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People's vanity is a great driver for marketing
I just got a message from Linkedin.com thanking me for being part of their community and informing me that I was one of the top 1% most viewed profiles.Sounds like I just made the dean’s list.What a...
View ArticleThe Social Currency for Search
In recent headlines you’ll read things like:Facebook and Bing’s Plan to Make Search SocialSearch meWhat should Google do about Facebook Graph Search?Everyone is trying to figure out how to make search...
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WolframAlpha’s New Facebook Graph
WolframAlpha just released its new Facebook graph product. The image is based on word frequency of my status updates: Great, Entrepreneur, Social, Gifting, Startup, Good, Digital, Innovation, Athens,...
View ArticleProgrammers are the Wizards of the Future
My family always placed a high value on education. I got a good one. In 1984 I didn’t know anything about computers. Most people in Greece didn’t know anything about computers and confused them with...
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Fear of Failure: Never Let Go
"Happy families are all alike. Every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." Tolstoy’s comment applies to failed entrepreneurial ventures. The reasons entrepreneurs fail varies as the entrepreneurs...
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Mobile Apps missing the Marketing Train
For a few months now I’ve been advising some teams that are building their own mobile products. I tried to help them build traction and drive more downloads. Apps collect so much information and...
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Mobile is a One Way Street
I’m back in the US. a few months now and I’m amazed at how crazed everyone is with mobile. For years Europe was far ahead of the US., but the iPhone and apps ecosystem changed everything. From a...
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Kiss Your Boss Goodbye. It’s Time to Be An Entrepreneur!
I’m doing some research about startups and entrepreneurship. No matter how you look at it, its a huge market. Around the world, startups are on everyone’s agenda for job creation and economic growth....
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Fail, Fail, Fail... (maybe) Win!
Life of a Startup Entrepreneur. Getting to the destination is difficult, but the trip can be rewarding.
View ArticleSteve Jobs: The Most Important Thing
We can change life into whatever we imagine. (via Farnam Street and 37 Signals)When you grow up, you tend to get told that the world is the way it is and your life is just to live your life inside the...
View ArticleSamurai Inside
In tough times we can lose faith in ourselves. We forget who we are, what we’ve done and what we can do. If you’ve forgotten, watch @jason’s video and remember you’re a Samurai, not a Rice Picker
View ArticleDon't Be a Jerk on Social Media
It seems that being rude, having bad manners and swearing has become trending on social media. New research from the authors of the New York Times best-seller Crucial Conversations shows:76 percent...
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The magic of .99
I just read an excellent post on Gumroad about “Psychological Pricing”.The magic of .99 appeals to a buyer’s familiarity with sale pricing and a discount. If you just look at the table, you’ll see that...
View ArticleEducation as a Life Long Process
The video is an excellent presentation about digital learning by Cris Dellarocas at the recent TEDx in Athens. If you understand greek make sure to watch it, otherwise you can read this report from...
View ArticlePrivacy Matters
Snowden delivered the alternative Christmas message on UK’s Channel 4 about privacy, why it matters and why mass government surveillance is wrong.I couldn’t agree more!Even though we can all agree that...
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End of Year Thoughts and Lemonade
As the year ends and because a couple of weeks ago I had another birthday, I’m thinking about the past year and what the future holds.Personally and professionally the past year has challenged me and...
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Great Software
"The phone company gave birth to Unix. Now there is no phone company and Unix runs on your phone." via @ftrain (Great Works of Software)
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Do You Ever Miss the "Old Internet"?
Do you remember this image :) Every site use to be “under construction”, in perpetual beta.But I think Gawker’s recent article describes it best:"The internet I grew up on and still rather cherish on...
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33 Startup Lessons
Every now and then I post on twitter “Startup Lessons”, quick posts about startups and entrepreneurship based on my own experience and that of friends. Twitter is great for this because in a 140 chars...
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