MessageMe announced recently that it had grown to one million users in a little over a week’s time. The revelation Read More
Viral Loops of viral oops?
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“The Biggest Loser” partners with Pinterest
The great workout motivator isn’t really health and wellness; it’s looking good naked. Lacking motivation? Type in “Fitspo” Read More
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This Will Be the Last Article You Read
If the Internet had a voice, I am fairly certain it would sound like the HAL 9000 from 2001: A Space Read More
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Ways to get people to do things they don’t want to do
A reader recently asked me a pointed question: “I’ve read your work on creating user habits. It’s all Read More
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How Technology is Like Bug Sex
This week, thousands of people swarmed the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Looking from above, the Read More
Today is the one week anniversary of the Sandy Hook shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, where 20-year-old Adam Lanza Read More
Let’s face it. A company’s best salesman is the company’s best customer. But often finding these rabid fans Read More
It’s been a year of rough waters and confusion for Netflix, but it looks like the streaming TV Read More
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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
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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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NYC tech businesses struggling to resume post-Sandy
Hurricane Sandy might be over, but she (it’s a girl hurricane) has left a trail of destruction in Read More
Spreecast, an online platform that lets anyone broadcast with multiple people, has inked a pretty big deal with Read More
The future of education is online, and more than a few startups have attempted to corner the market. 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
Move over, Amazon, Apple, Wal-Mart, Netflix, and every other company with an established digital video service. There’s a Read More