Will Likes be the New Currency of the Web?

May 2, 2010

A week ago I was in San Francisco for F8 and I’m glad I was. Several months earlier I wrote about the impending “Facebook gold rush” and I believe it’s beginning to materialize. Facebook is a true force and I don’t think people realize the magnitude of what they have been accomplishing. The move to [...]

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Salesforce.com Buys Jigsaw.com

April 21, 2010

Cool news that Salesforce.com is acquiring Jigsaw.com for $142M. I got to know the Jigsaw Team while at Workstreamer and I am really excited for those guys and for Austin Ventures who no doubt did well in the transaction. Kind of funny that just a few years back TechCrunch penned an article called: Jigsaw is [...]

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Facebook Like Button Plugin for WordPress Blogs

April 21, 2010

I’m at F8 and was pumped to hear the announcement for like buttons extending outside of Facebook and the Open Graph initiative. As Zuckerberg said, the “default is now social.” One thing to note is that Facebook’s default like-button code won’t work on WordPress as it does not account for dynaimcally generated pages (e.g. a blog). However, [...]

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On the Uncertainty of Life

February 28, 2010

When do you know it’s time? When do you know it’s really time to start the business, shut the business, expand the business, invest in the business, quit your job, end the job search and take the offer on the table, leave your spouse, marry your girl/boyfriend, move to Australia, come home from Australia? When [...]

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The Lowest Common Denominator

February 19, 2010

In my thinking about how web technologies are evolving I think attempting to conceptualize or invent the next Facebook is nearly impossible. Massively disruptive startups “just are.” IMO it’s not possible to know what will be the next Twitter or Facebook because these types of platforms/applications are outgrowths of the current state of human interaction. [...]

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On Giving Up

February 12, 2010

I’m re-publishing this post written by Nate: When a 7 year old tells his mom, “Mom, I can’t do my math homework. It’s so hard. I’m no good at it”, how many parents tell their kid “You need to hire someone to do that for you”. None. This is a constant lament though of adults. [...]

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The Real-Time Web: Context is King and the URL is Context

February 11, 2010

This summer I took a couple weeks to really ponder what I saw developing on the real-time web. One of the conclusions I drew was that the success of real-time search would be based on a) context and b) identity. Google’s social search is the first compelling foray I have seen into nailing the “identity” [...]

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More Thoughts on MBA’s and Startups

February 10, 2010

Charlie O’Donnell’s recent post for MBAs considering working at startups drew some harsh reactions, but also raised some excellent points. I wanted to add my own thoughts since I have an MBA and know the startup space from both the perspective of a potential employee and as a CEO making hiring decisions. First two key [...]

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Networking Arbitrage: The Comment

February 4, 2010

As I have noted before, I feel that the quality of my online interactions with other individuals has been dropping. I no longer use Twitter as a conversation medium with friends because Twitter has changed. I don’t really like instant messaging because I find it distracting; when I’m in front of my computer I want [...]

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Where Art & Science Meet on the ‘Now Web’

February 3, 2010

I loved the quote below from Howard Lindzon. No matter the vertical, links are the currency of the web. The ‘Now’ web is all about links, and the financial community is all about fresh ideas. Stocktwits streams can move pretty quickly especially in fast markets.  Therefore, some level of aggregation is a welcome tool for [...]

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