Turning Your Organization Inside Out
By Mark Suster
This is part of my ongoing posts on Startup Advice. The world has changed much since I started my first company in 1999. As organizations we have become more open and I believe this…
By Mark Suster
Using VC Methodology a Good Method When Picking a Social Media Gameplan
Advertisers and marketers can use the techniques of venture capitalists in evaluating new advertising platforms, technologies and tools, said online-advertising-executive-turned-venture capitalist Brian McAndrews of Madrona Venture Group at the recent iMedia Summit, as you’ll…
Kill The Conformity: Social Media Panelists Should Give More
I’ve participated in quite a few social media panels in the last month or so and have enjoyed the process a great deal. But what has been most enjoyable for me is expressing different…
Twitter, Authority and Search Engine Ranking: An Exploration
Anyone remember when Loic LeMeur had the temerity to suggest Twitter rank its search results by the number of followers people have? His post, with 109 comments and reaction from Michael Arrington, Robert Scoble…
Twitter Lists Break Down Barriers to Adoption and Gives More Power to the Influential
The act of creating lists may result in a dual class of Twitizen - Those who are on lists of influential people and those who are not. To some extent lists may freeze the…
A Plan for Novatel’s MiFi Comeback
Following Novatel’s 3Q report and 4Q guidance last Thursday evening, NVTL stock dropped over 25% on Friday. Investors had expected strong MiFi revenue growth for 4Q, but management stated that this was unlikely to…
Compensation: The real divide in social media
Community Manager positions like most jobs in the social media space are evolving. There is no real consensus on what the job should pay and it seemingly varies from one company to the next.…
Mobile Monday: Mobile App News for Week of October 26th
By Sean P. Aune
Are you ready to develop for Windows XP? Are you ready to develop applications for a Windows XP-based phone? According to Gizmodo, the rumored xpPhone looks to be getting more real and they now…