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Entries from February 2008

Outbrain…Simplicity at its best

February 26th, 2008 · No Comments

There is a new king of KISS (Keep it simple stupid) in my books, the award goes to…… Outbrain, the company behind the latest plug-in that allows people to rate blog posts (and I imagine these functions can eventually be extended to other kind of consumer ratings sites but for now… I like the focus on blogs).
From a […]

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Tags: Business · Venture Capital · Web 2.0

$100 dollar shirts!

February 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

Things that make me smile :
 http://www.vcwear.com/
Got to give it to them… its simply entertaining.

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Tags: Simply Entertaining · Venture Capital

Saving the World…. Idea#1

February 20th, 2008 · No Comments

Those of you who know me well… know that I am an ideaholic.
Not a single day goes by without me trying to think of  an innovative way to change the way people do things or improve our quality of life and then capitalizing on it. Essentially,  I am looking for the next idea that will claim my fame as an […]

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Tags: Random Ramble · Something to ponder upon

The art of negotiation

February 19th, 2008 · No Comments

If the name Shpigler doesn’t ring a bell…check out these  two videos. While these two videos are hillarious and extremely entertaining  one can take away some valuable lessons…enjoy!
Bottom line: It’s about confidence – in yourself and your products/services.

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Tags: Simply Entertaining · Venture Capital · Videos · Web 2.0

Facebook’s new face

February 18th, 2008 · No Comments

Alright…so in a turn of events, Mark Zuckerburg stepped down from Facebook and finally handed me the Facebook reins…… (not really) BUT if he did …. this would be my 3 step plan.
1.  Listen: Yes, listen to all the bad publicity/complaints and fix the problems. If you don’t its bad business karma…and eventually Karma is going to bite […]

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Tags: Business · Random Ramble · Something to ponder upon · Web 2.0

#A common pitfall in email marketing

February 17th, 2008 · No Comments

I am still a big believer in marketing via emails….when done correctly. It amazes me how much trouble and $$$ a business will go through to get a subscriber. But it only takes a small mistake to loose them. One of these pitfalls being the frequency of communications with the subscription base.
Last new year’s eve,  I felt generous enough […]

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Tags: Web Marketing

Facebook - Beginning of the end?

February 4th, 2008 · No Comments

I almost fell off my chair when I  first saw the numbers. Here is a quick glance at the Facebook cashflow along with my first reactions:
2007 Revenues: $150 million — how was it last valued at 1 billion? and young Mark wanted more!
2008 Projected Revenues: $300 to $350 million — yeah right. Ahem- […]

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Tags: Something to ponder upon