This past week, I tweeted the following: ”the data itself isn’t overly interesting. the application of data is what is fascinating.” This wasn’t the first time I tweeted something along these lines and if you’ve heard me speak publicly (or inside the agency) over the past few years, I’ve probably touched upon the topic, if not spoken [...]
Category: Startup & Venture Capital
There have been plenty of posts about hiring and building the right teams but I wanted to dive a bit deeper into a certain position: Your #2. This position is for everyone: no matter high up or low down on the corporate totem pole you are, you have a #2 in some capacity. I will [...]
I’ve spent a bunch of time with ad servers in my life. It all started when I was installing phpAdsNew for my brother‘s website, Exotic Car Network, creating ad zones across Student.com in OpenAdStream, a web property that about 7 of us ran in the late 90s, working on the team to create a self-service [...]
At my last startup, we used our investors not just for business guidance, but also as talent scouts. They were constantly meeting interesting people who were looking to join or build the next big idea and they helped us place some great talent within our organization. Now, as an investor at kbs+p Ventures (and still [...]
I used Uber, the brand new on-demand upscale car service 2 times this past weekend in New York City. I downloaded the iPhone app, installed it and had a car picking me up at my apartment within 10 minutes. All in all, I loved the whole experience and would certainly use it again. What [...]
