TechCrunch Teardown: What Makes Groupon Tick

This post originally ran on TechCrunch. Much has been written about the rapid growth and success of Chicago-based local daily deal company, Groupon. And it is for good reason. No Continue reading →

$1B+ of New Seed Stage Capital Has Been Raised In Last 18 Months

As leanstartup guru, Eric Reis likes to say in his frequent talks on how startups can get alot done in a short amount of time, “Entrepreneurship is awesome.”  And it Continue reading →

Paradigm Breakers

The proliferation of competing articulations, the willingness to try anything, the expression of explicit discontent, the recourse to philosophy and to debate over fundamentals, all these are symptoms of a Continue reading →

We All Know The iPhone Sucks on The AT&T Network. Here’s Why. And Why It’s Temporary.

“It’s been a challenging year for us,” said John Donovan, the chief technology officer of AT&T told me during an interview earlier this year. “Overnight, we’re seeing a radical shift Continue reading →

Google Just Saved Motorola’s Mobile Business

While the public mobile battle between Apple and Google continues to look more and more like a 9th grade fist fight in the cafeteria, the once dominant mobile player in Continue reading →

How Venture Capital Is Responding To Seed Stage Disruption

There has been much written and discussed about the inevitable decline of the venture capital industry as we have come to know it. For a variety of reasons, such as Continue reading →

Google’s Mobile Strategy Is Simple: Provide Open Alternative to iPhone

Next Monday at 12PM PT, Google is hosting a call to provide further details on its mobile strategy.  As many of you know, there has been a fair amount of Continue reading →

Mobile Device Use Case: My iPhone or My Life

I have been paying particular attention to my increasing reliance on my iPhone for accomplishing daily tasks.  More than just a mode for communcation, my mobile device is at the Continue reading →

An Open Letter to Ashton Kutcher

Dear Ashton- Congratulations on a record-setting opening weekend for Valentine’s Day.  I can only imagine how you must be also still basking in the warm afterglow of your sure-to-be-too-good-to-be-true Valentine’s Continue reading →

Annual E-Commerce Sales Flat for First Time Ever. Why It Shouldn’t Matter To You Entrepreneurs.

Comscore just came out with its 2009 Digital Year in Review.  In it, Comscore found, amongst other interesting tidbits, that total retail e-commerce revenue (not including travel) was essentially flat Continue reading →