No Facebook IPO in 2010: The Writing Was On the Wall

January 26, 2010

As I pointed out in a tweet a week ago — the fact that Dave Morin left Facebook seemed a clear signal to me that Facebook would not IPO in 2010. It’s awesome that Dave is pursuing his dream, but also says something interesting when you read between the lines. My Tweet: News Story One [...]

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Why I Share and Why You Will Too

January 25, 2010

My good friend Mike authored a great post tonight on “behavior generated content.” An all-star cast followed up with great comments (@lessin, @andyweissman, @jonsteinberg, @ericfriedman and others). It’s worth a read. A comment Jon Steinberg made struck a chord with me: “it’s more an overall issue of people sharing more and the line being further [...]

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Esther Dyson on Identifying Tension Points

January 15, 2010

From the most recent GOOD Magazine: Esther Dyson notices the present in a way others don’t. Take a building, for example. “One will say it’s red with two stories,” she says. “Another will say it’s made out of wood, two hundred years old, with a pointed roof. And I will say, ‘Here’s the building. This [...]

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Best Startup Interview of 2009: Eventbrite

January 1, 2010

More than reading blogs, I love watching videos of entrepreneurs as they discuss their specific strategies and business models. Overall, I find video to be much more candid and revealing. This interview between Michael Arrington, Eventbrite co-founders, Kevin & Julia Hartz and Sequoia Partner, Roelof Botha was my favorite of 2009

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The Coming Facebook Gold Rush

December 29, 2009

I recently discovered an awesome new blog – For Entrepreneurs, written by David Skok at Matrix Partners. One of the best posts I have read in some time is David’s post titled, Startup Killer: The Cost of Customer Acquisition. The (in)ability to acquire customers is something I have personal experience with and have resolved to [...]

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What Startups Can Learn from Lady Gaga

December 27, 2009

Being home for the Holidays means lots of driving in my family. Driving, in turn, means listening to the radio. Right now, listening to the radio means listening to Lady Gaga. As both my sisters are big fans, I started doing some research into the Gaga phenomenon and have been utterly amazed at both the [...]

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Do We Still Feel Fine or Are We Facing a Digital Crisis?

December 21, 2009

Jonathan Harris has released his first book, We Feel Fine: An Almanac of Human Emotions based on his astounding digital work of art with partner, Sep Kamvar. I have written about WeFeelFine.org here and here. Being the Holidays and all, I highly recommend purchasing this book for anyone who is passionate about the intersection of [...]

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Please Help the Cause: It’s for the Kids

October 29, 2009

Update: We raised the money within 48 hours! Thanks so much to everyone who contributed (9 donations). Awesome. Usually I steer clear of posting personal things on this blog, but I wanted to ask for support in helping a great cause. My youngest sister is part of Teach for America. She’s spent the last year [...]

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Facebook Movie to be Filmed at Johns Hopkins University

October 27, 2009

Parts of the Facebook Movie: “The Social Network” by Andrew Sorkin will be filmed on the Hopkins Campus in Baltimore starting in November. Note: I’m very involved at Johns Hopkins University, serving on a number of boards both for the overall University and the Carey Business School. I was in Baltimore for several days last [...]

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On Pagination, Zip Codes and Zynga

October 27, 2009

The weather is terrible today here in New York. I think I’ll use it as inspiration to post a few rants (i.e. annoyances) that have been on my mind… Pagination in Flow Applications Tumblr (among others) has adopted a convention for pagination that drives me nuts. You click on a button on the right-hand side [...]

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