July 2011
35 posts
I spent the day at @500Startups today
Today was more about listening, and less about doing. It was more about reflecting and less about planning. It was more about asking what-Ifs vs. Let’s.
I’m so thankful for the awesome advisors and investors Toutapp is surrounded by. It is truly an honor.
“In seeking wisdom the first stage is silence, the second stage is listening, the third stage is remembrance, the fourth...
WatchWth? Is this normal??
Secret new feature in Tout
I just coded through the night to release a really cool new feature for Toutapp. BUT, I’m not going to tell you what it is.
If you can find it, @ me on Twitter, email me, or blog about it, and I will give you a 1 year VIP subscription to Tout.
Hint: it has to do with our browser extensions for Chrome or Firefox.
Onepager is now live!
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mattshampine:
We’re very excited to announce that Onepager is now live and open to anyone in need of a simple, great looking website. We have a lot of new features and enhancements planned for Onepager, so be sure to follow us on Twitter and Tumblr.
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Data Daydreams: Measuring Social Engagement on... →
mahrin:
Just recently GA released plugins to support social engagement measurement. I think this is a great addition since it’s imperative to track how users share your content via social networks (think: quality referrals.) Noticeably, Google+ is already integrated into GA, and I’ve already encouraged…
No, You Don't Want to Start Your Own Business
Today, I’m going to talk about my second pet peeve when talking to “Entrepreneurs”. It’s when I’m talking to people that want to start their own business — but they really don’t.
This sort of relates to my last post, where I talked about my first pet peeve — Entrepreneurs that are chasing a business model vs. figuring out what they actually care...
Search for your Movement, not your Business Model
Lately I’ve been talking to a lot of Startup Entrepreneurs. I absolutely love it. I get to meet some really interesting, passionate,(and broke) people working on exciting ideas.
However, there is one pet peeve I’ve started to develop lately: it is talking to Entrepreneurs that are trying to pivot and customer develop way into a problem/solution/business.
STOP IT.
Life is too fucking...
Optimize for the Cha-Ching
Everytime someone signs up for a paid plan in Tout (http://www.toutapp.com), my iPhone makes a “CHA-CHING” noise — the sound of a cash register.
I had to hack this solution together using a Gmail filter and the Notifire app but I absolutely love it. The more people I share this hack with — the more interesting and compelling I find this idea.
I think every Startup...
How RIM can survive...
I left the confines of Silicon Valley this weekend and spent time in Cleveland for a family wedding. I love weekends like this because not only does it let me see people I deeply love all in one place, it also let’s me interact with a lot of really smart yet normal people and get a pulse on the real world.
Oddly, throughout the whole weekend, the one name that kept coming up over and over...
