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What to ask yourself before launching a startup

May 18, 2011

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I am teaching a SkillShare class on what to ask yourself before launching a startup. SkillShare is a distributed learning platform that pairs people who are passionate about topics with those eager to learn.  Its run by my good friend Mike Karnjanaprakorn and recently launched to allow more learning to happen. I recently asked the [...]

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Advice from SXSW Pros

March 8, 2010

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I have never been to SXSW, but excited to head down this year for SXSW 2010. In preparation for my time in Austin I polled a few friends to get their advice and thought I would share it here. Thanks for taking the time to write your thoughts – and hope this is helpful to [...]

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Techies Give Back: Ice Skating Event

December 14, 2009

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Yesterday a group of folks from the NY tech community called Techies Give Back got together with Camp Interactive for a day of skating and fun at Chelsea Piers. Tickets were sold to benefit the kids, but the day was also a success due to a promotion between Pepsi and Foursquare using social check ins [...]

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Passion + Web 2.0 Expo

September 17, 2008

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I spent the day at the Web 2.0 Expo expecting yet another conference. What I ended up with at the end of the day were a number of conversations that centered around passion. Passion for what you do everyday, your ideas, and overall being happy. Perhaps this meme was sealed by one of the Web [...]

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Web 2.0 Expo Week

September 16, 2008

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Image via Wikipedia This is certainly a busy week in the NY tech scene with many events happening. I am using Gary’s Guide to help sort out interesting events this week for the Web 2.0 Conference as well as the many other events in NYC that are happening. My Agenda: Looking forward to a number [...]

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Interview: Mary Bowling SES 2008: San Jose

August 20, 2008

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In my ongoing coverage of the upcoming SES conference in San Jose I wanted to share another interview with Mary BowlingSenior SEO, SEO Blizzard Internet Marketing, Inc. who will be speaking at the conference on the track: What’s Next 1. What is your background and what are you doing for Blizzard Internet Marketing, Inc? My [...]

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Interview: Ted West – SES 2008 San Jose

August 18, 2008

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In my ongoing coverage of SES San Jose I present another interview with Ted West, CEO of Looksmart. Ted is speaking at this years event – more information can be found here. 1. Can you tell me about your background and a little bit about LookSmart? LookSmart is a pay-per-click (PPC) advertising technology company that [...]

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Interview: Mark Jackson Organic Search SES 2008: San Jose

August 6, 2008

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Mark Jackson who is President and CEO of VIZION Interactive took the time to do an interview with me about Duplicate Site Content and Multiple Site Issues which is also the panel he will be speaking on at SES 2008. You can also checkout other interviews at Marketing.fm at the SES 2008: San Jose area.

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Interview: Bill Hunt – SES 2008: San Jose

August 4, 2008

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Bill Hunt is the CEO of Global Strategies, and will be speaking at the keynote round table discussion Why does search get credit for everything? He is speaking on the same panel as Randy Peterson, recently interviewed here. You are participating in a keynote roundtable this year at the SES 2008 show in San Jose [...]

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Interview: Anders Hjorth – SES 2008: San Jose

August 1, 2008

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Anders Hjorth will be speaking on the first day of the Search Engine Strategies conference in San Jose in the following track:Search Around the World – Part 2: The UK & Europe. Anders took the time to delve into some large International SEM questions and give clear advice to those who are participating in SEM [...]

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