Ben Casnocha: The Blog: Quick Happiness Hacks
Ben Casnocha has excerpts from New York magazine on how to increase the happiness in your life. Worth a read… Ben Casnocha: The Blog: Quick Happiness Hacks
Information Arbitrage: Microsoft Revisited: Vista, Apple and the Sony/Nintendo Phenomenon
This simply is an amazing post about the current state of Microsoft in their $500M vista launch. What a disaster, and as Roger explores it could be possible that Apple will pass MSFT in 5 years in terms of revenues. Wow. Information Arbitrage: Microsoft Revisited: Vista, Apple and the Sony/Nintendo Phenomenon
Make a good first impression
VideoJug, a site with how to videos, has a short tutorial on how to make a good first impression. It’s amazing how much information can be communicated simply with body language, and by being aware of your own you can make sure you’re sending out the message you want. http://www.videojug.com/player/videoJugPlayer.swf?id=9c807654-8ec1-4672-d144-ff0008c8f998VideoJug: How To Make A Good […]
LeeAnn Prescott – Hitwise US: 2006 Top Search Terms – A Closer Look
Hitwise has a break down of top search terms from 2006. Two interesting things here..1.) people use search to navigate, a lot. 2.) Myspace, wow, 5 of the 10 are myspace related. LeeAnn Prescott – Hitwise US: 2006 Top Search Terms – A Closer Look
How to pitch your company via email – Go BIG Network
Some great tips on how to pitch your company via email from a great entrepreneur, Wil Schroter. He’s a big fan of cutting to the chase, something I have to say I agree with when it comes to pitching. How to pitch your company via email – Go BIG Network
Paul Kedrosky’s Infectious Greed: Cell Phones in China and India: Four New Subs a Second
India and China combined added 142 million cell phone subscribers in 06 (compare that to roughly 200M subscribers TOTAL in US), or roughly 4 new users a second! Paul Kedrosky’s Infectious Greed: Cell Phones in China and India: Four New Subs a Second
Paul Kedrosky’s Infectious Greed: Time Spent Per Website Favors Yahoo Over Google
A look at where people spend most of their time online (results will probably surprise you). (via Paul Kedrosky’s Blog) Paul Kedrosky’s Infectious Greed: Time Spent Per Website Favors Yahoo Over Google
Ben Casnocha: The Blog: The Marketing Secrets of Marc Benioff
Marc Benioff, Founder and CEO of Salesforce.com, is a pretty smart guy. Ben Casnocha (who is also pretty impressive) has some of Marc’s secrets he used to launch Salesforce.com Ben Casnocha: The Blog: The Marketing Secrets of Marc Benioff
Paul Kedrosky’s Infectious Greed: Sequoia: We Didn’t Want to Sell YouTube to Google
I don’t how else Youtube would’ve made anyone, any money beyond selling out (like they did to Google). But apparently their VC backers at Sequoia wanted to hang on and “kept on going.” I think they’re very lucky to get what they got. Paul Kedrosky’s Infectious Greed: Sequoia: We Didn’t Want to Sell YouTube to […]
A VC: Saying No
No is something I definitely struggle with. There seems to be so much opportunity out there, it’s sometimes hard to choose. Decide –>Commit—> Act. No is part of the decision process. A VC: Saying No