Do You Have a Failover Plan?

April 29, 2008

I thought it was funny when I saw a Tweet come through from Alex Payne (aka @al3x) this afternoon. Alex is something along the lines of the Big Daddy Architect at Twitter. The tweet stated that power was out at Twitter HQ and that they had failed over to abacuses.

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What Makes You Tick?

April 29, 2008

This weekend I was at Podcamp NYC 2. This is my fourth podcamp and second in two weeks. As someone who gets to go to a lot of events, conferences, unconferences, networking thingys, etc. I decided going into this trip that I would treat this thing differently than normal.

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Contrived Transparency

April 28, 2008

There is way too much talk about transparency going around. Seriously. I’m guilty. Apparently, 40,292 other people are also guilty.

Transparency is one of those buzzwords people like to throw around to demonstrate that they’re savvy in the business of social media. If we have a blog, says one marketing strategist at XYZ company, we’ll be seen as transparent.

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Friends vs. Fans

April 28, 2008

I think that maybe we’ve done some serious harm to the concept of friends with all this social media stuff.

Seriously.

On Facebook, how many of your friends are really friends?

I have over 2000 followers on Twitter. How many of them know my real name without looking?

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Business Plan Series: Part 10 – Appendicies

April 28, 2008

So what exactly is in the appendix section of the business plan?

In short, it is the kitchen sink of things that are relevant to your business plan that add value for the reader.

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TECHcocktail DC – The DC Tech Scene is definitely back

April 27, 2008

I have seen my share of networking events. Back during the dotcom era it was full of open bars and crazy companies with the latest software to change your life in some way. Then it was all about buying stuff on the web or a portal for something or another.

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Siguiendo la F1 (y otras noticias) con Twitter

April 27, 2008

Twitter (una red social que permite compartir mensajes de texto rápida y públicamente) es la herramienta perfecta para seguir eventos en vivo y enterarse de los últimos acontecimientos.

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Welcome Huffington Post Readers

April 23, 2008

I’d like to extend a warm greeting to readers of the Huffington Post where a piece I wrote earlier today, entitled Two Castles of Power, was published.
I don’t talk about politics much around here. I used to. Back in the day. However, the audience here is generally keen on reading thoughts about technology and business [...]

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The Jolly Green Bubble

April 23, 2008

CNN, the New York Times, Business Week, Advertising Age, “Good Morning America,” the Sundance Channel, Reuters, the Discovery Channel, Marketplace radio, and a slew of local papers. Newpapers? You kill trees to create a huge insert about Earth Day. Is that not the stupidest thing you have ever heard.

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Jonny Goldstein

April 22, 2008

Classic Jonny Goldstein

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Business Plan Series: Part 9 – Financials

April 22, 2008

As we come toward the close of our business plan series we reach probably the most important section of the plan next to the Executive Summary, the Financials section.
Despite the work you put into creating a stellar business plan most investors will read your executive summary first and then dive right into your financials. Their [...]

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