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As I write, the VentureBeat offices sit enveloped by a cloud. In all directions, the fog wraps our office building in a soft, gray fuzz, obscuring the views of downtown San Francisco, the bay, and the ocean.
It’s not unlike the cloud of marketing and hype surrounding “cloud” technologies.… Read the rest
Caterina Fake: “Much more important than working hard is knowing how to find the right thing to work on.”
In my latest column for VentureBeat, I wrote about my experiences as an entrepreneur during the dot-com boom, and why it’s so important not to delay if you think you’ve got a startup in you. The only way to learn how to start a company is by going out and actually doing it.… Read the rest
This @ericries piece from last weekend is one of the smartest things I’ve read on race & meritocracy. He discusses how the gender makeup of major symphony orchestras changed radically after implementing a simple change: Making people do their auditions behind black screens, so the auditors can’t see gender or race, but can only hear the music they’re playing.… Read the rest
Glam Media founder Samir Arora thinks he knows the future of media.
The secret, he is betting, is brand advertising displayed against high-quality, premium content.
That stands in stark contrast to the advertising model that’s worked best for the past decade online, in which increasingly specific text advertising is targeted at potential customers’ immediate desires, largely via search engines.… Read the rest
I was a judge at a startup competition recently. It was great fun and all of the 8 contestants were brave enough to make a 2-minute presentation in front of a room full of people — not to mention four cranky judges.… Read the rest
Minted, a marketplace for community-sourced paper products like custom stationery and wedding invitations, has raised a big pile of the green kind of paper — the kind you can spend.
For anyone whose parents told them to stop doodling Celtic knots or obsessively repetitive graphic designs and focus on doing schoolwork so they could get a decent job, that must come as encouraging news.… Read the rest
I have a cameo in the Monty Python-esque introduction to this video that I’m rather proud of, goofy as it is.
The week in review: Jobs’ last words, Siri’s rough week & Google+’s last stand | VentureBeat.… Read the rest
Apple understands it. Amazon understands it.
But nearly every other gadget manufacturer is missing the point: It’s not about the specs any more. It’s about the ability of devices to deliver a seamless, integrated, easy-to-use experience that combines plenty of desirable content and useful services, with a minimum of hassle.… Read the rest
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