The Real Life Of A Startup
The past week everyone were talking about Zynga acquisition of Omgpop, the startup behind the Draw Something phenomena. For most people who are not involved deeply in tech, this seems like one of this Hollywood stories. Small startup release a game, in less…
The Amazing Opportunity Of The Open Graph
One of the most exciting opportunities for startups in recent months is the new Facebook Open Graph. The life blood of every startup is the ability to reach new users. The old “viral black magic”. Facebook and Twitter were always…
First Share. After That Everything Else
I just find it remarkable that there are still startup that put out content driven products that doesn’t allow you to share their content out. Two recent examples I encountered in the past day are actually two of my favorite iOS apps:…
The Startup Scene: SF vs NYC revisited
As many of you knows, after a few years in San Francisco I’m now spending most of my time in New York. I made the move mostly for personal reasons as well because my new startup is very entertainment focused and I…
The Art Of Pitching
It’s been a few years since I had to pitch a new company and I almost forgot one of the most important lessons for entrepreneurs: Pitch early and pitch as much as you can. There are tons of post that…
Championship Lessons – What The Mavericks Heat Series Can Teach Us About Business
I’m a huge sports fan. One of these crazy people who follow their team around the world, paint his face before a game and cry when they lose. I have also been playing basketball all my life. Many times I…
The Big Music Business Opportunity
As many of you already know, I’m working now on my next venture. And as some of you know, this one is going to take a deep dive into the music industry. What? Music? Am I serious? Yes. Like you,…
Conclusions From The SXSW Experiment
After 9 days, tens concerts, more parties, a few panels, not enough hours of sleep and way to much to count glasses of vodka, I’m finally out of the SXSW madness. It took me about two days to recover and…
On Social Life And Startups
In his book (which I highly recommend for any entrepreneur) “Delivering Happiness”, Tony Hsieh writes about the move of Zappos to Las Vegas: “Although it seems obvious in retrospect, probably the biggest benefit of moving to Vegas was the nobody…
Lessons From The Trenches: Lesson 1 – Why Should You Start a Startup?
I founded NuConomy with a friend of mine in mid 2006. For four years we ran it and although we managed to sell it we never considered it as a success. In many point along the way we had a…
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