2 Web Crew #25 - Brendan O’Kane, Angel Investor

May 14th, 2008

Whatup kids?! Are you doing building, growing, fighting the good fight? Are ya slamming, jammin and scammin your way through the day by day? Did your start-up make Ben Barren’s list? Are you on Ross Dawson’s list?

On today’s 2 Web Crew podcast, Cameron Reilly, Duncan Riley and Bronwen Clune are joined by Aussie serial angel investor (BlueSkyFrog, Kidspot, Messmo) Brendan O’Kane to discuss his perspective on the Aussie online space. He tells us what he looks for in a start-up, his perspective on the investment market in Australia, and whether or not there is any upside left in online businesses.

 
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2 Web Crew #24 - Duncan Riley Is… “THE INQUISITR”

May 7th, 2008

On today’s 2 Web Crew podcast, Cameron Reilly, Duncan Riley, Bronwen Clune and Mick Liubinskas discuss the following:

- Duncan’s resignation from TechCrunch and the launch of his latest start-up Inquisitr.com
- How hard it is for Aussie online start-ups to sell advertising and some tips on how to do it from the experts
- Mick shows us Pollenizer’s special ecpm calculator
- We chat with special guest Ross Maguire from Staralicious.com about his experience in selling advertising.
- The recent announcement from Vodafone in Australia that they will be selling the 3G iPhone when it hits our shores later this year.

Don’t forget you can catch us LIVE every Wednesday 1pm Australian Eastern time by visiting our uStream page.

No 2Web Crew this week

April 21st, 2008

Duncan’s away, Bron is moving house, Laurel is away and Cam is… well, busy. See you next week folks!

2Web Crew #23: They call him Flickr

April 11th, 2008

Join TPN’s Cameron Reilly, Norg Media’s Bronwen Clune, TechCrunch’s Duncan Riley and Mick Lubinskas as they talk

- Flickr video sharing

- Twitter

- WA’s new silicon valley

- Lobbying Government

- Startups and taking investment

and much, much more.

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2Web Crew #22: Futility

March 30th, 2008

Join TPN’s Cameron Reilly, World Communities Laural Papworth, Sydney social media commentator Stilgherrian and TechCrunch’s Duncan Riley
for a chat on

Underbelly

P2P networks, BitTorrent and distribution

Telco’s and innovation

Crikey.com.au

Media impartiality.

The audio quality has some issues this time round, but you can still listen in, and we’ll be back live next Wednesday.

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The 2web Crew #21: Outsourcing and flame wars

March 22nd, 2008

Join Norg Media’s Bronwen Clune, Scouta’s Richard Giles, TechCrunch’s Duncan Riley and briefly Tangler’s Mick Lubinskas for a chat on

    Flame Wars in the week that was (including exclusive comment from
    Duncan Riley)

    Instablogs funding and Citizen Journalism

    Web 2.0 newspeak and the need for better marketing

    Web 2.0 Outsourcing

    Exclusive news on a new startup from Mick Lubinskas

    Lobbying Government

We don’t drop the C word once, instead coming up with a great new
substitute word!

And remember, 2web records live on Wednesday on Ustream here (add
link: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/2web-crew-live), 1pm Australian
EST, 11am AWST


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The 2 Web Crew #20 - Zuckerberg!!

March 17th, 2008

Join Norg Media’s Bronwen Clune, Scouta’s Richard Giles, and TechCrunch’s Duncan Riley for a chat on

The new and old Microsoft

Balancing family life and a startup

The appeal of Live internet TV

Mark Zuckerberg/ Sarah Lacy

WordPress vs MovableType

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March 5th, 2008

The 2Web Crew #19 - EARTHQUAKE!!!

February 27th, 2008

Join Norg Media’s Bronwen Clune, Scouta’s Richard Giles, Andrew Harvey (he doesn’t belong to anyone yet) and The Podcast Network’s Cameron Reilly for a chat about:

  • The UK earthquake (well, I’ve had bigger tremors after eating curry) and how the news broke on Twitter
  • Google Adsense revenues stays flat! Women and children first!
  • If Page Views are dead as a metric, and no-one is around to see them, are they really dead?
  • Speaking of dead, has anyone tried to use Windows Live today?
  • We didn’t use ustream this week because it’s a pain in the ass.

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    The music heard on this episode is:

    Feels GoodTake 6
    “Come On” (mp3)
    from “Feels Good”
    (Take 6 Records)

    Buy at iTunes Music Store
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    The 2Web Crew #18 - Friends For Sale!

    February 20th, 2008

    Join Techcrunch’s Duncan Riley, Norg Media’s Bronwen Clune, World Communities’ Laurel Papworth, Scouta’s Richard Giles and The Podcast Network’s Cameron Reilly for a chat about:

  • We put up our Friends For Sale!
  • Scouta.com turns one!
  • HD is dead! Long live Blu-Ray?
  • Is Second Life dead?
  • This show was recorded with a live audience via Ustream and with live audience participation via Tangler.

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    The music heard on this episode is:

    Feels GoodTake 6
    “Come On” (mp3)
    from “Feels Good”
    (Take 6 Records)

    Buy at iTunes Music Store
    More On This Album