The last thirty years has enabled phenomenal movements and shifts in technology. The rate of change has surely advanced with the Internet. The advancements in mobile technologies has added further acceleration.
It is a dream to me to have a device in my pocket that has allowed me to integrate what was [...]
I participated in Gridley & Company’s 10th Annual Marketing -Inernet-Financial Technology Conference in New York yesterday. This post to share some reflections about the conference, attendees and information that was shared.
- Linda Gridley knows how to bring out some of the best private companies within the digital and financial technology industries. The roster of companies and executives [...]
Hiring is something that every entrepreneur struggles with. Every entrepreneur thinks they can do everything. Some entrepreneurs have a hard time trusting others. Hiring is also very difficult to do properly. I learned this the hard way myself and wanted to share some tips. Thanks GetEntrepreneural.com for syndicating my post. You can read the full [...]
Online reputation is an important topic that I am particularly interested in. I have been involved in this for a long time. I believe that building trust through reputation is of paramount importance as we look at continued expansion and sustaining social commerce. You can read the full post here.
Oh no…
The Christmas Tree lights have gone dark.
All I know is that my daughter says the “lights just shut off…”
I checked the fuse box in the cellar…and that was ok.
Could the cat who likes to sleep under the tree have chewed threw the chord? Uggh.
I surveyed the wires and all the connections. All seemed to [...]
It is so interesting to look at the wide range of quality that exists with mobile apps.
It resembles the early days of web pages when most people thought about their page as another brochure or piece of collateral. Some took advantage of the new form factor, browsing, graphics and publish on demand capabilities. This was [...]
Halloween 2010 has come and gone.
It was a great Halloween season. Earlier this month we celebrated National Swap Your Halloween Costume Day across the U.S.
It was a wonderful Halloween Day yesterday with cool temps and dry weather…perfect for “trick or treating.” We got to share it with some great friends again this year and we [...]
Glenn Croston has followed emerging businesses for years and posts about them on FastCompany. Glen wrote a post featuring Swap.com yesterday: “Swapping Your Way To New Life.” Very timely and informative post as we all look to ways to save money and conserve the planet.
“More and more it looks like the economy won’t be snapping [...]
MassChallenge hosted their awards night last evening. Twenty-six companies were finalists and all of them were featured with one minute pitches. Each of these ventures competed to win $1 million in prizes that were awarded last night. The evening also brought together nearly 1,000 people to celebrate entrepreneurship and innovation in Massachusetts. It was a [...]
The ink is not even dry on this cartoon by Tom Fishburne and it is already a classic.
It used to be about the “eyeballs.”
Then it was all about “free,” everything had to be free.
Now as Tom illustrates, it is all about “friends, fans & followers.”
Common wisdom would tell us that if you have alot of [...]
