Editorial

What Gowalla Should Have Done

March 14, 2012

This week, Facebook decided to shut down location-based social travel app Gowalla after acquiring the company last December. This is not a surprise to tech insiders who called the Gowalla.

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Editorial

SXSW: “Don’t Cut Your Toenails During a Pitch,” And Other Advice by Oren Jacob

March 11, 2012

As an ex-“entrepreneur in residence” with August Capital, and the current CEO of ToyTalk, Oren Jacob knows more than a thing or two about how startups get funded. Having sat on.

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Editorial

Don’t Go To SXSW; Crush Your Competition Instead

March 11, 2012

SXSW kicked off on Friday, but you already knew that if you signed into Facebook or Twitter over the weekend. Every tech hub that is not Austin, TX becomes a.

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Editorial

Don’t Gamify News

March 9, 2012

As if you needed more reasons to chase around digital badges on the internet, this week, crowdsourced journalism platform NewsIt announced that it has raised a $500,000 seed round. NewsIt’s.

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Editorial

Should Startup Incubators Offer Charm School?

March 8, 2012

Nerds are becoming business leaders, but they are lacking social skills for the business world. Should incubators be teaching charm school classes to startup founders?

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Editorial

How To Price Your Web App

March 5, 2012

When you are ready to launch a new product, how do you know that you are charging your new users the correct price? Maybe you decided pricing based on what.

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Editorial

The Definition of the Ideal Community Manager

March 3, 2012

I’m thinking about hiring a Community Manager for my company. Can you name one trait that you believe all great Community Managers should have? The following answers are provided by.

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Editorial

Should Your Startup Hire A Community Manager?

February 29, 2012

The internet never sleeps. In the global economy, users are expecting help with your products 24 hours a day. Sure, this sounds like a lot of work. It is. But.

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Editorial

‘Joustin Bieber’ One App Developer’s Battle with the Pop Sensation

February 29, 2012

RC3, an app developer who released a game entitled “Joustin’ Beaver,” recently received a cease and desist letter from Justin Bieber’s lawyers claiming that the name of the game infringed.

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Editorial

The Case For Eliminating Forced Office Hours

February 28, 2012

Last week, I came across this post on the 37signals blog Signal v.s Noise. The post shows the workstations of each member of the 37signals team. For a company that.