Commentary: Why I’m long on Lyft The general consensus is that Uber is dominating Lyft. It’s no secret. Uber’s growth and execution has been a work of beauty,… Read More
The next wave of news: Peer-to-peer livestreaming Twitter enabled any person to reach anyone in the world directly with 140 characters of text. And, of course, you… Read More
A wild idea for Bezos and the Post: Develop a ‘Kindle Printer’ and shut down the main press The economics of delivering a local newspaper to your doorstep just don’t make sense anymore. The reasons? Declining subscriber counts… Read More
Community Building 101 It’s commonly understood that people spend their time with people they know — both offline and online. People spend their… Read More
The future of the inbox My inbox is a horribly inefficient way to manage the requests that come into me. On any given day, I… Read More
The opportunity to redefine the feed reader experience I’ve used Google Reader almost everyday since 2008. I’m bummed it’s going away. And, clearly, I’m not alone. Millions of… Read More
Why it’s smart to be an early adopter on a new platform A Tweet posted last week by Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff — who I used to work for — caught my attention. I… Read More
Streamlining the fundraising process for entrepreneurs: There’s NOT an app for that? Here’s my dilemma. Fundraising for a tech startup is hugely time consuming. There are a million other things to do,… Read More
The time suck economy: Let’s start building value Time is our most precious asset. Yet, we’re wasting far too much of it. It’s called the time suck economy.… Read More
Commentary: Why the downfall of Facebook is more possible than you think Facebook is the clearcut leader in social. We all know this. No one else is even close (except maybe Google).… Read More