This Week in Startups - Video

Jason and guests Josh Williams (Founder, @Lastguide) & Eric Newcomer (Tech reporter @TheInformation) take a bite out of Apple. They dish in-depth on Watch, Pay & iPhone 6 (+plus!) and debate which of these products is the most groundbreaking, really. But wait -- there's (a lot) more! In this old school 90-minute episode, the riveting discussion captures venture capital, homelessness, citizen arrests, Y Combinator, BING Launch of the Week, and why clean hands are a good thing.

This week Jason talks to two pioneers in the future of food. First up is Megan Miller, CEO and Founder of Bitty Foods, who bakes mouthwatering cookies from cricket flour. In the studio and at her kitchen, Megan shows us how insects, the most efficient forms of protein on earth, could very well be the key to global food sustainability. Second is Sterling Tougas, CEO and Founder of Katapult, who feeds Jason his delicious energy chips made from super foods, and talks about his journey as an entrepreneur in this critical culinary space.

Finding home care for your elderly loved ones is a challenging, time-consuming, and often heart-wrenching process. Agencies can be prohibitively expensive, and yet you're rolling the dice with high stakes indeed if you rely on Craigslist. Finally, there's a solution. HomeHero is an online marketplace that closely vets caregivers, matches them with clients, and then manages their relationships with ongoing support. CEO and Co-Founder Kyle Hill sits down with Jason to share his thoughts on the home care conundrum, his vision for the product, and his advice to young entrepreneurs of color.

In this "Startup Basics," Jason sits down with special guests, WSGR attorneys Rachel Proffitt and Todd Carpenter, who give us in-depth advice on the legal aspects of getting your startup off the ground. In this episode Todd and Rachel address the following critical question: How do I negotiate a term sheet? Tune in to find out!

It's Part 2 of Jason's far out, mind-bending conversation with Austen Heinz, inventor of a DNA laser printer and scientist extraordinaire. On location at Cambrian Genomics, we see the laser printer in action, and Jason and Austen go deep into the dark sides of this technology. The ability to create creatures is fast becoming available and affordable, which begs the question -- what could possibly go wrong??

Austen Heinz invented a DNA laser printer, and now our wildest science fantasies are a reality. With this incredible technology, the creation of brand-new creatures is not only possible, but affordable. On location at Cambrian Genomics, sitting between plants glowing with firefly DNA, Jason and Austen discuss this brave new world. Stay tuned next week for Part 2!

After a summer hiatus, our News Roundtable is back! For this special Tuesday edition, Ryan Block (AOL) and Declan McCullagh (Recent.io) sit down with Jason to tackle today's timeliest topics. On deck: Amazon's purchase of Twitch, the banning and hacking of Secret, how Twitter affected and enhanced the events in Ferguson, MI, all things Uber -- and much more. Plus BING Launch of the Week, featuring three recent Y Combinator alums: Edyn (the connected garden), LocalLift (crowdsourcing for local businesses), and Gingko Bioworks (engineering new organisms).

Catapult Sports is an athlete analytics powerhouse, combining cutting-edge hardware & SaaS platform to promote peak player performance and drastically reduce injuries. Based in Australia, Catapult partners with over 500 professional sports teams around the world, with business growing exponentially in the U.S. (Just ask Florida State football coach, Jimbo Fisher, who directly credits Catapult for his team's championship win last year.) This week Jason sits down with Catapult Executive Chairman, Adir Shiffman.

In this "Startup Basics," Jason sits down with special guests, WSGR attorneys Rachel Proffitt and Todd Carpenter, who give us in-depth advice on the legal aspects of getting your startup off the ground. In this episode Todd and Rachel address the following critical question: If I'm starting a tech company, what type of corporation should I make -- an LLC, S-, or C-corp? Tune in to find out!

This week Jason sits down with two successful entrepreneurs innovating in challenging areas: finance and health care. First up is Bo Lu, CEO & Co-founder of FutureAdvisor, which automates portfolio management, making it affordable and accessible to the wider population. Next is Alexander Borve, CEO & Founder of iDoc24, whose app FirstDerm allows users anonymously to text photos and receive quick but comprehensive consultations from dermatologists. Tune in to hear about their great products and progress.

This week, Jason talks to a pioneer in the Wild West of cryptocurrency. Eight months ago Josh Mohland created DogeTipBot, a tool for tipping with dogecoin on the internet. Since then, 70k users (and climbing) have gone to town gifting -- to each other for fun in fractions of pennies, and en masse for charity, building wells in Africa and sending the Jamaican bobsled team to the Olympics for $25k. You don't want to miss this conversation!

Where are your friends right this minute? Whether you're looking to surf a couch in Europe or kill some time at your neighborhood cafe, Connect will hook you up. The platform syncs your contacts from Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, iPhone, and Foursquare, maps them around the globe, and lets you communicate in real time. Jason talks to Ryan Allis, CEO and Co-founder of Connect -- and also the winner of LAUNCH Festival 2014.

Keeping track of your kids, pets, bikes, and other essential tangibles is about to become a lot easier -- and a lot less expensive. Iotera is introducing the Iota, the nation's first free, crowdsourced Internet-of-Things wireless network in tandem with the world's smallest GPS tracking device. Jason sits down with Founder & CEO Ben Wild to discuss this cyber-breaking product and what it's like to launch via Kickstarter. (Campaign ends 8/13! Check it out: http://getiota.com)

The Basis watch is one of the most advanced health trackers on the market. It not only logs your movements, heart rate, sweat, and sleep, but the band also analyzes these stats and suggests exactly how to improve your data -- and your health. CEO Jef Holove is in the studio with Jason, your host and dedicated daily user of the stylish device. They show us the watch's wonders, discuss where wearables are going, and decode Jason's perspiration patterns.

If you are creating video for your business (and who isn't these days?), your content should serve the needs of your company, not the needs of the video hosting platform. The simple and elegant solution? Wistia. We use it here at TWIST, and absolutely love it. And this week, Jason sits down with CEO Chris Savage who reveals how he steered his company through early struggles to smashing success. (Hint: Listen to your customers!)