“This agreement is a great complement to our pending relationship with The Walt Disney Company and its family of broadcast brands such as Disney, ABC News and ESPN. The convergence of the Internet and television media has the potential to empower the consumer like no other media in history.” That statement was from Harry Motro,… Continue reading »
I collected baseball cards as a kid as many others did, but I did it a bit differently. I had all the rookie cards of the hot shots – Roger Clemens, Ken Griffey, Jr., Barry Bonds (180lbs. then), etc. However, I had an entire binder dedicated to Nomar Garciaparra. I would give up all my… Continue reading »
Last week Instagram was acquired by Facebook for the incredible sum of one billion dollars after just 18 months since founding. Even in the frothy world of internet software startups this was an unusual event. Here are some of the lessons that I took from Instagram’s success: Design Matters. The sheer ugliness of the Web,… Continue reading »