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ABD, Always Be Deploying

7. September 2010

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The famous scene in Glengary Glen Ross has Alec Baldwin directing his team to “ABC” or “Always Be Closing.” Its an epic speech and I have included it below for context. I modified this mantra slightly for tech companies: ABD always be deploying. One of the most important things a company can do is ship [...]

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Analytics for Email

2. September 2010

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I want the equivalent of Google Analytics for my inbox.  I know there are tons startups working on the email inbox and analytics solution – but none that focus on just stats that I know of.  There is Xobni, Etacts, Rapportive, Gist, and now even Gmail has Gmail Priority Inbox. None of these solve for [...]

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The Social Media Tsunami

1. September 2010

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My friend Mike Singleton just coined a new phrase which I like which happens after you meet someone for the first time, or correspond with them online.  It represents the full monty of online connections that can occur.  These usually happen in fast succession resulting in an avalanche of connection options coming from one person [...]

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Retargeting? Yes please.

19. July 2010

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While browsing the web today I was hit by a banner ad powered by Criteo for Zappos.  They are using my previous browsing history to target Zappos products I may be interested in.  This technology, called retargeting, has been around for a while but I have never been presented with a link at the bottom [...]

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Ambient Awareness

21. June 2010

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We now live in an age where you can be super connected to people you do not see or speak to everyday. This has been made possible by the ubiquity of social networks, and mass adoption. Everyone is not online, nor on a social network – but we are getting there. For those of us [...]

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Games in real life (game mechanics and the Toyota Prius)

18. June 2010

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Working at Foursquare I am constantly thinking about how game mechanics influence real life. I recently rented a car and chose a Toyota Prius, a hybrid car, for environmental and financial reasons but also to experiment with the “game” you play with the car while driving. You see, the Prius actually has an optimized way [...]

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Passive Work for Passive Income (my lean startup presentation)

19. May 2010

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I gave a talk this week at the Lean Startup Meetup which was a great exercise to wrap my head around my Eat.ly project that I have been working on with our team over the past few months. It ended up being a Q&A in real time but I went through building a deck and [...]

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Joining Foursquare

12. April 2010

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I am excited to announce I am transitioning from Union Square Ventures and joining the team at Foursquare. It is hard to believe that just two years ago I first wrote on this website about joining USV. It has been a thrilling and educational experience working at Union Square Ventures. I will forever be indebted [...]

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Streaming March Madness (CBSSports.com)

7. April 2010

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It should come as no surprise that I found the technology behind this years college basketball tournament more interesting than the games themselves – despite this fact I did win in my CBSsports.com bracket! (much to the chagrin of fellow players who all knew I am not a huge college basketball fan) I was recently [...]

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Paid Search FTW

5. April 2010

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Image by naughty architect via Flickr Over the weekend I was out on Long Island and in need of a home service provider, specifically an exterminator. I setup an appointment and quickly realized my problem was “wildlife” and not “vermin” and needed a new provider. I was told to check the “phone book” and look [...]

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