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The Pull Econmony

by Rick on May 5, 2010

in Innovation,Technology and Life,social media

During my workout today, I listened to a recent DFJ Entrepreneurial Though Leaders Seminar. This is a podcast that is co-sponsored by BASES (a student entrepreneurship group), Standford Technology Ventures Program, and The Department of Management Science and Engineering (Standford University). The speaker for this session was John Seely Brown.  John has a technical background, [...]

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What Is Really Going On?

by Rick on February 15, 2010

in social media

Have you been watching the Olympics? I have not watched as much as I would like, but that has not stopped me from keeping up with events. I just follow along on Twitter. Check out some of the stats: It is 7:30 PM EST on February 18, 2010. In the last 10 minutes, there was [...]

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Your Customer is Talking … Are You Listening?

by Rick on January 30, 2010

in social media

I just read an interesting Forbes.com article on how the Symbian Foundation is using crowdsourcing to solicit product ideas from customers. The Internet, and Web 2.0 has given us some great tools for understanding customer needs. I would suggest that it has never been easier to engage customers. In the case of Symbian, they are [...]

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The Demise of The New York Times? The Saga Continues

by Rick on January 22, 2010

in social media

I read yet another article on the New York Times plan to charge for content. This one appeared on VentureBeat.com with a very provocative title: “Will The New York Times meter kill traffic from social media?“.  What interested me most was this comment: The New York Times is the leading print newspaper website according to [...]

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