Co-founder Gregg Spiridellis came to Mixergy to tell you how he and his brother Evan built their company. Thank you Mark Jeffrey, CTO of Mahalo & author of The Max Quick Series for helping to put this together! ...Tags: This is the story of two brothers who took on the established entertainment industry, succeeded for a while — and then almost went out of business when the dot com market crashed. And it’s the story of how they rebuilt their business and became one of the most celebrated digital entertainment studios.

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Have you noticed how much press Jason Calacanis, founder of Mahalo , keeps getting? Here’s an edited excerpt of what he taught in his Mixergy program. (Download So when we launched Mahalo Answers , the first thing I did is say: “Here are the top 5 Answer sites out there. I have (including here , here , and here ), so I asked him to show us how he does it. Download the full program to get the complete lesson.)

asked Wil to come to Mixergy to teach his online sales techniques, and to talk about his latest company, Affordit.com . Build it profitably so that I can come back and interview you for Mixergy. So I said, you know, Wil instead of doing it over coffee or over a drink, lets come on Mixergy and let me ask you questions directly. When my friend Wil Schroter builds web sites, he's more concerned with attracting revenue than eyeballs. When we get together in person, I like talking to him about how he builds revenue-generating sites like goBIGnetwork.com , because he's so methodical

Jason Calacanis , founder of Mahalo , is a partner in the TechCrunch50 conference, where he helped rehearse most of the 50 startups who presented.  In this video (which he did exclusively for Mixergy) he talks about how to present a new product. Do you know how to excite people when you tell them about your business? Here’s the paraphrased text of what he said:

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Mark helped launch 4 startups, including SuperSig, which was a disaster and Mahalo , a rising star. I’ve interviewed a few entrepreneurs here on Mixergy who told me that the dotcom bust of 2000 made them better entrepreneurs. Today he’s working on his latest startup as the CTO of Mahalo. I asked Mark Jeffrey for an interview because I knew he’d be open with me about the periods in entrepreneurship when things fall apart and you feel like there’s no way out. Network by evangelizing

Mixergy Andrew Warner, Mixergy Mark Jeffrey, Mahalo Howdy Campers! Digital Family Reunion is bringing all of the LA Tech/Business/Media scene together next month, for a nice holiday party at the Skirball Center! It should be a blast having so many great LA communities together, sharing their thoughts and having some great holiday fun!

What I want to know is, what about the audience that you have, the fan base that’s now retwitting out that you're here on Mixergy, the fan base that watches you when you use Quick or some new technology to do video online. You said earlier that what you do is, you'd say, “Andrew, what's the deal with Mixergy?” Mahalo Daily, before they hired you, they went What I admire about Shira Lazar is that she's too much of a go-getter to wait for the perfect TV gig to come to her. I've watched her build her reputation and fan-base using new media tools like Qik, Wordpress and Twitter.

Jason Calacanis , founder of Mahalo , has built over a dozen brands. In this recent video that he did exclusively for Mixergy, he talked about how build a brand. The brands I launched–Engadget, Autoblog, Joystiq, Silicon Alley Reporter, Digital Coast Reporter, Mahalo, TechCrunch50–all have memorable names. The How are you building your brand online? Here’s the paraphrased text of what he said: