Darren Herman

I was thinking about the job market today and wanted to check some stats; so I headed over to Indeed and did a few runs on salary information.
The first chart shows the average salary of an early stage company compared to “Fortune” companies.  Not what you’d expect, is it?

The next chart I have is salary [...]

I decided to be part of the status quo and write a “thanks” post as it’s Thanksgiving.  Other than being extremely thankful for my amazing wife and our newborn son, I’m extremely thankful for my health and all of the opportunities that have crossed my path.
Technology has allowed me to keep in touch with dozens [...]

Thought I’d write a simple post about two totally different people that I’d like to highlight.  The first, Jen Stark, is one of the most creative and colorful sculpturists and artist that I’ve seen and I’m totally inspired by her work.
The second, Mark LaRosa is the writer of Quotacrush, one of the best sales blogs [...]

For those who have had heard me speak recently either at conferences or in person, I’ve been talking a lot about the Adoption Curve.  The adoption curve may be more important than ever due to the economic environment that we are facing.  Adoption of a product and the associated business model by society is more [...]

Every year and a half or so, I’ve released a new look and feel for this blog.  I’m not a web designer (those were my early days) ]so it’s not like I want to show off some new skills that I have just learned.  I release a new theme purely for inspiration and to keep [...]

Mike Shields, a colleague of mine penned an article for Mediaweek entitled, Is the End Near for Display .  In this article, a few digital media directors and executives from advertising organizations talk about the death of display.
IMHO (these are my thoughts, not my employer), there are a few reasons why display ads aren’t going [...]

It’s official, my iPhone has taken over as my go-to device.  No longer do I reach for my laptop for simple tasks, nor turn on the television for others… the iPhone can do most of what I need.  Some would say that it’s only for personal purposes… well, at work, we use an Exchange server [...]

When an industry is in the middle of being disrupted, it’s the perfect time to add more logs to the fire. Today, lets concentrate on the music industry.  While everyone is focusing on distribution, recording, and digital rights, I’m focused on touring and concerts (btw, a money maker).  In the past, I’ve written quite a [...]

This is not an Obama post.  I promise.  It’s far from it.
It’s about David Matthew Herman, born into the world on November 5, 2008.  Sherri and I have welcomed him with open arms (and a lot of pushing on behalf of Sherri) but he’s here now and I couldn’t be happier.  The 9 months of [...]

Something that we forget all too quickly:
The “dot-bomb” of the early part of this millenium was also driven by the venture capital dollars driving the online ad market at that time; the largest online advertising spenders were the same venture-backed companies that tended to go belly-up in the fall, taking the online ad industry down [...]