 2011 21:06:59 +0000 http://techzinglive.com/?p=681#comment-3331 Wow, fascinating story. What a roller coaster ride, with extreme highs, lows, and turns (‘pivots’).

@James altucher would like to here more about the spirituality. What is it, how you practice, and how that makes you a better entrpenuer.

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By: Jason https://techzinglive.com/page/681/110-tz-interview-james-altucher-an-unlikely-story/comment-page-1#comment-3326 Wed, 09 Mar 2011 17:09:43 +0000 http://techzinglive.com/?p=681#comment-3326 @James – Sure, whatever it takes to get you back on! 😉 Just let me know when you have a slot available.

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By: james altucher https://techzinglive.com/page/681/110-tz-interview-james-altucher-an-unlikely-story/comment-page-1#comment-3318 Wed, 09 Mar 2011 02:03:04 +0000 http://techzinglive.com/?p=681#comment-3318 I greatly enjoyed doing the interview. Maybe next time you guys should LET ME interview you about your own projects.

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By: Yeti https://techzinglive.com/page/681/110-tz-interview-james-altucher-an-unlikely-story/comment-page-1#comment-3314 Tue, 08 Mar 2011 20:36:57 +0000 http://techzinglive.com/?p=681#comment-3314 Fantastic interview guys!

That was up there with the interview with JC (ep.100) as being one of my favourites.

James was another awesome guest and a pleasure to listen to. Really hope he can spare some of his time in future to record some more.

Overall, some general feedback – the shows are just getting better and better. The production quality (thanks Justin ;)), the interviews, off-the-wall discussions – it’s all good.

Finally, I’ d just add that personally, I find the discussion of your own projects very interesting and enjoy the direction that takes, technical or otherwise.

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By: Emrah https://techzinglive.com/page/681/110-tz-interview-james-altucher-an-unlikely-story/comment-page-1#comment-3304 Tue, 08 Mar 2011 05:36:45 +0000 http://techzinglive.com/?p=681#comment-3304 This one is a keeper for sure. Thanks!

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By: Bopinder Abu Morpalinder Singh https://techzinglive.com/page/681/110-tz-interview-james-altucher-an-unlikely-story/comment-page-1#comment-3301 Tue, 08 Mar 2011 01:39:32 +0000 http://techzinglive.com/?p=681#comment-3301 Amazing episode guys.

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By: Jason https://techzinglive.com/page/681/110-tz-interview-james-altucher-an-unlikely-story/comment-page-1#comment-3290 Mon, 07 Mar 2011 06:55:04 +0000 http://techzinglive.com/?p=681#comment-3290 @Gaddafi, ssnyder, Tyler D & Philippe Monnet – I’m glad you guys liked the show. I was really excited when he agreed to do the interview because I find him to be an exceptionally interesting guy. I’m actually going to try to get him on for a follow-up interview sometime soon as we were barely able to scratch the surface with him.

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By: Jason https://techzinglive.com/page/681/110-tz-interview-james-altucher-an-unlikely-story/comment-page-1#comment-3289 Mon, 07 Mar 2011 06:47:37 +0000 http://techzinglive.com/?p=681#comment-3289 @Gordon – Wow, 110 episodes in one month. That’s one helluva lot of the ZING! 😉

It’s interesting that you find the discussion of our projects to be the best part of the show. I’m always a little worried that it’s boring to listen to, so it’s a relief to hear that it’s not for a least some (or one) of our listeners. 😉

I really like your idea for a panel review show. It would probably serve as a great learning experience for us as well as our listeners. I’d love to do that for Appignite once it’s been live for 4-6 weeks and the worst of the alpa/beta crud has been shaken loose.

Also, thanks so much for the flattering feedback!

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By: Justin Vincent — A retrospective of the first 110 episodes of the TechZing tech startup podcast https://techzinglive.com/page/681/110-tz-interview-james-altucher-an-unlikely-story/comment-page-1#comment-3287 Mon, 07 Mar 2011 06:33:55 +0000 http://techzinglive.com/?p=681#comment-3287 […] This is a guest post by Gordon Oppenheimer who submitted these comments on the TechZing blog for episode 110. […]

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By: Philippe Monnet https://techzinglive.com/page/681/110-tz-interview-james-altucher-an-unlikely-story/comment-page-1#comment-3255 Fri, 04 Mar 2011 22:43:43 +0000 http://techzinglive.com/?p=681#comment-3255 Fascinating show on perseverance towards success and financial freedom.
Thanks for finding unusual stories like these.

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By: Tyler D https://techzinglive.com/page/681/110-tz-interview-james-altucher-an-unlikely-story/comment-page-1#comment-3250 Fri, 04 Mar 2011 15:23:27 +0000 http://techzinglive.com/?p=681#comment-3250 Wow, what a great guest! I love his, “walk into the office of the CEO of HBO and talk with him” approach to life. There’s a lot to be learned from him.

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By: Gordon Oppenheimer https://techzinglive.com/page/681/110-tz-interview-james-altucher-an-unlikely-story/comment-page-1#comment-3249 Fri, 04 Mar 2011 14:16:11 +0000 http://techzinglive.com/?p=681#comment-3249 In the past month and a half, I have listened to all 110 episodes. Here are my thoughts:

The Show Name
In my opinion, you were committed to the name with the first link/mention pointing to TechZing. All the discussion about it got kinda old but in retrospect it is one of the aspects of the show I like the best. I got to listen in on your struggles about the name and your decision making process (more on that later).

Unusual Guests
It is a great idea, and I like the choice of guests. This is the “Zing” part of the show.

Straying off Tech Topics
You seem to have a good balance. The non-tech topics, for the most part, do interest me. More “Zing” parts.

Build vs Reuse
You most often talk about this with regard to frameworks. In different ways, you both advocate writing your own framework. You have both been coding for a long time and I think you forget what it is not to know all that you know. For me, I started using a framework (Codeigniter) about a year ago because the possibilities for coding were too vast and I felt lost. The framework gave me some structure that was built on what others had learned. I may not understand all the reasons it helps or hurts yet but at least it gives me a reasonable direction.

Justin and Jason Projects
This is the BEST part of the show. I get the sense that you feel a little guilty asking guests about your own projects. However, this is where I learn the most. The rest of the stuff on the Internet tries to distill everything down to THE answer. But as you have mentioned, there is no ONE answer. When you ask about your own projects or discuss them with each other, I get to listen in on the decision making process.

Show Suggestion
Get a panel of guests and use the whole show to discuss all aspects of a single project (yours or some other struggling startup). Discuss marketing, pricing, freeium vs trials, payments, technologies, A/B testing, revenues, costs, professional help (accounting, legal, business entities), etc… It would be like a case study.

Thanks for the show!

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By: ssnyder https://techzinglive.com/page/681/110-tz-interview-james-altucher-an-unlikely-story/comment-page-1#comment-3240 Thu, 03 Mar 2011 19:29:58 +0000 http://techzinglive.com/?p=681#comment-3240 This interview is awesome. Lots of great advice on entrepreneurship, finance, running a venture capital fund, dealing with mentors, etc.

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By: Gaddafi https://techzinglive.com/page/681/110-tz-interview-james-altucher-an-unlikely-story/comment-page-1#comment-3235 Thu, 03 Mar 2011 12:14:41 +0000 http://techzinglive.com/?p=681#comment-3235 Top interview. A true inspiration.

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