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Deadpool 2009

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010 Posted in Research | 2 Comments »

In September 2008 I posted What’s in the Deadpool?; a categorization of failed startups (based on TechCrunch coverage). I’ve done the same analysis for 2009 and the results are below. ... Read more..

PostRank Top Blogs of 2009

Thursday, January 14th, 2010 Posted in Portfolio Company, Research | 2 Comments »

PostRank published the Top Blogs of 2009 today and along with a very detailed list of the top blogs, there are some interesting stats from the gobs of data they ... Read more..

The Pay Wall Revolutions

Thursday, November 26th, 2009 Posted in Research | 2 Comments »

I recently read “Pay Walls: Content Needs to Be Fee” by Mark Evans and there were a few things that caught my attention. I actually agree with Mark’s overall thesis ... Read more..

How big is your bubble?

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009 Posted in Best Practices | 4 Comments »

I find generational labels fascinating. As if a group of people whose age spans 20+ years can be summed up and boxed away neatly. I understand the merits of this ... Read more..

The nature of engagement

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009 Posted in Portfolio Company | 1 Comment »

One of the joys of writing for the Tech Capital blog is the intense and relentless rivalry [sarcasm] among the various authors of this blog. I undoubtedly blame PostRank for ... Read more..

Your Silent Partner

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009 Posted in Research | No Comments »

Yesterday I read Fred Wilson's post titled "Streaming Kills Piracy" and I completely agree with the point he makes. However, there is one thing (at least here in Ontario) that ... Read more..

Advertising, Where did you go?

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009 Posted in Research | No Comments »

This morning I read about the decision by Condé Nast to shutdown Portfolio magazine. It led me to the Mediaweek Magazine Monitor Master List, which then got me thinking about ... Read more..

SXSW: Experiences and People

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009 Posted in Opportunity | No Comments »

I recently returned from Austin, Texas where I had spent a week enjoying the interactive portion of SXSW. A short summary of my SXSW Interactive experience and some tips for ... Read more..

Word Clouds: What are they good for?

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009 Posted in Research | No Comments »

Word clouds are a great way to quickly visualize word density in large amounts of text. We've all seen word clouds before but not many people create them for their ... Read more..

Application Development vs. User Apathy

Thursday, January 15th, 2009 Posted in Best Practices | No Comments »

Build something that solves a real problem, make it easy, and people will want to use it. Build something that you think is "cool" and....well, who knows what will happen. ... Read more..

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