THE DREAM IN ACTION

Most people know that Google’s precious search algorithm is a secret, sacred, thing that they’ve worked very hard to protect. In fact their behavior around that algorithm has been similar to Golum’s behavior towards his “precious” ring. You know, the one that will ‘rule them all’. This algorithm and others allow Google to provide very [...]

Have you heard of Waze? It’s a mobile app that serves the purpose of a Garmin or any other navigation tool except it has the ingredient those other tools are missing — remember the one that I keep telling you will start to integrate in any successful application — social. With Waze you can report [...]

Here in Chicago we’ve been building a really solid group of users who are excited enough about Foursquare to tell their friends and the venues that they frequent. Last night we all met up at Lincoln Station in Lincoln Park and chatted about our experiences sharing foursquare and some of the challenges we’ve faced in [...]

Quick thoughts on big valuations from pre rev startups: There are a lot of folks that don’t understand why Twitter or other startups like them can be valued at such enormous valuations while showing minimal or zero revenues. I respect your skepticism. It’s tough to understand why these early stage start ups have millions of [...]

I was very motivated after reading Fred Wilson’s post on tenacity this morning. The long hour, late night, double time, alarm clock, graveyard, bloodshot eye, 3 coffee, 0 inbox, crush it, hustle, grind it out, and rock, bullshit…is totally worth it, and I love it. Not to mention it’s exactly what will, eventually, get me [...]

I’ve been pondering, in great detail, the challenges of getting “old school” brick and mortar business to better understand, then implement the enormous value that certain web based tools could provide for them. My first observation is that it must happen in that order, understand, then implement. My second observation is that it must be [...]

I came across Andy Swan via Fred Wilson’s blog a few years ago and have followed casually for a while. The other day he wrote a post (below) that might be his best. Every once in a while you need a kick in the ass and this was it…enjoy. If you have comments on the [...]

For a while now I’ve been writing about Foursquare customer development, sales, and business development. I’ve written about my experience as a foursquare sales rep and the challenges of selling to local venues. Now, I’d like to share some of the details of my newest project and what we’re going to accomplish. I’m extremely excited [...]

Events are the things that bring us together, in real life, around a specific topic. Whether it’s a Victoria Secret Fashion Show, or a Monday Night Football Game, or an app launch party, people collect together in real life or with a shared common experience like watching the same TV show at the same time. [...]

Hey have you checked out Foursquare? Is that the Twitter thing? You can use Twitter to tell people where you are, via Foursquare. So not really a Twitter thing… Go on… I recently had this conversation with a non techy friend of mine and it made me think about how quickly things are moving on [...]

Costa Rica Costa Rica is one of the most beautiful countries that I’ve ever been to. The combo of the almost year round weather perfection, combined with more activities that you can fit in to a 2 week long vacation, make it possible the perfect honeymoon destination. @Mollstar and I literally had the time of [...]