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PR And VCs Behaving Badly, or How And Why I Became A Shill For Zynga’s “Draw Something” On Japanese Television
Pics or it didn’t happen, right? Well… it happened. That’s a picture of me being interviewed by reporters from Japanese television station TV Asahi when
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MissTravel Doesn’t Do Background Checks: Proceed With Caution
MissTravel, a startup which advertises that “attractive people fly for free,” has been criticized for being eerily similar to an escort service. Although the company
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Does Your Domain Name Really Matter?
These days it’s hard to find an original brand name that matches an available .com domain name. As companies become cheaper to found and websites
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CEO Sunday: The Importance Of Differentiating Your Startup
Most successful businesses come about because of two things: the discovery of an unmet need or want, and a solution to meet it. Whether a
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Feminists Ask Facebook: Where Are The Women?
A group protest of Facebook‘s all male board of directors took place outside of the company’s New York City headquarters this week. The protest, organized
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Wireless Providers: Asking For Warrants Would Be Too Much Work
Earlier this month, I wrote about research by the ACLU that found in many cases, police departments aren’t bothering to request warrants before asking mobile
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Google Drive: Watch Out Dropbox
On Tuesday, Google confirmed rumors that the company has been working on an online storage system similar to Dropbox, and launched the service to some
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Why I Supported Pebble, The Hackable Watch Which Raised Almost $1 Million On Kickstarter On Day One
Who’d've thought that in 2012, when we’re all glued to our iPhones and Droids, our iPads and Android tablets, our notebook and desktop computers, people
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Have Startups Jumped The Shark?
There used to be a time when I would talk to non-geeks about startups and be met with a blank stare. When I told my
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10 Reasons To Launch A Startup in St. Louis
You should launch your startup in St. Louis. Yes, St. Louis. Anyone can move out to San Francisco and pay $2000/month for a one bedroom
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How The JOBS Act Could Solve The Middle Class Crisis
In a landmark decision in March, the U.S. Congress passed the JOBS Act in an overwhelmingly supportive 380-41 vote. The JOBS Act makes it easier for
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CEO Sundays: E-Publishing, My Un-Business
I may not be a CEO in the traditional sense: my company isn’t seeking capital, isn’t seeking to be sold, and technically isn’t even a
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