May 21, 2012
Who's buying Facebook stock, the CEO that thinks Dropbox is overvalued, Tumblr's growing pains, and more from today's TechCrunch Disrupt.
Which companies should Yahoo acquire next? What's the secret to a successful start-up ecosystem in New York city? When is Facebook...
Companies and individuals who see business as a form of warfare tend to pursue dead-end strategies.
A couple of weeks ago, one of my posts ("The 8 Core Beliefs of Extraordinary Bosses") went viral, generating a million page views in a few days....
May 18, 2012
Has Facebook reinvigorated the IPO market? Here are a few tech companies racing to go public--and what you should know about them.
On Friday, Facebook raised a record-setting $18 billion in its IPO, placing its value at a staggering $104 billion. Not bad for a start-up founded just eight years ago in a 19-year-old's dorm room. While the company's IPO has helped plenty of its...
Hiring a top PR firm is often out of the question for start-ups. Here are five tips for how to handle your own public relations.
For most journalists, taking a meeting with a vacuum salesman would be right up there with getting their teeth pulled. But when we worked as reporters and James Dyson came to town, we always took the meeting.
Dyson—the founder of the eponymous appliance company that's best known for it's see-through vacuums and quirky commercials—isn't just...
May 17, 2012
Who knew what Facebook would become when Mark Zuckerberg launched it in 2004? Not these guys.
Hindsight is 20/20. And sometimes, it's just plain funny.
With Facebook's blockbuster IPO upon us, let's take a look back through the company's eight-year history at some of the people and companies who were doubters, haters, and nay-sayers.
Sure, in 2004, no one...
We asked 16 social media experts and LinkedIn gurus to size up the Romney campaign's organizational and candidate LinkedIn profiles. Here's their analysis.
Like millions of other Americans, Mitt Romney is looking for a job.
Career consultants say if you're job-hunting, you need to be on LinkedIn. So, I figured I'd do Romney a favor, and I pulled together a panel of 16...
May 16, 2012
Eduardo Saverin turned in his passport ahead of the Facebook IPO. Proof that entrepreneurs are fleeing because of high taxes?
It's a fun thought exercise for most of us. But whether or not to drop his U.S. citizenship for $1 billion was a legitimate question for Eduardo Saverin, one of Facebook's co-founders. Depending on what happens when...
15 members get to discuss burning issues at the top of San Francisco!
On April 19th, fifteen business owners gathered on the 59th floor of the luxurious and newest high-rise in San Francisco, One Rincon Hill at 489 Harrison St. Besides the spectacular views, the participants engaged in a meaningful, moderated discussion on challenges they face in their respective businesses....
This restaurant went from being a quiet nook New York City's West Village to an always-packed hotspot, overnight. Here's how its owner dealt with the good and the ugly of being an instant hit.
When an accolade comes—whether it's a glowing New York Times review, a shout-out from Anthony Bourdain, or a twinkly new Michelin star—a restaurant needs to be prepared. Takashi...
May 15, 2012
Facebook's tour to meet with investors before its initial public offering was like no other IPO roadshow. Here's what you can learn from it.
This wasn't your run-of-the-mill IPO roadshow, all power-suits and PowerPoint.
No, Facebook's IPO, which wrapped up this week, was less of a series of boardroom meetings and more of a traveling circus, complete with sideshows and...
