29: The Burden of Being Number One

Dan and Haddie are joined in the studio by the host of ScamSchool.tv and NSFWshow, Brian Brushwood, and, the founder of Amplifier and host of the upcoming 5by5 show The Capital, Joel Bush. They discuss the benefits of competition, Paul Thomas Anderson's film, There Will Be Blood (2007), Steve Jobs' response to Android, the competition between Coca-Cola and Pepsi, the pseudo-rivalry that exists between podcasters, strategies utilized by rivals to crush competitors, an article about a failing startup, and later they take some calls.

Links for this episode:

• Brian Brushwood - Bizarre Magic: America's #1 College Magic Show - Home
  
• Brian Brushwood (shwood) on Twitter
  
• Amplifier - Merchandising Services for YOUR Community
  
• joelbush (joelbush) on Twitter
  
• There Will Be Blood (2007) - IMDb
  A story of family, religion, hatred, oil and madness, focusing on a turn-of-the-century prospector in the early days of the business.
• My Startup has 30 Days to Live
  
• Failure is losing the will to fight | Francis Pedraza
  
• A Steve Jobs Moment That Mattered: Macworld, August 1997 - Forbes
  “We have to let go of this notion that for Apple to win, Microsoft has to lose,” Jobs said. “We have to embrace a notion that for Apple to win, Apple has to do a really good job. And if others are going to help us, that’s great because we need all the help we can get. And if we screw it and we don’t do a good job, it’s not somebody’s else’s fault. It’s our fault. ”
• Amazon.com: The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing: Exposed and Explained by the World's Two eBook: Al Ries, Jack Trout: Kindle Store
  
• Amazon.com: Pump Up the Volume: Christian Slater, Ellen Greene, Samantha Mathis, Cheryl Pollak, Jeff Chamberlain, Billy Morrissette, Lala Sloatman, Holly Sampson, Annie Ross, Andy Romano, Annie Rusoff, Jonathan Mazer, Alexander Enberg, Ahmet Zappa, Seth G
  
• The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires (Vintage): Tim Wu: 9780307390998: Amazon.com: Books
  
• My Startup has 30 Days to Live — In 30 days, my startup will be be dead
  
• TestTube > Scam School
  
• Frame Rate | TWiT.TV
  
• NSFW - Tuesdays at 10PM ET / 7PM PT on TWiT
  

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