January 2010
47 posts
How is it that ironing board sales guy can close the ‘every hotel room’ order while extension cord sales guy can’t close 1?
Say what u will about the iPad, but the fact that ur talking about it 3mo before its even out is saying something
Cloudy with a chance of confusion: I bet 90% of VCs are touting a cloud computing strategy, whatever that means
Local innovation exploding: CitySearch (& new #Mashery customer) launches new API #CityGrid http://tcrn.ch/dBk5qE
Siperian acquired by Informatica for $130M http://bit.ly/cv7NZt
Do CMOs treat organic search (SEO) as an operating expense or a marketing initiative?
Think before you ink: some funny misspelled tattoos: http://bit.ly/9gU0gk RT @huffpost
Sad that popular sites we know and love were barely able to handle a few tens of Ku before falling on knees
Was it just me or did u watch iPad event by toggling between the least crummy webcasts?
Kindle + Craigslist = match made in heaven in about an hour
Turn your sales funnel upside down and see it from a completely different perspective http://bit.ly/a8pJ3i
Neat 2C our portfolio co. @soasta continue 2 land great talent. Welcome new VP Sales Mark Edwards! http://bit.ly/6A4HWr
Sign o the times: our 7yr old spent 5 min trying to pause the TV in the hotel room
10 useful techno things from that strange SkyMall catalog: http://bit.ly/8yEih4
Does ur company have a Chief Performance Officer? W/so much reliance on web, seems companies need one now more than ever
Good thing since ‘10 is yr of the API! RT @OrenMichels: day 1 #mashery ‘10 sales k/o. In awe of team & excited about where we’re going
RT @dhinchcliffe NextGen CIOs Face 11 Disruptive Skill Shifts http://bit.ly/5wTws2 If not ur core competency, use best of breed
Skill Shifts Needed for the Next-Gen CIO
I love this chart about the new skills needed by CIOs for the next decade. Increased usage of best-in-class products and services from the outisde as opposed to doing it with your own scarce internal resources.
Here is the full link to the story by @rwango
Don’t want ur ad skipped over when Tivo user ffwds during commercial? One clever advertiser’s plan: http://bit.ly/6tPhud
Could a cloud computing exchange work? http://bit.ly/4DqqZF
Guy tweets airport terrorism joke and a week later gets arrested http://bit.ly/5a2FoN
Spin city: Lane Kiffin drama-video of Vols press room minutes b4 quitting 4 USC job causes reprters 2 argue http://bit.ly/8iGfWc
Correct link: Location based check-in wars continue as Yelp invites itself to Foursquare/Gowalla party http://bit.ly/4RerQ1
Mall cop chariot co. (Segway) sold to U.K. inv.firm: http://bit.ly/6ukx4S Original ‘01 Time Mag piece: http://bit.ly/5vii2t
“Without the ‘Service’ in “Customer Service”, you...”
Everyone wears jumpsuits: ‘72’s “2010, Living in the Future”, spot on & way off predictions of life in ‘10: http://bit.ly/5vmUnE
USC makes their coaching hire: and this guy ought to clean up USC’s image right away (yeah right)… http://bit.ly/8UUmrY
Coming to a Google Map near you (surprise): ads http://bit.ly/7Lg200
CES travel litmus test: didnt lug Mac (sure was glad), only used handheld (was quite bad), need 4 a tablet (would be rad)
I bet if u asked people for the top 10 things they want in a new TV, 3D isn’t one of them…
Love this video mashup of the top songs of 2009 (also included versions for 08, 07 too) http://bit.ly/7CVhu2
Any Mac Entourage users who know if you can install a LinkedIn toolbar (as in Outlook)?
Wow, doubt this would happen, but how ironic if Jim Harbaugh ends up at USC http://bit.ly/6UjzX3
This week, Sin City feels more like Spin City…
PI is the new BI… Go hear SOASTA CEO Tom @Lounibos talk about Performance Intelligence! http://bit.ly/4oZcqq
What is a fair sales quota for 2010? RT @IncMagazine http://bit.ly/7QjXlB
It sure was fun while we had him: Big Unit retires http://bit.ly/7BKvro
RT @PEHub Here R my Oscar picks for the best movies of 2009, VC Style! http://bit.ly/76d59Y
Best movies of 2009, VC Style: My Oscar predictions for top movies about the VC industry http://bit.ly/90s8I8
Best Movies of 2009 (VC edition)
Finally saw Avatar over the holidays, and I think James Cameron has done it again, and can definitely see it winning the Oscar for Best Picture.
But now that 2009 has ended, it’s the time to make some real Oscar predictions for the all of the best movies of the past year. So, here is the list of the Best Movies of 2009, Venture Capital (VC) style:
Categories:
Best Movie of the Year
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Huawei grew sales 30% to $21B last year. Meanwhile, at other telecom companies… http://bit.ly/7NnOrM
A bit cooler than paper snowflakes: This guy’s paper art is unbelievable… http://bit.ly/5Z34z9
Imagine how much more Jack Bauer could get done in a day if he had an Avatar…
This decade, still looking 4 startups capable not of building the pool, but heating the water 4 big brands to want 2 jump in
