Submitted by Imjustcreative
Source dan - FriendFeed:
This morning, I had the pleasure of taking part in a podcast with Wayne Sutton and Kipp Bodnarf for their Talk Social News program. During the conversation, we discussed how to find time to participate in multiple social networks, how today's technology luddites might some day consume information, using RSS, and what the re (Read More)
Submitted by Louisgray
from Google Reader.
Source dan - FriendFeed:
Social media is becoming popular everyday. More people are understanding the power of online conversations thanks to books like Groundswell. As social media becomes more popular and we see the rise of online personalities like GaryVee and iJustine people will continue to ask the following questions:"How do I become popular (Read More)
TechCrunch
Naughty America, a porn production company based out of Southern California, is building an Adobe Air-based storefront called Naughty America Direct that is basically an iTunes for porn. The app includes full-length DRM-free scenes for $1.99 each that are available in formats compatible with the iPod and iPhone, and requir (Read More)
Scobleizer
A word of hope to entrepreneurs:I just learned of another Web company that just got funded and will announce such on Tuesday. So, even after the worst week in the stock market in history and a pretty darn tough economy coming toward us, entrepreneurs are still getting funded. Some things, though. The company getting funded (Read More)
: This is great... but I'm thinking false positive. If they announced funding today this has been in the works for at least 60 days. Let's see where we are in another 30 days. That being said... the fundamentals mentioned are right... if you have product, customers and revenue to go with a business model and sound plan... you'll still be able to get capital.
: @briantroy @jeffcutler @mvndrvt I've been talking to a number of VC's and the market dynamics have certainly shifted fast. Hurdle is much higher for funding now and startups are expected to operate super lean for the next 12-18 months. This is a good correction IMO.
Submitted by Robdiana
from blog.
Source Regular Geek:
Image via CrunchBaseDigg has done a lot of interesting things over the years, but recently they did something that confuses me. First, they banned Zaibatsu, possibly the third most active user of Digg. A few days later they announced new funding for what they call international expansion. About one week after that announcem (Read More)