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‘Dear Founder’ Is the Business World’s ‘Dear Abby’ That Entrepreneurs Should Read
Whenever I’m motivated to take on a massive undertaking, be it a new adventure, traveling to another country, or anything work-related, I try not to take a half-assed approach to it, and this means educating myself on all possible avenues, obstacles, and angles. Whether talking to experts or extensively researching items online, I continue to […]
User-Generated Marketing Service Chute Acquired by Private Equity Firm ESW Capital
A few years ago, companies clamored for solutions to help them capitalize on free media, the content people were producing on social media and voicing their support or displeasure about a particular product or brand. Companies created tools to facilitate communication from marketing managers and customer service agents to these influencers. Several, including Buddy Media […]
Can AI Build You a Better Burger?
Editor’s Note: This post about Creator Burger was originally published on the now-defunct All Turtles blog in June 2018. You can read other articles I’ve written for that site here. There are burgers and then there are burgers. It’s hard to describe what makes a great burger, but you’ll know it when you taste it. […]
Expedia Morphs Into A Travel Data Platform, With New Apps And Planning Tools
In the days before the rise of Airbnb, Kayak.com, Hipmunk, TripIt, and a slew of other travel-related services, three dominant forces dominated the travel industry: Orbitz, Travelocity, and Expedia. They still remain in operation today, but much of the spotlight has been shone on the likes of Kayak and Airbnb, with the latter being defined as a “decacorn”—a startup […]
Flipboard Acquires Zite to Make Curated Content More Personal
On Wednesday, a company acquired the digital magazine publisher platform Zite for the second time. This time it’s by its main competitor Flipboard in an all-stock transaction with CNN. You might remember that CNN picked up Zite in 2011 for $20 million. The deal will result in the closure of Zite, and the team will […]
My Heart Belongs To ‘Twitterville’ — Now In Book Form
I was privileged to attend Shel Israel’s recent book launch party in honor of his upcoming book, Twitterville. After reading his first book, Naked Conversations, which he co-authored with technology evangelist Robert Scoble, I was looking forward to what was coming up next. Since I’ve been living in San Francisco, I’ve had a chance to […]
What else can you say about using Twitter for business?
I’ve blogged a lot about using Twitter and other social media applications/sites for business purposes, so I’m not going to bore you with a lecture. So if you’re looking for detailed advice on what you should do on Twitter for your company, I wouldn’t rely on Julio Ojeda-Zapata‘s latest book “Twitter means business: how microblogging […]
Tribes: Seth Godin won’t lead you to the promised land, but he’ll give you directions.
A few months ago I received Seth Godin’s new book “Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us“, but only recently have I had a chance to read it. Having read his latest book, I must say that Seth has written another successful book. What’s this book Tribes about anyways? Well basically it’s focusing on the fact […]
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