- Startups - Jeff Lawson of Twilio -TWiST #308

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Thomas Korte of AngelPad sits down with Jason on today's episode. The discussion covers, similarities/differences in the European Startup scene, immigration and how it changes startups, and the state of Silicon Valley today and in the future.

:30 Let's welcome Jeff Lawson, co-founder of Twilio

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3:55 Why and when did you start Twilio?

4:20 When were you working at Amazon?

6:00 What did it cost to setup your first website?

8:20 What was NineStar?

10:00 Why do you need to be passionate about the product you are building?

12:20 How did NineStar do?

13:40 Does it make it better to make product decisions if you are passionate about the product?

15:00 How did you come to Twilio?

16:20 How long were you at Amazon?

17:30 So how did Amazon affect your transition into Twilio?

22:10 What was the most impressive thing in the first couple of months at Twilio?

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28:50 So how did you build your cloud?

34:20 Who are some of the biggest clients of Twilio today?

38:25 How doe Uber use Twilio?

40:00 What does it cost to onboard a new country?

44:15 Talk about how you marketed Twilio.

45:45 What percentage of your spend went to developers?

47:00 Do you think phone numbers are becoming less relevant?

51:00 What is your opinion on Google voice?

51:40 What do you like about Google Hangout?

54:20 So what as Twilio do you do next?

55:10 What are customers asking for?

56:50 Can you explain webRTC to the non technical folks?

59:30 Do you guys handle billing?

62:15 Are you hiring like crazy now?

63:30 Are you hiring people from outside the country?

64:40 Thanks to SnapTerms and TurnStone

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