Some of my friends over at DeSilva+Phillips a boutique investment bank (also known as MediaBankers) have just released a white paper (links to the PDF) entitled Getting Real. I am always skeptical about investment bank led white papers (unless they are presentations by Mary Meeker which I love) but these guys pulled off a pretty [...]
Category: Startup & Venture Capital
I’m writing this post about 2.5 hours before the first panel/session kicks off for SXSW 2010. For those who are not familiar with SXSW, it’s a conference split into three areas: Interactive, Film, and Music. I’m only down for the first few days of Interactive but in previous years, I’ve participated in the music portion [...]
I’ve been immersing myself into the world of data for the past few years at work, reading lots of books, and speaking to many gurus. What interests me both personally and professionally is the application of large data sets and how to use them to gain a competitive advantage over the competition. Call it data [...]
I created an uber prediction list back in 2007 and it was a hit. Here are some of the predictions already posted across the net re: technology, media, and marketing – three things I’m very interested in. If I missed your post and you’d like to be listed, just leave a comment and I’ll add [...]
Imagine if the web didn’t have to live in the browser. In many ways, we are experiencing that today (i.e. Foursquare or Tweetdeck) but what if we put it onto the desktop? For those unfamiliar with RIA or “Rich Internet Applications,” they can be defined here: Rich Internet applications (RIAs) are web applications that have [...]
Dear Ms. Internet, As someone who has spent 8+ hours a day with you over the past 10 years, both for professional and personal needs, I have to say that having a long term relationship with you is challenging at best and you are starting to get a reputation for your celebrity-length relationships. You are [...]
As many readers of this blog know, I’m a big fan of the fashion world. I enjoy many different types of fashion (everything from conservative prep to sporty) and especially enjoy how the fashion world is being infused with different technologies. I’ve been meeting with companies that provide custom shirts all the way down to [...]
There are a few areas of the digital space I’m particularly fond of right now and they have to do with mining content for data, and then turning the data into insights. Note, that data is generally “dumb” as a single data set can mean different things to different people (insights). Owning the data is [...]
I have just returned from speaking at the OMMA Global conference with friends & industry luminaries John Battelle, Jason Calacanis, and Paul Kedrosky which was all about the intersection of advertising with technology. If you missed the talk, Max Kalehoff, our panel moderator (and VP of Marketing @ Clickable) penned a nice piece in MediaPost. [...]
