While the success of Facebook may have seemed like it happened overnight, it was nearly a decade in the making. The same is true for many seemingly ‘overnight’ successes. When Facebook went public last Friday, many people were expecting a stock price that would soar well above the initial price of $38 a share. This […]
Everyone is a flutter in Silicon Valley right now, wondering what the circumstances are for Yahoo’s CEO Scott Thompson’s firing. Was he fired? Did he step down? It doesn’t really matter. He committed fraud. Rounding out information on a resume is a questionable practice, but one that is very common. It’s like everyone cheating on […]
If you told me a year ago that someone could earn $1 billion dollars by posting photos (which are lower quality) on Facebook I would have laughed at you. Well clearly Instagram is the bus driver, cause they took us to school…! For those of of you who do not know, Instagram is a mobile […]
This year’s SXSW interactive blew me away. Never has it been busier. I remember many years ago getting free passes THROWN at me in hopes I would attend. There used to be just one panel discussion hidden away in the corner and nobody was really watching it. A few years later I got to attend […]
Not a day has gone by this past week without some blogger talking about Pinterest’s exponential growth. While the growth is impressive, I wouldn’t start ditching other social media networks just yet. While I am an avid user of both Facebook and Twitter, I can safely say that they are not ideal for sharing content. […]
After so long without posting anything I feel like a long time listener, first time caller to my own blog! Well not literally, but I think you get my point. Blogging regularly is a commitment that many people simply do not have the time to do it. I say blog early and often. Here is […]
I just found out about Steve Jobs. Wow. We lost one of the biggest stars of the tech world today. I have had the good fortune of working for Apple, twice. Both of my tours there were amazing. Never before in my life had I been able to access every bit of knowledge I could […]
Whether we like it or not, Facebook is a force for marketers to reckon with. In my experience there has been no benefit to advertising a small, medium or even enterprise level company on Facebook. I have seen far greater returns with LinkedIn advertising. If you are OK with Facebook as a branding exercise rather […]
They call them the terrible twos, does that apply to start-ups? Hope not… Last year we threw an awesome shindig in New York to celebrate our first year as well as the launch of our first web-based application. This year we totally meant to do something, but we were just too busy! Our new app […]
Nobody is happier than me to see a little competition in the social media space! In a short amount of time Google+ has more than 10 million new users. Some speculate there will be 20 million Google+ users by this weekend. Some people seem to think that there could be a mass exodus from Facebook […]