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24 October 2008 6 Comments

Not All Team Players Pulling Their Weight?

Are all your team members equally pulling their weight? It comes up all the time — I’ve had the issue myself — and it was common enough for a few startup CEOs to throw together an ad hoc session at BarCampDC2 last weekend. Of course, it never starts out that way — but then, the road to hell is paved with good intentions. How to make sure things stay balanced, and equitable?

Tags: barcamp, hacker news, jess3, mario morino, meredith, new media strategies, the healthcentral network, venture hacks

22 October 2008 2 Comments

Monetize . . . or Die?

My pitch was turned down for, among other things, ‘We are unsure about your ability to monetize the site.’ Heck, join the club! Who’s sure about their ability to monetize anything? Google wasn’t. Facebook still isn’t. But if you’re diligent — and reasonably astute — you work on it, you work every angle, you try things, and you figure it out.

Tags: august capital, barcamp, blogger, CIT, convertible note, launchbox digital, new york angels, opencoffee, spark capital, thummit, union square ventures

10 March 2008 Comments Off

BarCamp Miami 2008

BarCamp es un concepto de conferencia muy interesante… es en realidad una desconferencia a donde asisten los que quieran y las presentaciones dependen de los asistentes, por lo cual la conferencia se va desarrollando dinÃ¡micamente sin agenda previa. Este aÃ±o, mÃ¡s de 300 personas asisitieron a la segunda ediciÃ³n de BarCamp Miami, organizada por Alex de Carvalho, Brian Breslin, Chris Saylor y Nick Dominguez.