Darren Herman

If you have followed this blog over the years,  I never post picture-only content.  Until now.  I think this is a fantastic quote by Alexander Tamas of the now infamous Mail.ru gang.

I’ve written a bunch of posts on this blog in 2010.   Not all are my favorites but below, I’ve highlighted the ones that are.  You can find a list of all-time favorite posts here ranging back to 2006.
Organizational Behavior

The Power of the Team
Big Companies Can be Fun and Educating Too

Data, Marketing Technology

The 1990s vs. [...]

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The digital media world is jumping for joy.  Advertising agencies, publishers, technology companies, etc.  For the first time, the Internet has surpassed print as an advertising vehicle.  WSJ, Ad Age, Venture Beat, and others wrote about it recently. U.S. spending on online ads will hit $25.8 billion in 2010, compared with $22.8 billion [...]

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I woke up to a warm email from one of my friends and entrepreneur extraordinaire, Emil Rensing announcing the thousandth episode of Fast Lane Daily and the chronicled journey of achieving that milestone.  For those that know the show, my brother was the first executive producer and helped them get their wheels in [...]

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Jon Borthwick (@borthwick) penned a piece for TechCrunch this morning called Neutrality or Bust.   This followed a piece by friend and fellow investor Brad Burnham (@bradUSV) entitled Internet Access Should Be Application Agnostic.
While Net Neutrality has been talked about for years, it’s now getting a lot of attention by [...]

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I’ve been thinking about this blog post for a while and finally sitting down to write it.  It’s exactly as the headline sounds… except it’s not about my relationship with my wife, but about my relationship with my mobile phone.
I have an Apple iPhone 4 and have had an iPhone [...]

I’m going to play contrarian for a post.  There is so much talk right now of the angel investment scene going bananas from venture capitalists, angel investors, entrepreneurs, journalists, academics, and even lolcats.  I agree that it’s going bananas, but where I don’t agree with many people (and many people who I respect) is that [...]

I attended the Dave Matthews Band concert here in New York City last night.  I’m a huge fan.
However, this post is less about the concert itself, but more about what happened.
I was about ten rows back from the stage last night when Dave came out on stage to begin the show.  He looked terrible.  Pale [...]

I always enjoy reading tidbits about about my colleagues personal lives so I thought I’d share some tidbits with you (about me).  If you want to contribute (your own), use hash tag on twitter, #learnaboutme and lets start a meme
In no particular order:
1.  As a freshman in high school, I played center on a roller [...]

I was asked by my friend Gabe to present at the Founders Institute on ways that startups can utilize an ad-supported model as this is right in my wheelhouse.
While the presentation is not until Wednesday, November 10, I wanted to make available the actual slides for any feedback – both positive & negative so that [...]