Archive for August 2009
Will everyone stop worrying about Twitter’s retention rates?!
Fred Wilson wrote a great piece on the Twitter and Facebook retention rate stats. Subscribe to his blog, follow his tweets and if you’re daring, check out his tumbles. He’s the one guy on my list that I always try to read. Below is my response to his post: “No one goes to the ballparks…
Read MoreStartup Q&A
I had the great pleasure of doing a short interview with a friend who’s interested in being an entrepreneur. I’m always humbled that someone would want my advice. Typically I only have one bit of advice: Just do the damn thing (and nothing else). The “nothing else” is perhaps the most important. You can’t do…
Read MoreDefinition: Equal Opportunity Tweeter
Equal Opportunity Tweeter [ee-kwul op-er-too-ni-tee twee-ter] – noun 1. one (a company, person, etc.) that does not pick and choose tweeters that have high followers to respond to, typically replying and interacting with tweeters with low AND high follower counts; as opposed to only engaging with tweeters with high follower counts (i.e. “the influencers”). Used…
Read MoreEntrepreneurs and investors can learn from the Facebook TipJoy “scandal”
Seems everyone is getting excited about what Facebook recently did after pursuing a TipJoy acquisition. Not up on this yet? You can read a TechCrunch article on it, but the gist is that Facebook was talking to TipJoy (micropayments startup) about an acquisition and reportedly offered around $5MM in stock for the company. TipJoy allegedly…
Read More3 trends that will shape the digital world over the next decade
I love the LinkedIn Groups. I think LinkedIn has a good shot at cornering the “business social networking” space. They’ve been doing some cool things over there and I think they’re on a great path. If you’re not on LinkedIn, get on it. If you are, connect with me. In the TRENDYLAB – MARKETING, TRENDS,…
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