Category Archives: Business
Spreading the love – aka freelance list
I get a ton of job requests for things web related due to my position in the community and more importantly my involvement in Refresh South Florida. Lots of times the requests come in for things I do, but am … Continue reading
Finding a problem and solving it – PressBackup
I’ve been super quiet the last 6 weeks or so. Ever since my 2011 predictions post, I’ve been both a bit burnt out and super freaking busy. So what’ve I been busy with? Well for the most part we’ve been … Continue reading
The beauty of the salesforce.com strategy
The other day it was announced that Salesforce.com was buying Heroku.com, an application hosting company. This was the fourth public acquisition in the last six months of a tech company by Salesforce.com. If you look at the pieces you’ll start … Continue reading
Local Newspapers: The next big affiliate marketers?
This morning a news headline passed through my feed reader, and caught my eye. McClatchy, publishers of my oft-criticized yet still dear to my heart Miami Herald, signed a deal with …wait for it… Groupon. Yes THAT groupon. So what … Continue reading
How to win an elevator pitch contest.
Last week I had the pleasure of judging one of the University of Miami entrepreneurship center, aka theLaunchPad, elevator pitch contests. I learned quite a few things at this competition from the judging side, so I figured I should share … Continue reading
Does being self-aware make you a better entrepreneur?
I was skimming through Hacker News (it’s recently become one of my daily must reads) the other day and a comment caught my eye, someone said something along the lines of “that would require the creator to have been truly … Continue reading
What startups can learn from the world cup
I’m an avid soccer fan and student of the game (20 years of playing + 3 years coaching), and just like millions of other people around the world have been watching way more soccer than I normally would recently. Along … Continue reading
Automattic caught A/B testing pricing for Vaultpress
As someone who is fascinated by a/b testing, metrics driven design, lean startups, and all of the things that go with smart startup design, I found it particularly interesting what I saw the other night while chatting with a friend … Continue reading
