The Conversation

Hosted by Dan Benjamin.

A talk show featuring discussions with special guests, the latest tech and development news, and your calls. The show is streamed live every Wednesday at 1:00PM ET, and then released as audio and video podcasts.

Episode 22: The Secret Sauce


Published on June 30th, 2010 Video hosting & analytics by Wistia
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Show Notes

Dan Benjamin talks with Matt Tanase of Slicehost and DevStructure. They discuss creating demand for a product and your business, marketing on a budget, building an audience, getting your users to help market for you, the importance of a co-founder, acquisitions, and more.


Guests

Matt Tanase

Matt Tanase has two passions, business and computers. He is the co-founder of DevStructure, and was co-founder of Slicehost which was acquired by Rackspace and served as the foundation for Rackspace Cloudservers. He is smitten with Ruby, warming up to Javascript, spends the day in Textmate, obsessively searches for undervalued stocks and takes great delight in positive expected value. Learn more about Matt Tanase »


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