Google’s social strategy

2011-04-10

It is widely believed that Facebook presents a significant competitive threat to Google. Google itself seems to believe this – Larry Page…

App store shenanigans

2011-04-01

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

2011-03-27

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

2011-03-24

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

2011-03-05

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

2011-02-21

A platform is a technology or product upon which many other technologies or products are built. Some platforms are controlled by a single…