The place where I grew up no longer exists. When I was in 2nd Grade, we moved to 215 Clark Street, Brooklyn in Pretoria. I lived there for 11 years through primary school and high school at Pretoria Boys’ High…
Netflix have long been known as one of the smartest online marketers around. I’ve started reading “Netflixed: The Epic Battle for America’s Eyeballs” by Gina Keating, and am already loving it. Back when I was an ecommerce analyst at Jupiter…
Feedback is not the primary currency for startups – the primary currency for startups should be CURRENCY! Making money – ladies and gents, trust me on this one, if you don’t have a way to make money and your strategy…
I work in an industry rife with conflicts of interest and weird incentives. Most of us are exposed to such things, to varying degrees. Let me give you a simple example we have seen – if an advertising agency is…
Image: Empty spots for electric vehicle charging in the otherwise-packed Facebook Menlo Park campus parking lot (September 2012) Seeing the above reminded me that achieving critical mass is really hard. Building something first is gutsy and is what many entrepreneurs…