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) ShareFile by Citrix: Secure file transfer, built for business. Visit http://ShareFile.com (http://sharefile.com/), click the microphone and enter the code TWIST to get a FULL 30 day FREE trial. Get up to 2,000 subscribers and send up to 12,000 emails per month for free with MailChimp. There's no contract, no trial, and the free plan is always free -- visit http://www.mailchimp.com (http://www.mailchimp.com/). ========================== On this very candid episode of TWiST @jason sits down with Sarah Lacy-@sarahcuda-, Founder of PandoMedia. They chat about Sarah's roots in media, what it's like to be a women in tech and how she scored Adam Penenberg for PandoDaily. Stay tuned! Read the full transcript (#transcript) 0:30 Stick with us on this episode with PandoDaily Founder and CEO Sarah Lacy 1:20 Thanks to MailChimp for both sponsoring the program and for creating such a great product. 4:50 So how brutal is it being a founder? 5:50 When did you first start as a journalist? 8:30 How do you think this generation of reporters compares to the last ones? 9:20 What do you think about Kevin Rose? 11:20 Paul Carr says I don't play to my strengths? 13:10 What do you love so much about being an entrepreneur? 14:25 How did you wind up at TechCrunch? 17:45 What did that person spit on Mike? 20:25 So how did you get your funding for PandoDaily? 21:35 How many individual investors did you have? 25:45 Thanks to our friend's at ShareFile for sponsoring the program. Use the code TWiST for a free 30 Day Trial 28:00 Tell us the story about Paul Carr in London? 31:50 Where's your business at today? 32:30 Why was it hard finding writers in the valley? 34:05 Do people think you get too close to the source? 37:00 Do you think the Zuck interview had something to do with being a female? 38:40 You have been offered to be a VC, you said no, why? 39:40 Is the human capital part of the business the hardest? 43:30 Are people allowed to post without you or an editor reading it? 44:15 How did you get Adam Penenberg? 46:50 What happened with you and CrunchFund? 50:00 How do you think Arrington will be as an investor? 55:20 Go to Pando/Daily.com/events, and just check out the lineup. 60:20 So which firm actually offered you the VC job? 61:30 What do you think about all of the attention Marissa has gotten for her pregnancy? 63:40 Is there a gatekeeper problem? ============== Full Transcript NARRATOR: Distribution provided by CloudSigma. The cloud that adapts to you. Visit http://cloudsigma.com/thisweekin/ for a free $200 credit. Today's episode of "This Week in Startups" is brought to you by ShareFile from Citrix. Secure file transfer, built for business. Visit sharefile.com, click the microphone, and enter TWIST for a free thirty-day trial. And, by MailChimp. Manage lists with up to 2000 subscribers and send up to twelve thousand emails per month for free with MailChimp. JASON: Hey, everybody. It is "This Week in Startups." Today, on the program, Sarah Lacy is the founder and CEO of PandoDaily. Stick with us. It is going to be an amazing episode. JASON'S AD: Hey, everybody. It is Jason Calacanis here. And what a great episode we are having. Thanks so much to my friends @mailchimp, first and foremost, for making a great product, that I use at Inside.com, that I used at "This Weekend in," that I use at Launch conference, that I have been using for years now. And I have had a great multi-year relationship with MailChimp as a partner оn "This Week in Startups." And they have really supported us. Let me tell you something. Social networks, they change. One year, it is Facebook, MySpace, Ryze, Path, et cetera. All those different services I have used. Do you know what email address I used for those? Jason@calacanis.com. That has not changed. I may have changed what service I use. Back-and-forth, Twitter,
