This week, thousands of people swarmed the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Looking from above, the Read More
Angel investing Building revenue Business basics Business models/plans Crowd-sourcing Education Entertainment and Digital Media Entrepreneurship Financing and fundraising from entrepreneurs Gamification How to build a product Internet Search Internet Social Media Lessons and advice Marketing Marketing/Advertising Mobile services SEO (search engine optimization) Social media Software as a Service Survival tips Team building User experience Venture capital
The network effect isn’t good enough….
Note: I’m pleased to have co-authored this post with Sangeet Paul Choudary, who analyzes business models for network businesses at Platformed.info. Follow Read More
Angel investing Business basics Creating good content Engagement Entrepreneurship Failures/challenges from entrepreneurs Lessons and advice Market sizing Market testing Marketing Measurement/analysis Origin of idea Product development Retention SEO (search engine optimization) Social media Social media Survival tips User experience Venture capital
Escape from message hell
We are caught in an endless cycle of messaging hell and the pattern is always the same. First, Read More
Angel investing Entrepreneurship Failures/challenges Financing and fundraising from entrepreneurs Lean startup Lessons and advice Making decisions Venture capital
Mass Persuasion
“Successful entrepreneurs recommend reading this article about the persuasion techniques companies use to drive engagement.” Scratch that, how’s Read More
Business models/plans Business to Consumer Entrepreneurship Financing and fundraising from entrepreneurs Lessons and advice Managing a business Marketing/Advertising User experience
How investment drives engagement
This week, Baba Shiv and I taught a class at the Stanford Graduate School of Business called, “Using Read More
Business models/plans Entertainment and Digital Media Entrepreneurship from entrepreneurs How to build a product Internet Social Media Lessons and advice Marketing/Advertising User experience
Getting Your Product Into the Habit Zone
As the web becomes an increasingly crowded place, users are desperate for solutions to sort through the online Read More
Electronics/Appliances Entertainment and Digital Media Internet Social Media Lifestyle and Travel Marketing/Advertising technology Telecommunications/Wireless Trends and news
Infinite Scroll: The Web’s slot machine
A few years ago, everyone was clicking. Today, we’re all scrolling. Twitter, Pinterest, Facebook, and as of this Read More
Business to Consumer Internet Social Media Marketing/Advertising Mobile services Software as a Service technology Trends and news
Where Have All The Users Gone
Step 1: Build an app. Step 2: Get users hooked to it. Step 3: Profit. It sounds simple Read More
Business to Consumer Creating good content Customer Service Engagement Entrepreneurship Financing and fundraising from observer/expert How to build a product Lessons and advice Market testing Marketing Marketing/Advertising Retention Survival tips User experience Venture capital
Make your users do the work
The belief that products should always be as easy to use as possible is a sacred cow of Read More
Business models/plans Business to Consumer Competition Customer demand Engagement Entrepreneurship from observer/expert Gamification Internet Social Media Lessons and advice Managing a business Marketing/Advertising Perseverance Success factors Team building User experience
How Sports Infects Your Brain
How Sports Infect Your Brain by Nir Eyal in Users Note: I co-authored this post with Andrew Martin and David Ngo. It originally Read More
from entrepreneurs How to build a product Internet Social Media Internet Web 2.0 Lessons and advice Mobile services
The art of manipulation
Let’s admit it, we in the consumer Web industry are in the manipulation business. We build products meant Read More
Right now, someone is tinkering with a billion dollar secret — they just don’t know it yet. “What Read More
Business basics Business to Consumer Customer demand Engagement Entertainment and Digital Media from entrepreneurs Gamification Gamification How to build a product Internet Social Media Internet Web 2.0 Lessons and advice Market testing Marketing Product development Retention Social media Social media User experience Web design Word of mouth
Never take your eyes off this hacker metric
If you’re like me, you’ve had enough of the Facebook IPO story. For tech entrepreneurs struggling to build stuff, the Read More
Business to Consumer Engagement from entrepreneurs Gamification Internet Social Media Lessons and advice Product development Social media Web design
Spotting the next Facebook
Facebook will sell shares Friday in one of the biggest tech IPOs in history. New investors will gobble up Read More
Business to Consumer Engagement from entrepreneurs Gamification Internet Social Media Lessons and advice Product development Social media Web design
Spotting the Next Facebook
Today Facebook will sell shares in one of the biggest tech IPOs in history. New investors will gobble up the Read More
