I meet with plenty of technology companies who sell to marketers and agencies and I also meet with many marketing and advertising technology startups who are pitching for venture funding. Sometimes they are one and the same. I’ve been witnessing companies coming thru the door and telling me that they are a pure technology platform, [...]
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We had a nice piece written about kbs+ Ventures in the WSJ today that spoke about the evolved model we are bringing to market. I’m glad the WSJ initially reached out because it’s truly a great story to tell. You can find the article here. A month or two ago, we also put a short [...]
Just last week, we launched our first book at kbs+ Ventures. The book was derived from the insight that our agency‘s staff wanted to learn more about innovation frameworks and what entrepreneurs have to do in order to build a business. You can download the book here (more formats for the book coming in the [...]
Last week I blogged about $GOOG. This week, we’ll talk about $AMZN. I find myself using Amazon much more than I used to. I use the desktop version and the iPhone app though most of my usage comes from the iPhone app. I’ve tasked myself to think about why I use Amazon. Price was my [...]
I spent some time thinking about Google Fiber and it’s opportunity and threats to the consumer and business ecosystem. This is not supposed to be a fully thought out piece but rather some raw thinking that I’m putting out to the Interwebs for continuing a conversation that was started by many of you. Why is [...]
Back when I was blogging more often, I used to write posts that provided perspective on other industry conversations around the web. I did this fairly frequently in the 2000s but have stepped back a bit over the past couple of years mostly because Ive been balancing the family and work and blogging has been [...]
I keep hearing the phrase Big Data. Whether it be conferences, blog posts, or due diligence requests from VCs about different startups, it’s probably one of the most used phrases in 2012. The chart below shows “Big Data” search volume in Google over the past 4 years. ‘Nough said. The phrase Big Data, in my [...]
