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Earlier today Pete Cashmore from Mashable did a post called “Twitter Ads are Evil”. The root of Pete’s argument is that paid endorsements destroy trust. While I personally like Pete I have to say he is completely off base on this one. Paid endorsements are a multi-billion dollar industry that includes the worlds biggest brands [...]

Yesterday I did a post that featured eight entrepreneurs who answered the question what is the biggest business mistake you have ever made? Today I am sharing the second part of the series, with a follow up question for the same group of leaders.
In addition to the knowledge below I would like to share an [...]

Last week I had the opportunity to attend the DFJ CEO Summit in Half Moon Bay, California. It was a wonderful event featuring over 150 CEOs from every type of company you can imagine. I was privileged to share war stories with CEOs in all stages of funding, from those who just closed their first [...]

Have you been looking for a well designed, full featured, Twitter screen saver for Mac OSX? So have I! The good news is I have been able to find a few screen savers for the Mac (some listed below). The bad news is that none of them are what I am personally looking for.
What I [...]

Last month I had the pleasure of joining the crew from MindComet on their 10th anniversary cruise (if you are into corporate culture be sure to click on that link!). It is hard to believe that it has been ten years since I started the company. I haven’t been active in day to day operations [...]