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Hint To Startups – Use Your Domain In Your Email Address (1)
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Feld Thoughts (61) permalink
On a daily basis, I get an email from someone at a seed-stage startup where their email address does not include their website URL. For example, I just got an email from joesmith@gmail.com for his company CoolThing. I wouldn’t have thought of this except for I’m deep in the proofreading of a book that David Cohen and I are editing called “The Tao of TechStars.” One of the essays in the “Working Efficiently” section is ...Shared by rnordman (253)Comment View comments -
5 Ways to Build a Team that Builds Itself (1)
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Tim Berry's Blog - Planning Startups Stories (10) permalink
(Note: I posted this yesterday on the Amex OPEN forum. I’m reposting here for your convenience. Click here if you prefer the original.) Looking back now at more than 20 years of running my own business, it was rarely about anything as simple as just making money. Money mattered, no doubt; in fact we had a lot of debt resulting from the business during bad years, and no outside investment until much later, so money ...Shared by rnordman (253)Comment View comments -
Integrating Ethics Into The Core Of Your Startups: Why And How (13)
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When I came to the U.S. in 1980, I was young and naïve. I used to think that corruption and ethical lapses were just a third-world ill. Eventually, I became a tech CEO and learned the harsh realities of American business. Yes, standards are much higher, and breaches are punished, but the temptations are just the same here as they are in any other country. Ethical lapses (which are a form of corruption) are quite ...Shared by Aaron (29) Andraž Tori (3) Brad (12) Daniel (25) dougvs (8) FerroGate (18) Gordon (6) Jaymstr (7) Krispijn (37) RK (268) and three more »Comment View comments -
Sales Tips: Make a List, Delete Excuses (1)
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Jonathan Farrington's Blog (16) permalink
The JF Guest Author Spot Linda Richardson Selling is as much mind-set as skill set — especially today. Sure the economy has made it harder to conduct business and find and close opportunities. It has also made it harder to decipher what obstacles are due to the economy and what are due to our own performance. A 2009 DI study with 1600 corporate customers showed that customers attributed 33% of lost deals to things they ...Shared by rnordman (253)Comment View comments -
List of Social Media Management Systems (SMMS) (10)
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Web Strategy by Jeremiah Owyang | Social Media, Web Marketing (11) permalink
Pain: Social Media Teams Are Challenged To Respond To the Distributed Conversations I’m starting to get a few briefings and client requests about new technologies that enable social marketers to quickly manage, maintain, and conduct reporting on multiple channels. The issue of lack of scale is resonating with social strategists –as a result, the market is developing new tools that will help them manage them. This is one component of Social CRM, which if you ...Shared by Aal (31) byte (93) chrisbrogan (323) embee (62) GG (59) John (16) Mahendra (383) rnordman (253) ThirdEye (68) Todd (273)Comment View comments -
Want to Read Good Journalism? Try NewsTrust's New Personalized Filtering Tool (13)
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Fair, thorough, enterprising and in context - that's what we're looking for in the journalism we read, isn't it? At a time when shallow ranting takes up so much space in public discourse, a new media evaluation technology offers hope, inspiration and is a lot of fun to use. NewsTrust is a media technology organization funded by the Omidyar Network and MacAurthur Foundation. Yesterday it launched a personalized news filtering tool called MyNews. The tool ...Shared by a77ila (254) arjo (98) Avi (217) C (414) gxg (38) Le (350) Mahendra (383) Matt (17) Paulo (121) rnordman (253) and three more »Comment View comments -
How Does Cloud Computing Work?... (12)
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Cloud computing has been changing how most people use the web and how they store their files. It’s the structure that runs sites like Facebook, Amazon and Twitter and the core that allows us to take advantage of services like Google Docs and Gmail. But how does it work? Before we dig further into how does cloud computing work, first let’s understand what the term “cloud” refers to. The concept of the cloud has been ...Shared by climenole (206) Dom (6) James (132) JavierVB (200) jrdff (19) Le (350) Patrick McConnell (13) peefeeyatko (68) Redeye (63) rnordman (253) and two more »- climenole said: [grid of computers as collective virtual computer]
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Don’t Waste the Internet on TV – Protect the Future of the Internet (19)
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I had a very enjoyable debate with Avner Rosen of Boxee yesterday at SXSW. We tended to go around in circles defending our positions. His (to paraphase): the internet will do what cable and satellite do, but it will do it better. That MicroSoft and Apple among others will in the future come up with new ways to do it all better than we can now. Mine: Of course the internet can support video, but ...Shared by Adam (37) admkrm (12) Ahad Bokhari (212) Alex (292) arjo (98) C (414) Dan (16) daniel (50) Haltse (32) john Pisciotta (38) and nine more »- Haltse said: Best part " The things we cant imagine today. The applications that are just dreams because they dont have enough horsepower and bandwidth to work today. I want the internet to be a platform for amazing. Not Gilligan’s Island reruns"
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We can do it (37)
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Seth's Blog (972) permalink
Too often, it seems, this attitude is missing from teams, organizations or the community.It's missing because people are quick to opt out of the 'we' part. "What do you mean, we?" they ask. It's so easy to not be part of we, so easy to make it someone else's problem, so easy to not to take responsibility as a member of whatever tribe you're part of.Sometimes it's missing because people disagree about what 'it' is. ...Shared by Andrei (105) askarnett (479) Barb (153) bdentzy (14) chbm (60) Daniel (31) Dr (171) drrwinters (78) e (22) haraldf (57) and 27 more »- tjompa said: Seth tar upp en (eller snarare flera) delar som är mycket viktiga. Min erfarenhet av projektledning är att just "vi mot målet" är mycket mycket viktigt. En självklarhet kan tyckas men tyvärr ser inte världen ut så. Tror du mig inte så ta och blicka ut över kontoret du sitter på och fundera på om det är "dom" och "du" eller om det är "ni".
- Jackie said: This couldn't have come at a better time for me haha.
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The Brand Dashboard: A Window to Relevance (15)
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Perhaps the most difficult aspects of Social Media to embrace are the changes in our behavior and overall philosophy it necessitates in order to earn relevance and ultimately prominence in consumer hearts, minds, and markets. Simply put, Social Media makes us vulnerable and officially ends an era of perceived control threaded by the illusion of invincibility. Everything we thought we knew and valued is now in dire need of reassessment. We are entering into a ...Shared by Avi (217) Doktor (203) GeeMan (11) jellsworth (6) JMaultasch (23) Justin (33) louisgray (403) Macke (184) maxilprof (123) Paul (258) and five more »- Doktor said: I'm usually extremely postitive to everything that comes frpm Brian Solis. But I don't get this. I prefer his thoughts on PR and all things digital, but branding? I have to read this post again later...
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The Rise of Netbooks (Infographic) (13)
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Related content from GigaOM Pro (sub req’d): Report: The Future of the Netbook Infographic by Column Five MediaShared by Adam (140) Avi (217) bgulbahce (21) Cocoy (165) Mark Frost (189) R (86) rnordman (253) rzklkng (546) Sara (3095) Stuart Paul McCann (9) and three more »Comment View comments -
10 Principles For Not Killing Your Startup (25)
onEverywhere you look these days, people are attempting to start innovative businesses and nonprofits, working on putting team, product and financing together, and generally trying to change the world - or, at least, their world - through entrepreneurship. Meanwhile, I strongly suspect that the mortality rate of tech startups is as high as ever (no rigorous scientific tracking there, just common sense and observation - please do share stats if you know of some). In ...Shared by Alan (408) Alex (39) Andrew (122) blackinwhite (65) Daniele Bazzano (dAn) (142) dekrazee1 (16) Dine (20) fseixas (69) Gerard (94) JC (43) and 15 more »Comment View comments
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Google vs. Yahoo: Who Has the Right Social Strategy? (21)
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The Social Analyst is a weekly column by Mashable Co-Editor Ben Parr, where he digs into social media trends and how they are affecting companies in the space.Facebook; Twitter; LinkedIn; YouTube; Wordpress: these companies, built from the ground-up, are mainstays in social media. None of them were created by a large tech company, and all but one remains independent.It’s an interesting phenomenon, when you think about it. Large tech companies have had limited to no ...Shared by Chris (75) Dan (178) groovygenie (26) holabendez (3) IdoNotes (28) Jay (103) jenks8 (138) Josh (324) Kevin (23) Kieran (182) and 11 more »Comment View comments -
All the Small Things: Facebook Demonstrates How to Get Big Results From Little Changes (17)
onWe've talked about design a lot recently, highlighting the nuances of thoughtful placement and treatment of various elements of a web page. Today I stumbled onto an interesting blog post by Ryan Spoon of Polaris Venture Partners about how small changes or additions, specifically in design, can at times make a huge difference for a product on the Web. In the example Spoon references, Facebook added a post log-out message to their homepage which for ...Shared by blackinwhite (65) Chris (75) DanThornton (223) Erik (68) Gauravonomics (150) Mahendra (383) Marshall (316) mengmeng (7) Mushin (124) pcurtain (134) and seven more »
- Gauravonomics said: Stats on Facebook's post log-off screen mobile promotion.
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Canada Now Somewhat Less Anti-Startup (12)
onCanada isn’t shy about making life difficult for startups, and we’ve had one or two personal brawls with the country as well. But a change in Canadian tax law last week is designed to spur U.S. venture investments in Canadian startups and make Canada less of a leper colony for tech entrepreneurs. The change allows foreign investors in most Canadian startups to avoid “literally hundreds of pages of documents” to be filed and processed on ...Shared by Andrea (34) Devlin (142) Dom (30) dougvs (8) ilyia (6) James (9) Malewail (5) Ramine (182) rnordman (253) Roman (4) and two more »
- Dom said: Youhou! As a new entrepreneur now is "sales" mode with my projet http://twetailer.com, I consider this is an exiting news! No more barrier to start working with guy Kawasaki ;)
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5 Ways to Use Google Wave for Business (32)
onSharlyn Lauby is the president of Internal Talent Management (ITM) which specializes in employee training and human resources consulting. She authors a blog at hrbartender.com.Remember Google Wave? Clearly, Google Buzz has recently overshadowed Google’s other hotly anticipated social communication platform, but before you ditch your Wave account, give it a second try. There are many useful business applications for Wave, especially in situations that call for collaboration with a group or managing a project. Wave ...Shared by a (124) Abdul (63) Alexis (11) Allerhed (107) Andrew (38) Barbara (88) Craig (98) Dan (178) ellen (55) Gerard (94) and 22 more »
- miguerum said: Interesante la convergencia entre estos cinco potenciales usos para Wave y los 5 que publicamos la semana pasada (http://bit.ly/du91G4 ). Creo q estos usos no se limitan a negocios pero tambien a investigadores e individuos.
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3 Ways To Use Google Reader As An Online Archive (34)
onLike many of you, for the past few years I’ve been using Google Reader to subscribe to blogs and news feeds. Instead of having to go out and scan each and every one of my favorite blogs for new and interesting content, I can read; share; tag; favorite and organize my favorite posts directly in Google Reader. It saves me a valuable abundance of time. Google Reader is not only one of the best RSS ...Shared by ahr19 (81) Alpinefolk (26) billmasson (31) BriskLad (212) Bryan (39) Courtney (171) Daniele Bazzano (dAn) (142) dannywahlquist (354) DCFemella (223) gastaoss (116) and 24 more »Comment View comments
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Altimeter Report: The 18 Use Cases of Social CRM, The New Rules of Relationship Management (24)
on18 Use Cases That Show Business How To Finally Put Customers First Social and CRM: How Companies Will Manage Their Social Relationships Over the last six months, I’ve been working closely with Ray Wang who is well known in the CRM space as an expert. Coupled with my focus on social technologies we did a deep dive on how our worlds are colliding into the trend to Social CRM. In our opening webinar when we ...Shared by Aal (31) Adam (13) amarantacee (8) chrisbrogan (323) Christopher (33) Courtney (171) Daan (13) estebanibarral (10) Gauravonomics (150) GG (59) and 14 more »
- GG said: @jowyang links to @gauravonomics' blog post on the same
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I Could Totally Do That (11)
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Someone else took your idea. You’ve been talking about it for years. That’s your thing. I can’t believe she said what I’ve been saying for years, and now she’s got a book. I could totally do that. You probably had this idea, too: Can’t see it? Click click here. Direct link to the video The difference between you having an idea and what they’ve done is that they’ve executed. If you’re not executing, you’re talking ...Shared by CCSeed (71) claudio alegre (28) Geeee (20) James (7) Marshall (316) Michael (48) Page (5) rnordman (253) roundeg (24) ShannonPaul (70) and one more »- roundeg said: Watch the video! Loads of fun if you are at all fascinated by Rube Goldberg machines!
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On self determination (61)
onI posted this eight years ago (!) but a reader asked for an encore. ...are we stuck in High School? I had two brushes with higher education this week. The first was at a speech I gave in New York. There were several Harvard Business School students there, invited because of their interest in marketing and exceptional promise (that's what I was told... I think they came because they had heard that Maury Rubin would ...Shared by Aaron (29) Adam (8) Addie (65) Aditya (61) Arjun (12) asim (13) askarnett (479) Banzai10 (26) Borja (42) calderas (9) and 51 more »Explore read four notes
- rapodaca said: "Safe is risky."
- Mark said: I scrapped my Java programming final and went to the Keys with friends. It cost me an A in a class with very few A's given. I have never regretted it. I gladly accept my B+. That doesn't mean I would have done the same if it would have moved me from B to C. But some things are just more important in life than others.
- JECO said: The best part of college is that you could become whatever you wanted to become, but most people just do what they think they must.
- Rob said: Great article, Aaron. Its true some people tend to do what is safe. Being risky is what makes you stand out. What is funny is that I've gotten job offers not from showing people my education credentials, but by showing them the stuff I worked on outside of class.
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