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July 30 2010
Data Privacy Around The Globe
Country-specific regulations governing privacy and data protection vary greatly
Check the interactive map Forrester has put together. Insightful. ➡ Do You Know Where Your Data Is In The Cloud?
July 29 2010
Knickers In A Twist
the early & late majority will never come without social proof. These are the people who want to see ROI studies (business), read NY Times reviews by David Pogue or WSJ reviews by Walt Mossberg (consumer)
Mark is on a roll. His past blog entries are nothing short of brilliant. His take on the famous funnel from early adopters to a majority of customers for your product is the type of articles I’d like to read everyday. ➡ How to Acquire Customers by Marketing “Heroes”
Defamation On Twitter
We may eventually develop a set of social rules and legal conventions that acknowledge that an angry tweet is less likely to be considered defamatory than a published article, but we are not there yet.
I seriously doubt it. While the social norms will eventually adapt to open communication, libel will remain. We have to take responsibility for what we write. What we do in public. ➡ Be careful what you tweet
July 26 2010
Lost Return On Investment
Going through and computing the LROI of your campaigns can be a very integral exercise in building a business case for transforming your lead-management process and developing lead nurturing campaigns.
While one of the key elements of any campaign is measurement, standardized metrics all have flaws. That Lost Return on Investment (LROI) is an interesting take on how B2B campaigns rely on somewhat skewed ones. ➡ False Numbers, Lost Revenue & ‘The Karate Kid II’
July 24 2010
Unsure
A lawyer for Facebook Inc. said she was “unsure” whether company founder Mark Zuckerberg signed a contract that purportedly entitles a New York man to 84 percent of the world’s biggest social-networking service.
Whether it’s a forgery or a case of signing contracts in college without thinking too much about it, “unsure” is not a term I’d like. Business Insider has more. ➡ Facebook Lawyer `Unsure’ Whether Founder Mark Zuckerberg Signed Contract
July 21 2010
This Magazine Was Built For You
Flipboard will soon integrate the semantic data-analysis technology [...] in order to app better determine the relevance of the information and updates from your various social networking connections
Robert was right. Revolutionary or not, this iPad application is mesmerizing. The addition of semantic data-analysis is what I’m looking mostly forward though. My6Sense, your turn to up the ante. ➡ Flipboard, New “Social” iPad Magazine will be Powered by Semantic Data
July 19 2010
Livecasting The Mt. Fuji Climb
At 3,776m, the summit of Mt. Fuji – a dormant volcano that last erupted a little over 200 years ago, puts you almost within arm’s reach of the International Space Station.
I cannot not link the crazy experiment we’re running at Mobile in Japan thanks to Joseph. Full live cast of the Mt. Fuji with mobile technology. ➡ Pushing Mobile Tech to the Limits: Mt. Fuji Live
July 16 2010
Technology As Enabler Or Gatekeeper Of Creativity
The geeks – the people who have, so far, been the dominant part of culture in technology and the Internet – are like priests of a religion that finds themselves no longer the centre of their culture’s world. They are displaying all the standard behaviours of a dying religion [...] they no longer run the world [...] and their creativity is no more – or less – important than anyone else’s.
The future of creativity. Technology as an enabler or technology as a gatekeeper. ➡ The myth of “programming is the only creativity”
July 15 2010
Germination
Paul is an entrepreneur based in several cities including Tokyo and Geneva. He’s a new media analyst and frequent keynote speaker.
Featured? Unexpected. Humbled. With love to the unapologetically driven Sarah & her Kato, Erin. ➡ Sprouter Weekly, Week of July 16
July 13 2010
Why Google Cannot Build Social Applications
With Google applications we return to the app to do something specific and then go on to something else, whereas great social applications are designed to lure us back and make us never want to leave
Google is utilitarian by DNA. Social networking mostly fanciful. If you want to understand what’s at stake for Google Me, this is a must read -even if I don’t agree with it all. ➡ Pandas and Lobsters: Why Google Cannot Build Social Applications…
Boyd: Advisory Capital
Like venture capital, advisory capital is about the investment of a critical resource into a startup. It’s not money, however, but the experience, expertise, social capital, and public authority that advisory capitalists invest
Oldie but still relevant. How to merge consulting with long-term deep involvement with a startup client. I wonder how Stowe Boyd reacts to the new generation of smaller capital investment. ➡ This is very interesting
Content Is King For B2B Too
The problem with most marketers is that, the moment they find a new medium or a new channel which is popular with their target audience, they make it the epicenter of their promotional efforts.
Content is kind for lead generation. Not social media frenzy. Read the excellent LeadForce1 B2B report. ➡ Facebook And Twitter Not For Generating B2B Leads!
July 09 2010
Japanese Groupon Piku Raises 650m JPY
Piku Media KK, operator of Japan’s first daily deal website, Piku.jp, today announced that it is raising an additional 650 million yen [7.4m USD]
Combine the business model of online coupons and a country which adores them (current online players) and you’ve got an amazing opportunity. Congrats to Dave. ➡ Piku Raises 650 Million Yen Venture Capital Round
150m Credit Cards
Apple [...] is studying the buying habits of many of its 150 million iTunes users to show more appealing mobile ads and fuel competition with Google
Data + registered credit cards = goldmine. ➡ Apple Studies iTunes User Downloads to Hone Mobile Ads
July 08 2010
Prince Is Completely Over
The internet’s completely over
I’m twice his size. At least. The tall guy tells the diva to get a clue. ➡ Prince – world exclusive interview
July 04 2010
Twitter Japan Is a Scary Place
Japan is increasing Twitter addicts everyday.
This story of a Twitter-addict not writing for a day creating a panic for her followers is indeed kinda scary. ➡ A Japanese Heavy Twitter User Pausing A Day Thought As Missing By Followers, Retweeted Frantically
Tanya Noel and the Conference That Never Was
this appeared to be a conference with no sponsors, no attendees, no conference room
This was not a conference. It never was. Full point. Thanks Mike for the much needed factual write-up. ➡ Tanya Noel and the Conference in Italy that never happened
July 02 2010
Lessons From a Failed Event
I understand that producing an event is hard and sometimes ends in failure. What I don’t understand is failing to give a straight story to the people who spent time and money to attend the event, failing to help them out in its wake, and failing to show any lessons learned for promoting the next event.
I couldn’t have said it better. ➡ When to Cancel an Event: Lessons from a Failed Event
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Boom Goes The Dynamite
All hail the 500startups pirate ship! Dave ‘Sparrow’ at the helm! Godspeed. ➡ @500Startups