4) Be aware. As in– of macro trends, “Everyone talks about first mover advantage. I disagree. I like Read More
Josh Berman’s “Six Ways to Be” part deux
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Beachmint CEO Josh Berman’s “six ways to be,” part I
It’s a balmy 79 degrees in LA and life is good. Swimmin’ pools! Movie stars! Etc. etc. The Read More
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Libin: when, what and wa-how to be an entrepreneur
At last week’s Vator Splash SF, Evernote CEO Phil Libin took the stage to share with the audience some of his best advice Read More
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Renaud Laplanche on the exponential cost of B players
Lending Club CEO Renaud Laplanche took the stage at Vator Splash SF Wednesday night to outline a few Read More
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Phil Libin: the who, where and why of entrepreneurship
At last night’s Vator Splash SF, we were honored to have Evernote CEO Phil Libin come on stage and Read More
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Meeteor.com has shut down
TL;DR – Meeteor.com has shut down. Our Story We set out on a mission to define Social Networking Read More
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It appears that Posterous has begun pulling the plug.
I had 6 blogs in syndication on blog platform Posterous until this morning when 4 of the 6 Read More
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How to Think About Marketing an Innovation
Innovation is all about value, and both internal communications and external marketing have a critical role to play Read More
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Jeremy Allaire’s keys to building great companies
Vator brought its popular Splash to Manhattan this week. Kicking off Vator Splash NY on Wedneday night was Brightcove CEO Jeremy Allaire, Read More
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Escape from message hell
We are caught in an endless cycle of messaging hell and the pattern is always the same. First, Read More
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Care.com’s Sheila Marcelo on women, business & funding
Our third Vator Splash NY is coming up on December 5, and we’re honored to have Care.com CEO Read More
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Mass Persuasion
“Successful entrepreneurs recommend reading this article about the persuasion techniques companies use to drive engagement.” Scratch that, how’s Read More
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Samir Arora’s top 10 secrets on how to build startups
It’s a cool, balmy day in San Francisco, and Vator Splash is well underway. (Open bar! Woot!) Samir Read More
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Six myths about tech entrepreneurship
My good friend Drew Curtis, founder of Fark, invited me to speak at the Haas Business School the Read More
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LIVE Spreecast – Jeff Fluhr Keynote Speech Vator Splash
Watch Jeff Fluhr, Founder and CEO of recently launched social video platform Spreecast, deliver his keynote speech at Read More