Blog Column

Brian Solis has authored an op/ed aimed at redefining “how startups (not solely tech companies) view and define early adopters and the ‘echo chamber’ in order to gain momentum in order to ‘cross the chasm’ to the next tier of evolution, adoption, and monetization.” Reading through the article I couldn’t help but reflect on the […]

Selling government data is not a bad business to be in however there is a right way to do it and a wrong way to do it.  As this review of Intelius indicates, there is certainly a pretty sketchy way of monetizing public records.

I recall a discussion some months back with a friend of mine who is currently working on his Doctorate in International Relations. He was lamenting the fact that he would be spending countless hours working on his thesis and in all likelihood it would probably only be read by a small handful of people. Fast-forward […]

Look in the sky…It’s a Web 2.0 release…It’s a social media release…It’s Marketwire’s Social Media 2.0 release!!! Earlier today I read that Marketwire was unveiling their new product called “Social Media 2.0,” which they are claiming is the “industry’s Most Authentic Social Media Product.” This new release has an embedded YouTube video, social bookmarking tags, […]