Here is a great slide from Henry Blodget and Jay Yarow’s presentation to kick off last week’s IGNITION conference. Take a look at the market value of new media companies versus that of traditional media. Bottom line, the future is already here!
Entries Tagged as 'tech'
The Future of Media
December 6th, 2010 · View Comments · tech
Tags:Henry Blodget·IGNITION·new media·old media·traditional media
Gilt’s Evolving Sales Model
December 2nd, 2010 · View Comments · Personal, tech
Interesting development in the online flash sale space today! We’re no longer just talking about vanilla sales of off-season or otherwise “new-old-stock” merchandise, or even the introductions of upcoming lines, like the recent Gilt x Brooks Brothers collaboration. Rather, we’re now seeing in today’s Gilt Man offering a carefully curated selection of men’s vintage watches, [...]
Tags:ecommerce·Gilt Groupe·Gilt Man·Hodinkee·vintage watches
The Student Loan Crisis
November 23rd, 2010 · View Comments · Personal, socent, tech
My friend Mike is the founder of an education startup called Skillshare, “a platform to learn anything, from anyone.” Given his passion in the education space, Mike / Skillshare, along with The Cultivated Word, is preparing to produce an animated short film titled “The Student Loan Crisis.” They need to raise about $900 more in [...]
Tags:fundraising·Kickstarter·Skillshare·student loan crisis·The Cultivated Word
The Most Important iPad App
November 15th, 2010 · View Comments · tech
… isn’t anything grabbing the headlines or swirling around the blogosphere. As measured by iPad usage time, the most important iPad app is the simple Safari browser. This definitely lines up with my own usage and confirms the iPad as a tool used primarily for consumption, not creation. And that’s one reason why I don’t [...]
Get Out and Vote!
November 2nd, 2010 · View Comments · VC, tech
I love what Foursquare’s doing here. Using tech to encourage civic engagement? Check. Attractive data visualizations? Check. Next step–using Foursquare data to develop predictions more robust than exit polls! Check-in and include #ivoted in your shout out to get your limited edition iVOTED badge and find out more info at elections.foursquare.com. (Not a huge fan [...]
Restore NYC Fundraiser Update
September 22nd, 2010 · View Comments · Personal, tech
It’s been nearly a month now since I first posted up the announcement for Restore NYC’s Brick by Brick fundraising campaign. Since that time, Restore NYC has raised over $40,000 of their $50,000 goal, and $1,048 of that has come from your donations to my page. A huge thanks to all those who have donated [...]
Tags:Brick by Brick·CauseVox·fundraising·Restore NYC·safe house·sex trafficking
$2,400 for my 24th!
August 25th, 2010 · View Comments · Personal, socent, tech
So I wanted to do something productive to celebrate my birthday this year, I thought that it’d be great to use this opportunity to support a great organization doing meaningful work. The fundraising campaign I’m participating in for my birthday is called “Brick by Brick,” and the funds raised will go towards an organization called [...]
Tags:birthday·Brick by Brick·fundraising·Restore NYC·sex trafficking·Trinity Grace
