- Startups - Bill Nguyen, Co-founder of Color.com
Fresh off Color.com's $41 million raise, Bill Nguyen joins TWiST to discuss his successes--and what he would do differently next time. Bill also shares his thoughts on implicit social media, the "bubble" and why he likes to work in the battub. 1:30-3:00 .CO contest reminder- ending April 1. To enter, buy a .co address and email your receipt to contest@thisweekin.com. Jason and Tyler will pick the best idea. 3:30-5:00 What should we take away from this raise? What does it mean for the industry? 5:00-5:30 You're building an implied social network, correct? 5:30-6:30 Explain to users what is different about an implied or implicit social network versus an explicit one. 6:30-7:30 When did you first have this idea? What was the creative spark and when did you have it? 9:30-10:30 Let's talk about how the app works. Jason can see photos from an employee's weekend even though he wasn't there with him. Explain how that works. 11:00-12:30 What if the user wants to do explicit things with my network? Color feels like a minimally viable product. What's your product philosophy? 12:30-15:00 You're happy that this product is getting so much attention but you also seem beat up by all the attention on the big number. You're taking some of the heat from your team. Would you do anything differently? 15:45-17:15 Steve Jobs was your first investor--true or not true? 17:15-18:15 Isn't it true that if you do something truly revolutionary, 80-90% of people won't understand it initially? 19:30-20 <b>...</b>
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