Akamai — how Not To Sell
I am, as you may know, starting a new venture (Malla: “the visual CMS”). Over the past week I have been starting many a ball a rolling. Picking a provider for web hosting, one for database hosting,...
View ArticleMozilla Launches Test Pilot, A Firefox Add-on For Trying Experimental New...
Mozilla today launched Test Pilot, a program for trying out experimental Firefox features. To try the new functionality Mozilla is offering for its browser, you have to download a Firefox add-on from...
View ArticleFacebook Denies Censoring Trends, Search Through The Panama Papers… [Tech...
Facebook denies wrongdoing over Trending Topics, the Panama Papers are now online, Apple Music helps Spotify succeed, help Donald Trump build his wall, and every Top 10 list video ever recorded....
View ArticleMea Culpa — Admitting The Arrogance Of Making Sales Candidates Deliver Demos...
It began innocently and well-intended enough. About 15 years ago I was on a search for my successor; I had accepted a position at a new startup in Seattle and was fortunate enough to be leaving my...
View ArticleWho Are The Artisans Now?
The term ‘artisan’ has already joined the lexicon of over-worked phrases such as ‘gourmet’ and ‘chic’ (80’s) ‘natural’ (90’s) and anything beginning with a small ‘e’ or a small ‘i’ (mid 2000’s and...
View ArticleThinking Of Rebranding? Look To These Larger Companies To Do It Right.
Join us for a free, live webinar covering social media strategies to increase sales. Tune in 5/17 at 9 a.m. PT. Register Now » The task of rebranding a small company can be relatively easy. It...
View ArticleThe Vulture & The Hummingbird
The school had arranged for a talk by a child psychologist on the occasion of the annual PTA meeting. Speaking of the opinions that pre-teens (9-12 years) have about their mothers, he said that almost...
View ArticleStartup ToolBox: Recommended Products To Build Your Company
I started my company a year ago, and in the early days, I wasted a lot of time finding the right support services. I’m talking CRMs, Sales Automation platforms, Project Management Platforms, Office...
View ArticleWhy People Pay To Read The New York Times
Jerry Rawlings as military leader. This is an edited version of a keynote address delivered at the Digital Next conference in Bogota, Colombia on May 4. When I was in high school in the early 1990s,...
View ArticleSlay Squad Goals, Not Just Tasks, With Lattice
You know what to do at work today, but do you know why? Goals. Having clear goals is critical to keeping productivity and morale high on any team. Whether it’s a launch date, level of traction, sales...
View ArticleCreating The Next Big Thing Is Becoming A Reality For This Naples Based...
In 2016, Daniel Monroy has barely launched his startup, Revenue Ride, yet he has already rejected a number of offers to buy into company. The 24-year-old entrepreneur demonstrated his startup to key...
View ArticleWhat Netflix And House Of Cards Can Teach Us About Why Most Companies Fail
In this series, professionals at Shoptalk discuss the most pressing issues facing their industries today. Write your own #Shoptalk16 post here. Most companies fail - that’s a well known fact. It’s the...
View ArticleQuit Recruiting Like You're Dilbert's Evil Boss
“Our employees are our most valuable asset” –Every CEO ever Yes, it’s corporate-speak. But there’s a reason LinkedIn’s CEO Jeff Weiner repeats “Talent is our #1 priority” at every all-hands meeting,...
View Article‘A Moon Shaped Pool’ Could Be Radiohead’s Best
TRAVIS NEWTON: After 2011’s uneven and sample-heavy The King of Limbs and the ensuing tour, Radiohead went on another one of their patented hiatuses. They went their separate ways to work on side...
View ArticleMeet Patronus: The New Face Of BlueLight
Why we changed names — and why we decided to make Patronus free to the public After a long process of thought, testing and preparation, BlueLight is making a big change. We’ve got a new look, a new...
View ArticleMKT 571 GENIUS Education Expert/mkt571genius.com — Medium
MKT 571 GENIUS Education Expert/mkt571genius.com MKT 571 Entire Course FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.mkt571genius.com MKT 571 Week 1 Assignment Marketing Environment Simulation and Summary MKT 571 Week 1...
View ArticleIntroducing The Al Jazeera Newsroom Toolbox
The Al Jazeera newsroom toolbox is a suite of specialized editorial tools I built for Al Jazeera’s newsroom. It currently includes 7 custom built applications which allows editors and producers to...
View ArticleThe Age Of The Hyperloop Has Arrived. Well, For The Most Part
With a deep hum, linear induction motors spun up a powerful magnetic field along 200 feet of track in the Nevada desert. A shiny sled whizzed forward in a blur. Fifteen hundred pounds of aluminum...
View ArticleInvestors Should Buy Into A Give First Strategy
Increasingly I have come to believe that investors in more successful startup ecosystems like San Francisco think differently than people in less successful ones like the ones in Cleveland. Of course,...
View Article10 HootSuite Alternatives
For many social media manager’s HootSuite is the one tool of the trade that everyone has to have. It’s the corporate choice for online marketers, the go to for publisher’s with several social media...
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