Mark Suster’s Interview with EcoMom Founder

March 7, 2011

What's really interesting about this is 1)the entrepreneur's frankness about his company and his previous companies and 2) Mark Suster's discussion of AngelList. It's a great backstage look. Posted via email from Not Really Stealthmode

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Job Numbers, Spending Cuts, and Reality

March 4, 2011

Unemployment this morning has come in at 8.9%, the best number we’ve seen in years. Unfortunately, this number — like almost every other number — has no bearing on reality. It’s a completely irrelevant number to everyone but, perhaps, political candidates and the Federal Reserve. Pundits and economists alike are surprised at the number. But […]

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March 4, 2011

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Charlie Sheen May Not Be as Crazy as You Think

March 2, 2011

I cannot believe I am writing a blog post about Charlie Sheen.  But it’s not really about Charlie Sheen; its about the media’s fascination with him, even on stations that purport to be covering business or politics. To me, there isn’t much difference between belaboring the circumstances around Obama’s birth and belaboring Sheen’s stay at […]

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For Companies Outside Silicon Valley: AzDisruptors and Gangplank

February 26, 2011

Phoenix now has another place besides Gangplank for new companies. Thursday I was in Silicon Valley for Jason Calacanis’ magnificent Launch Conference. I saw the exhibits of fifty companies, and while I didn’t see all of them present, I know there were many good ones. Through efforts like Jason’s, and others like Under the Radar […]

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Never Mind Women’s Rights: How About Children’s Rights to Remain Unborn

February 19, 2011

Who are you pro-life people kidding? Do you even know what’s out happens in the lives of children whose parents should never have been parents? Do you think every kid that isn’t aborted lives with two preferably Christian parents in a little house on the prairie? How naive and self-centered you are. I was a […]

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Only Communication Skills Can Save Your Business

February 18, 2011

The nightmare scenario of every marketing and investor relations professional is a storm of angry tweets and a single community manager who has to sleep some time. There’s no way that community manager can respond to everyone, and if he/she does, it’s not fast enough in a 24/7 world. And Egypt showed us how quickly […]

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Social Business for Enterprise C-Suite Occupants and Board Members

February 14, 2011

The next business disruption for the enterprise is social business. It is already under way, and most large companies, especially if they’re public, are resisting it mightily. But every enterprise C-suite occupant and board member should read Jay Baer and Amber Naslund‘s “The Now Revolution” because you have a responsibilirty to help your organization survive. […]

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The Internet Free Ride is Over

February 12, 2011

No wonder my American Express bill never goes down to zero! I am now paying for Evernote, Freshbooks,  Netflix, Audible, Scribe, Page.ly,  eFax, iTunes, Carbonite, the Wall Street Journal, TripIt Pro, FlickrPro, and SmugMug. I have already resigned myself to paying for the New York Times when it goes behind the pay wall, and perhaps […]

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Social Business: The Next Disruption

February 8, 2011

      Live TV by Ustream Visit the Official e2 Launch Microsite   Technology has caused several big disruptions in business. The first was the mainframe computer, followed by the desktop computer, and then the Internet. The next big disruption will be social business, and advances in interactivity will guide these changes. Today’s e2 event, in […]

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