Google’s social strategy
It is widely believed that Facebook presents a significant competitive threat to Google. Google itself seems to believe this – Larry Page…
App store shenanigans
I’ve downloaded and tested a few hundred iPhone and iPad apps. One thing that I’ve noticed is that many of the top rated and ranked apps…
A few points about the “tech bubble” debate
Pretty much every day now a major blog or newspaper writes an article asking whether we are experiencing another tech bubble (e.g. see today…
Founder Stories
Erick Schonfeld from TechCrunch asked me a few months ago if I’d be on a TechCrunch video show where we interviewed startup founders. I love…
SEO is no longer a viable marketing strategy for startups
Many of the today’s most successful informational sites such as Yelp, Wikipedia and TripAdvisor relied heavily on SEO for their initial…
The importance of predictability for platform developers
A platform is a technology or product upon which many other technologies or products are built. Some platforms are controlled by a single…