Start-ups
An interview with Hollrr CEO David Hegarty
Hollrr is the newest social product that’s getting a lot of attention lately (TechCrunch, Mashable, etc.). I posted a blog recently about Hollrr but the easiest way to describe it is FourSquare for products. I reached out to their “Chief Hollrr”, David Hegarty (his Hollrr page), to find out more about this new service. I…
Read MoreWhy I’ll be spending the day at Startup Riot
If you aren’t familiar with Startup Riot, according to the website its a: …one day conference on February 17, 2010 in Atlanta, GA. Throughout the day fifty startups will take the stage and present themselves in 3 minutes and 4 slides. Presenters and attendees will have the opportunity to win prizes throughout the day. If…
Read MoreBlippy…yes its insane but it might just be the future
You know how when you go shopping and you buy something and you, like me, often think to yourself, “Gee, I wish there was a way I could make this purchase public, showing everyone what I bought, where I bought it, how much I bought it for and when I bought it.” Oh I know…
Read MoreFoursquare and Gowalla? Not in MyTown…
This blows me away. I’ve been researching, playing with, somewhat obsessing over location-based gaming, check-in apps for the last few months. You can often find me standing outside of a place I’m about to enter, furiously opening apps, checking-in, and then firing up the next app so that I can check-in on many different systems.…
Read MoreAction oriented entrepreneurs (via Fred Wilson)
Fred Wilson nails this trait in entrepreneurs. I want to back someone that is going to try things, try them fast and if they fail, so be it, at least you learned and (hopefully) failed fast enough to not cripple the startup. Indecisiveness and slow-to-action are not things that make a success story, in my…
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