Archive for December, 2010

Startup Quote: It’s Not About Money

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.

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2010 Post Highlights

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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Internet + TV, not Internet OR TV

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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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Congratulations to my friends at Fast Lane Daily

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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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Net Neutrality

Image by Steve Rhodes via Flickr

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 Don’t Want to be Monogamous

Image by Yaisog Bonegnasher via Flickr

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 [...]

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