- Startups - Jeff Lawson of Twilio -TWiST #308
发布时间 2012-11-26 18:08:34 来源
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Thomas Korte of AngelPad sits down with Jason on today's episode. The discussion covers, similarities/differences in the European Startup scene, immigration and how it changes startups, and the state of Silicon Valley today and in the future.
:30 Let's welcome Jeff Lawson, co-founder of Twilio
2:15 Let's thank our first sponsor, SnapTerms! Go to snapterms/com/twist
3:55 Why and when did you start Twilio?
4:20 When were you working at Amazon?
6:00 What did it cost to setup your first website?
8:20 What was NineStar?
10:00 Why do you need to be passionate about the product you are building?
12:20 How did NineStar do?
13:40 Does it make it better to make product decisions if you are passionate about the product?
15:00 How did you come to Twilio?
16:20 How long were you at Amazon?
17:30 So how did Amazon affect your transition into Twilio?
22:10 What was the most impressive thing in the first couple of months at Twilio?
26:00 Thanks to TurnStone for sponsoring the program. Go to myturnstone.com/twist to receive 10% off of your order
28:50 So how did you build your cloud?
34:20 Who are some of the biggest clients of Twilio today?
38:25 How doe Uber use Twilio?
40:00 What does it cost to onboard a new country?
44:15 Talk about how you marketed Twilio.
45:45 What percentage of your spend went to developers?
47:00 Do you think phone numbers are becoming less relevant?
51:00 What is your opinion on Google voice?
51:40 What do you like about Google Hangout?
54:20 So what as Twilio do you do next?
55:10 What are customers asking for?
56:50 Can you explain webRTC to the non technical folks?
59:30 Do you guys handle billing?
62:15 Are you hiring like crazy now?
63:30 Are you hiring people from outside the country?
64:40 Thanks to SnapTerms and TurnStone
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