It Pays to Be Nice: A Tale of Two Startups
Approximately two years ago, two startups that had yet to launch products raised more than $40 million, respectively, based almost solely on the track records of their founders. Both companies went on...
View ArticleIn Talk of Declining Traffic, Facebook and Others Say: Not So Fast
If you find Facebook boring and/or its privacy policies worrisome, you apparently aren’t alone. According to a newly issued report by the research and marketing group Inside Facebook, 6 million...
View ArticleGame Changer? Federated Media Lands Key Deal with WordPress
Right now, at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, two local companies, Automattic – which powers the popular blog platform WordPress — and the digital media and ad network Federated Media, are taking...
View ArticleWhy the Days of Facebook “Acqhires” May Be Numbered
A year ago in this space, I suggested that Facebook begin “supersizing” its acquisition strategy and move beyond its historically small, talent-driven acquisitions and into bigger buys that could move...
View ArticleSame-Day Delivery Shifts Into Overdrive, But What’s the Rush?
Suddenly, there’s no shortage of companies offering same-day delivery. Last month, Google began testing a same-day delivery service in the Bay Area; EBay previewed plans to take its same-day delivery...
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