i had a lot of tough love growing up or i wouldn't be where i am. >> maynard webb, chairman of yahoo!, thank you for stopping by. i always love having this segment on the show. >> it's always nice to be with you, emily. >> thanks, maynard. with crowd fund-up startings getting a crowd of investors, to signed like indy gogo have room to grow? >> welcome back to "bloomberg west." i'm emily chang. you can also catch our early show, 10:00 a.m. pacific, 1:00 p.m. eastern. when it comes to crowdfunding, kickstarter may be the first name that comes to mind but rival indiegogo raised $40 million from institutional vendor partners and kleiner perkins, how will this funding help kick the crowdfunding competition? the c.e.o. joins me here in the studio with more. it is a two-horserace and you are, i guess, in a two-horserace and littler guy. why should i bring my project indiegogo? >> since we launched industry in january 2008, we're the world's largest distributing money to 70 to 100 countries a week. why treat is -- we're the only platform bringing the crowd into crowdfunding. most of the platf

maynard webb said that he will not take coffee with people.people say, what if we just went and get coffee. you cannot have coffee with him unless you give him an e-mail explaining everything you want to talk about. >> he does not feel like socializing. >> he thinks they are a waste of time. >> arnie sorenson is saying make every meeting count. he is right. how many do you go to? >> if you are being more productive and the way you answer is no dillydallying, that makes sense. >> this starts every day. can only last seven minutes. that is the way they do this. >> like a tv segment. seven minutes you are done. thank you very much. we appreciate it. you can connect with me on linkedin. that is an old screenshot. thanks to your influence. a lot of fun to do. i want to know, what are your productivity suggestions? i also like to do a electric razor. i can do that while i do other stuff in the morning. it works. -- ng up >> verizon announced that it is tackling pay-tv with their acquisition. with somelie hyman breaking news on blackberry. they are e