Numbers of the day: 9 years ago, there were 2 million pay phones throughout the US.
Today, mainly thanks to cell phones (though neglect is also a factor), there are only about 1 million working pay phones (source: Newsweek).
What’s the next industry ready to be disrupted? It’s already well underway in TV, real estate, […]

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Given that Technorati now claims to index more than 50 million blogs, it can be hard to find new, high-quality sites. Here are six that I haven’t linked to or mentioned before–I think they are all worth a look.

Startup Review. Nisan Gabbay of Sierra Ventures recently launched a new blog that features weekly […]

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Early-stage companies often miss opportunities to develop effective brand strategy. If you doubt the need for a great brand–thinking perhaps that technology alone will be enough to secure a strong market position–take a look at Baris’s List of Web 2.0 Companies. With that much competition, these companies need to do all they […]

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I go to many conferences each year; unfortunately, most are deadly dull. I guess I’m tired of the traditional format (keynote speakers, marketing panels, etc). Usually, the best learning happens in the hallways in between sessions–during sessions people are too busy surfing the web or checking email–but because too much material is […]

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I’m looking for a few extraordinary people for a new consumer-facing internet startup.
In particular, we’d like to find a chief architect (LAMP expertise important; knowledge of Ruby, Python or Drupal nice to have) and a lead designer (with strong CSS, UI and online graphic design skills). The right candidates will be […]

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