Lately, I’ve been hearing from more startups that they want to get into the enterprise space. These consumer focused web startups are the ones we know and love with the clever non-sensical names, rounded corners, and domains missing the “e”. For many startups, having enterprise … Continue reading10 Considerations for the Startup planning to offer to the Enterprise (and why many will fail)
Measurement is important I’m pretty particular about stats, measurement has always been pretty important, in the corporate landscape measurement is needed to help justify success (or failure) even if you already know something is working to executives. After defining ones goals, you should setup a … Continue readingDon’t ignore del.icio.us and Stumbleupon
Click To Play If you can’t see the above video (perhaps you’re in a feedreader, or one of my email subscribers, please access the post directly) While in Barcelona recently, I got a chance to interview folks from the local blogging community, there were quite … Continue readingVideo: How Web Strategy in Spain differs (2:35)
Update: Chris Saad, one of the leaders of this group has responded to each one of the expectations that I listed out below. Please read his responses, as he’s open, direct, and taking leadership. Last night, I attended the Mashable awards ceremony, and several people … Continue readingWhat we expect from the Data Portability Working Group
Special note If you’re just reading my blog to get my insight but don’t want to hear about my day job (I get criticized whenever I talk about it) then you can skip this post. It’s a tough line to walk as if I don’t … Continue readingUpcoming Research Calendar
Click To Play Tristan Nitot, (his blog on open source in French) CEO of Mozilla Europe talks about how Firefox spread mainly through word of mouth and people just sharing it and advocating it to others. He suggests that the open source initiative first resonated … Continue readingVideo: Tristan, Mozilla’s European CEO on Evangelism and Word of Mouth (4:00)
Apparently the industry is starved for hard core data and facts, as I received quite a bit of positive feedback about the numbers I published yesterday. It’s really important to point out the strength and weaknesses of data. Data is certainly useful in decision making … Continue readingThe thing about Data
Update Nov 2008: I’ve started a new list of data, with links to new sources on this page Social Networks Site Usage: Visitors, Members, Page Views, and Engagement by the Numbers in 2008. Every so often as an Analyst I get numbers from some of … Continue readingSocial Network Stats: Facebook, MySpace, Reunion (Jan, 2008)
I’m respecting your limited time by publishing this weekly summary, read the summary, then quickly scan headlines, read the bullet, then click to learn even more. I’ve created a category called Digest where you can start to track and access these going forward. Quickly scan … Continue readingWeekly Digest of the Social Networking Space: Jan 9, 2008
Last Friday I was offline, not by choice, but due to the power going out due to a storm that hit Northern California. Sure, not a severe storm in comparison to any area that receives regular hurricanes, but most Californians were off guard, myself included. … Continue readingWhat I learned from my Neighborhood
