Trendy growth-hacking ideas
Scrappy 1996: Sent by Hotmail 2003: Sent by Blackberry The scrappy stuff of today is: Open source Kickstarter Custom device / hackable Sell online only Free features / freemium aspects Developer community / App Store Robots AI Community around content
Trendy growth-hacking ideas
Scrappy 1996: Sent by Hotmail 2003: Sent by Blackberry The scrappy stuff of today is: Open source Kickstarter Custom device / hackable Sell online only Free features / freemium aspects Developer community / App Store Robots AI Community around content
A company culture for cats and creatives
Visited an impressive company yesterday. It is full of brilliant PhDs and scientists and makes tons of money — the money mostly for the owners. It would be impossible to keep these geniuses together through cash alone. So they talk
A company culture for cats and creatives
Visited an impressive company yesterday. It is full of brilliant PhDs and scientists and makes tons of money — the money mostly for the owners. It would be impossible to keep these geniuses together through cash alone. So they talk
2x companies
Most startups indeed fail and many end up returning only 1x or similar, which counts same as failing. In a portfolio of risky deals that fail, the ones that give the money back don’t help. The big wins matter and
2x companies
Most startups indeed fail and many end up returning only 1x or similar, which counts same as failing. In a portfolio of risky deals that fail, the ones that give the money back don’t help. The big wins matter and
The structure of the music industry
Amazing insights from a friend today who knows music inside and out. In short: maybe Pandora is the next Netflix Pandora is massive. $5bn market cap, #1 in most radio markets, more valuable than Clear Channel, up 200% this year
The structure of the music industry
Amazing insights from a friend today who knows music inside and out. In short: maybe Pandora is the next Netflix Pandora is massive. $5bn market cap, #1 in most radio markets, more valuable than Clear Channel, up 200% this year
Idea: disrupt workflow with analytics
Genius CEO of a soon-to-be-public company says: “I have this idea about enterprise software. It all replaces paper forms. You enter information and it moves it around for people to press OK or Next or Yes buttons. Replace this with
Idea: disrupt workflow with analytics
Genius CEO of a soon-to-be-public company says: “I have this idea about enterprise software. It all replaces paper forms. You enter information and it moves it around for people to press OK or Next or Yes buttons. Replace this with
The buy case for Yahoo
A Note from Pogue — Goodbye—and Hello. Now, listen: I realize that Yahoo is an underdog. I’ve given them a few swift kicks myself over the years. But over the last few months, as I’ve pondered this offer, I’ve visited
The buy case for Yahoo
A Note from Pogue — Goodbye—and Hello. Now, listen: I realize that Yahoo is an underdog. I’ve given them a few swift kicks myself over the years. But over the last few months, as I’ve pondered this offer, I’ve visited
Smart VC, Genius VC
The wise Jon Miller who ran AOL and recently was a top Newscorp executive is speaking today about a certain type of VC. It reminds me of another type. Type #1. See patterns. Pattern recognition. The world moves, things repeat,
Smart VC, Genius VC
The wise Jon Miller who ran AOL and recently was a top Newscorp executive is speaking today about a certain type of VC. It reminds me of another type. Type #1. See patterns. Pattern recognition. The world moves, things repeat,
Shorter Drucker, #2 managing time
The Essential Executive, tl;dr-ified Chapter 2: you need to protect your time for best effect. Step 1. Track it. I started a log last week using an iPhone app. A notebook might work too. What are you spending time on?
Shorter Drucker, #2 managing time
The Essential Executive, tl;dr-ified Chapter 2: you need to protect your time for best effect. Step 1. Track it. I started a log last week using an iPhone app. A notebook might work too. What are you spending time on?
Creations, lately
THAT’S US AT MAKER FAIRE [We were talking about Brain Hacking](http://fora.tv/2013/09/21/brain_hacking). (I am programming Lee’s brain in the picture.) This whole Maker thing is surely a reason to be optimistic about our world. We didn’t discuss Halo Neuroscience yet. That’s
Creations, lately
THAT’S US AT MAKER FAIRE [We were talking about Brain Hacking](http://fora.tv/2013/09/21/brain_hacking). (I am programming Lee’s brain in the picture.) This whole Maker thing is surely a reason to be optimistic about our world. We didn’t discuss Halo Neuroscience yet. That’s
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