From: VatorNews.tv on Wed, Oct 21 2009 2:40 AM

Evan Williams says Twitter traffic may have plateaued, but only temporarily Evan Williams, CEO and co-founder of Twitter, speaking at the Web 2.0 conference late Tuesday wasn’t exactly candid about what's happening at Twitter these days. He dodged just about every question John Battelle, ...

From: VatorNews.tv on Wed, Oct 21 2009 12:37 AM

CEO Brian Roberts shows off Fancast, a beta service to be rolled out later this year Pretty soon, Comcast subscribers will have access to video nirvana or video on-demand, on steroids. That’s according to Brian Roberts, CEO of Comcast, who showed off Fancast, the cable companies on-demand vide...

From: VatorNews.tv on Fri, Oct 16 2009 6:33 PM

Investor in Mint, Aardvark, Disqus is still looking to place bets Aydin Senkut, an early-Google employee-turned angel investor, is becoming known as one of the more prolific seed-to-early-stage investors in Silicon Valley, having invested in 40 companies since 2006. His portfolio consists of s...

From: VatorNews.tv on Wed, Oct 14 2009 12:29 PM

CEO Munjal Shah reveals the real strategy behind making money off of visual search Like.com CEO and founder Munjal Shah was one of the presenters at The Funded and Vator’s Juice Pitcher event last week. Munjal’s presentation, which was a frank and detailed outline of Like’s strategy to generat...

From: VatorNews.tv on Tue, Oct 13 2009 11:29 AM

Startup wants to be the next-generation local services marketplace, combining Yelp and eBay Thumbtack was given the People’s Choice award at the Juice Pitcher last week. The local services startup was chosen after presenting alongside nine other companies at the event, which showcased 10 start...

From: VatorNews.tv on Wed, Oct 07 2009 1:21 PM

Aloqa CEO on the four business lines of his mobile discovery service Thumbtack recently won the people’s choice award the Juice Pitcher event. It seems the audience liked Thumbtack because its goal is to bring local service providers together with consumers. Thumbtack isn't alone, many st...

From: VatorNews.tv on Wed, Oct 07 2009 1:21 PM

Aaron Patzer tapped to run Intuit’s entire personal finance division, targets foreign markets. In this segment, Aaron Patzer, CEO of Mint.com, shares the inside story of his company's acquisition and his plans for the next three years at the helm of Intuit's personal finance ...

From: VatorNews.tv on Tue, Oct 06 2009 12:12 PM

Thread CEO and co-founder Brian Phillips on work and play, and having a team before an idea You might think that building a relationship and building a company are two difficult challenges best pursued at different times of your life. But Brian Phillips has figured out how to align both those ...

From: VatorNews.tv on Tue, Oct 06 2009 12:12 PM

CEO and co-founder Andy Dunn on building an online pants store to $6 mln in sales a year In this segment, Bambi Francisco interviewed Andy Dunn,. CEO of Bonobos, a two-year-old Manhattan-based designer and retailer of casual and dress trousers and polo shirts for men. BF: Are you expanding to ...

From: VatorNews.tv on Wed, Sep 30 2009 11:12 AM

Traffic iPhone app goes national and launches Twitter and Facebook sharing If you ever wanted to share your “road rage” while in a traffic jam and broadcast it to all of your Facebook friends and Twitter followers, now you can. Aha Mobile, which makes a free iPhone app to let you know informat...

From: VatorNews.tv on Wed, Sep 30 2009 9:07 AM

Foundation Capital’s Charles Moldow says buyers still have their claws in There are a few positive signs that mergers and acquisitions are on the upswing. Intuit bought Mint for $170 million recently. Facebook bought FriendFeed for $50 million and Yahoo bought Xoopit for $20 million. But while ...

From: VatorNews.tv on Mon, Sep 28 2009 1:19 PM

Vator Box gives AirBnB a thumbs up for novelty This week, we take a look at AirBnB, a startup that wants to be the eBay of space by being the conduit for couch or bed rentals as well as entire apartments, hotel rooms or villas in Malaysia. AirBnB facilitates the transactions and takes a 10% bo...

From: VatorNews.tv on Sat, Sep 26 2009 3:46 PM

What am I Missy Episode 35 - Juice Pitcher, Microsoft poaching Apple employees, and Smule This episode is brought to you by our sponsor Smule. For those of you who have the Ocarina app on your iPhone or iPod touch, Smule has just released a new songbook. Head over to Smule.com to download it a...

From: VatorNews.tv on Wed, Sep 23 2009 9:37 AM

This segment of Startup Sessions dives into the world of Posterous, and a Pittsburgh-style lunch And now, from our Sponsor Smule:  For those of you who have the Ocarina app on your iPhone or iPod touch, Smule has just released a new songbook. Head over to smule.com to download it and learn to ...

From: VatorNews.tv on Tue, Sep 22 2009 12:50 PM

CEO Sidney Minassian on how Liaise organizes messages to manage tasks I’ve seen a lot of project management tools for email. But not all are compelling enough to want to test out. Liaise is definitely worth a try.  Liaise organizes message in your inbox so you can manage tasks more efficiently....

From: VatorNews.tv on Mon, Sep 21 2009 9:51 AM

GP Charles Moldow explains why he invested in Pixazza, Project Fair Bid, Powerset, Xoopit and more In the past couple years, exits have been tough to come by. Yet Charles Moldow, General Partner, Foundation Capital, has managed to get a few executed. Charles has taken the lead on roughly 10 in...

From: VatorNews.tv on Wed, Sep 16 2009 10:07 PM

Event will highlight 10 hot startups, Mint and Like.com, and a special 'Juice' Box show For a few months I’ve been contemplating bringing the VatorNews contributors together for a small gathering. For those who know me, however, you've heard me say that I'm not the type to ...

From: VatorNews.tv on Wed, Sep 16 2009 8:43 AM

TC50 - AnyClip seeks to change the way we watch videos online With so many ways to interact online now, companies are finding new and improved ways to help us find and consume media on the Web.  How about movies for example?  Imagine if you could make a search and watch exactly the c...

From: VatorNews.tv on Tue, Sep 15 2009 10:57 AM

Interview with Brian Phillips, CEO of Thread, an online dating site on top of Facebook Almost three years ago, I wrote a piece called "Online dating vs. social networks." The premise was that social networks were a better place to find dates. In December 2008, Brian Phillips and his friends fr...

From: VatorNews.tv on Mon, Sep 14 2009 1:49 PM

The San Diego-based startup is now a finalist for the $25,000 award The votes are finally in for the Summer of Innovation $2k to $25k Competition.Sixty startups joined the competition, which kicked off in early August. The event ended on August 31st, with the Service Jobs Now leading the pack ...