This Week in Startups, Jan. 27

Did you make a New Years resolution? Yeah, yeah, they can be kind of hokey, but why not? What's the harm in setting a goal or resolving to do something you've always wanted to? We can't help you muster up the courage to sky dive, but we can help if your resolution includes building something, starting up or just learning more about the innovators who make this country great. For as little as $2 a month, you can be on the TWiST List--a collection of founders, thinkers and tinkerers all challenging and inspiring one another to do more, do better.

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This week, we were happy to welcome the following new members to Backchannel fold:

• Supporter Jason Cartwright
• Superfan Andre Gegechkori
• Fan Michael Perez
• Fan Elle Fa

Di-Ann Eisnor of Waze #226

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Waze is paving the way for drivers across the US, and VP Di-Ann Eisnor sat down with Jason to discuss a crowd-sourced future, combating safety concerns and when we can expect for Waze to come factory-installed in our cars.

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News Panel with Cyan Banister and Erik Lanigan #225

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Angel investor and Zivity founder Cyan Banister and journalist Erik Lanigan joined the TWiST News Panel for analysis on SOPA, Facebook’s looming IPO, HuffPo's new web network and more.

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This Week in Startups, Jan. 20

TWiST is dedicated to inspiring, supporting and promoting entrepreneurship. So we were thrilled to learn this week that Dan Lewis, author of the email series "Now I Know," was inspired in part by Jason to begin sending out his daily newsletters, chock full of interesting stories and tidbits. If you don't know about "Now I Know," well, now you do. Happy reading!

This week, we were happy to welcome the following new members to the TWiST Backchannel:

• Supporter Giles Thomas
• Fan Bradley Falzon

Aaron Levie of Box #224

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Box CEO and co-founder Aaron Levie joined the show in a special Palo Alto episode to talk founding, funding and the power of consumer choice.

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