Dive into the archives.
- Ning, What We Can Learn (or, Commercialization Done Right)
Ning, Marc Andreessen’s new start-up, raised a (whopping) $44M on a (whopping) pre-money valuation of $170M.
Ning, launched two years ago, yields some excellent lessons. Let’s recap:
After building unfulfillable expectations as stealth start-up 24 Hour Laundry, Ning finally launches as a site that allows users to “roll their own social applications.” Umair from Bubblegen accurately […]
- Ning / Facebook
I’ve been thinking about Marc Pincus’ question re. Ning: “i do wonder, however, what marc’s strategy is given that he is one of the biggest believers in facebook becoming the new platform for social media innovation. anyone have any thoughts or insights?”
My response:
Could they be attempting to take an alternative route to becoming a […]
- Constraints vs. Limits
I’ve come to appreciate just how important it is to accurately frame the problem when working through complex issues. For years I’ve spent too much time paying too little attention to this critical problem solving step.
Identifying all issues that could touch the problem and impact the solution is important. No real biggie there.
But […]
- Music of the Moment: Jamie T
When it comes to music I abide by the rule of three: if three trusted sources recommend it, I’ll go out of my way to track it down and check it out.
An artist named Jamie T, and his album Panic Prevention, met the requirements when Fred posted on him earlier this summer (after the […]
- Engaged ______
From an article on engaged philanthropy: “with engagement comes ownership, with ownership comes commitment”.
But, really, fill in the blank with anything and it still holds up.
