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Soundbites from the future

Start Up Blog

They’re happy to facilitate revolution in Moldova, Iran, Egypt and Libya. They grew up multitasking, multi-channelling and absorbing multiple and disparate messages from every angle. It’s proof that Youtube channels need to entertain and not just provide information. Brands can’t be a-political, they need to stand for something.

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Episode 5 on Sirius XM Channel 111: Pete Newell, John Kuhn, Matt Weingart, Takashi Tsutsmi and Masato Iino

Steve Blank

My guests this past week on Bay Area Ventures on Wharton Business Radio on Sirius XM Channel 111 were: Pete Newell , managing partner of BMNT Partners. During his military career he served in Bosnia, Afghanistan, Iraq, the Arabian peninsula, Egypt, and the Horn of Africa. John Kuhn , who works at BMNT Partners.

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Bitcoin: things only grow this fast when something important is happening

The Equity Kicker

In around 2002 I was stuck in my hotel room in Egypt due to food poisoning and the only English TV available was an American business channel. This slide stood out for me: Looking at the massive year on year increases in most of these metrics I’m reminded of some wise words from Jeff Bezos. I forget which it was.

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E is for Engage

David Cohen

Today I created a channel where anyone can just reach out and ask me anything any time. Eat crepes. Environment. E-sports hall of fame. E pluribus unum. Electric Vehicle. Equanimity. Entertainment. E-Techstars. Equilibrium. Eucalyptus. Enlightenment. Extrapolation. into raising angel and VC money. How does it work?

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How To Suck At Social Media: An Indispensable Guide For Businesses

Occam's Razor

Do the big gigantic numbers imply that your business should use these social media channels? I believe that it was erroneous not to answer the two questions above, it was erroneous to be tempted by the Big Numbers and not understand how Social Media channels actually worked (streams, home pages, personalization, rankings and more).

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Data Visualization Inspiration: Analysis To Insights To Action, Faster!

Occam's Razor

At a glance you can see all the big clusters of sources (close to the channels view in Google Analytics). If you are interested in any particular channel, Miscellaneous as an example, you can click on it and… boom! China, South Africa, Egypt. Yes the infographic will be shared a lot more in social channels.

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20 Best TED Talks For Students Of Social Media

YoungUpstarts

And social media frequently makes news, including when it accelerated the uprising in Egypt this year. Just about every cell phone can record video, take photos, and upload it all to the Internet, turning every Twitter stream into a potential 24 hour news channel. With social media, the next big news story might just be broken by you.