Summary: Never miss an episode! Subscribe in iTunes: Audio (http://bit.ly/TwiStA) (http://bit.ly/TwiStA) || Video (http://bit.ly/TwiStV) (http://bit.ly/TwiStV) With GoToMeeting, "meeting is believing". Visit http://www.gotomeeting.com (http://www.gotomeeting.com/) and use the promo code TWIST to begin your free 30 day trial. Need proper terms and policies for your site? Go to http://www.SnapTerms.com (http://www.SnapTerms.com) to get started. Terms start at ONLY $149. When you checkout, enter the coupon code TWIST to get a free NDA with every order. From RocketSpace, Jason talks with Om Malik of GigaOm. Read the full transcript (#transcript) 0:55 Thanks to SnapTerms for sponsoring the program. Visit snapterms.com and use the code TWiST 4:00 Welcome to the show Om Malik 8:10 What was is about writing and magazines that drew you in? 11:50 Do you think there is a shift back towards people wanting to write longer pieces? 13:05 When did you come to the US? 13:15 Had you been to the US before you moved here? 14:05 What did your parents say when you said you were leaving? 15:10 When you came here, what was it like to get off the plane? 16:35 How did New York look when you when you first arrived compared to what you had imagined? 17:25 What was your first salary in New York? 18:10 What did your parents do in India? 18:40 When did you get the big break to get into journalism? 23:00 Thanks to GoToMeeting. Meeting is Believing 29:15 How do you think technology has changed society in our lifetime? 31:05 Do you think this generation takes connectivity for granted? 40:00 At what point did you work for Forbes.com? 42:40 When the internet collapsed, did you think that it was a fraud? 44:40 So at some point you decided to launch your own blog? 49:20 Who was the original managing editor at Businessweek? 50:45 So 2003 was the 1st time in your journalism career that was truly hard? 54:40 What was it about blogging that let it take off the way it did? 55:15 When did GigaOm become a company? 61:00 How many people work for you now? 64:40 Do you think respect for readers is the driving source in media right now? 68:30 Do you think Nick Denton will ever sell? 69:45 Do you think your work ethic almost pushed you over the edge? 70:55 How close do you think you were to dying? 71:50 How did your heart attack inform how you look at the world? 74:50 How do your parents look at your success? 75:50 Does the amount of love you have for what you do make it hard for you to find someone? 77:10 What is more enjoyable, the flow of writing, or the moment people respond back to you? 78:50 Do people ever tell you that your writing inspired them to do something? 81:00 What aer your plans for inside.com? 82:25 How do you balance fatherhood with entrepreneurship? ============== Full Transcript Distribution provided by CloudSigma. The cloud that adapts to you. Visit CloudSigma.com/ThisWeekIn, for a free $200 credit. Today's episode of ThisWeekIn Startups, is brought to you by GoTo Meeting. Sign up for GoTo Meeting, using, promo code: TWIST, to begin your free trial. And by SnapTerms. Online legal protection made simple. Visit snapterms.com and enter the code TWIST to receive a free NDA with every order. TWiST title sequence. Jason: Hey, everybody. Hey, everybody. It's Jason Calacanis. Thank you, so much for tuning in to this amazing episode of ThisWeekIn Startups. If I do say so myself. No. The show has been doing great. A large part of our success comes from the fact that we have partners on this program, like SnapTerms, who have been supporting it for a long time. SnapTerms is the simplest and most affordable and fast way to protect your website with a proper Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. You know, we read about this every week. Path.com just settled. People with drive-by ambulance chasing lawyers doing class action suits against websites trying to innovate, trying to make the world a little better place, providing great products and services. But,
