Tribal Leadership: A Review
Organizational leadership theories too often manifest into tedious memoirs peppered with Sun Tzu and Machiavelli quotes. The frequent…
Articles by Dana Oshiro
Tue, 5 July 2011
Tue, 26 April 2011
Reputation Management Services Should Practice What They Preach
Online reputation has been measured by in-bound links through Google Ranking, RSS and feed subscribers and now, the number of social media…
Wed, 10 November 2010
Risk-takers and Strategists: Jeremiah Owyang on Long-Term Social Media Planning
Two years ago, 93% of Americans believed companies should have a social media presence. Today, brands are hiring social media specialists…
Wed, 21 July 2010
There's Money to be Made in "Premium Privacy" Says VC Fred Wilson
When veteran blogger and venture capitalist Fred Wilson addresses an audience on the business opportunities in geolocational services, you…
Tue, 20 July 2010
Google Image Search Gets a Redesign and New Search Ads
With more than 10 billion images indexed, Google Image Search has become the visual reference source to beat. Google's VP Marissa Mayer took…
Tue, 20 April 2010
Using the Startup Process to Change Disaster Relief
In early December a Supernova session entitled, How Startup Companies Can Change the World had presenters brainstorm ways to connect the…
Thu, 15 April 2010
Inside Twitter's Developer Fears with OneForty's Laura Fitton
After a busy couple of days, oneforty app store founder Laura Fitton is in the unique position as the unofficial spokesperson for a…
Wed, 14 April 2010
How to Burn Bridges with Bootup Labs and Other Investors
When Phoenix-based designer Jamie Martin's blog post hit the front page of Hacker News earlier today, he realized what it's like to burn…
Tue, 16 March 2010
Seed Incubator Panel: YCombinator, VentureHacks, Capital Factory, TechStars
A decade ago, entrepreneurs saw seed funds as a means to an end. There was little effort to brand the separate groups, there were few…
Sun, 14 March 2010
Is Innovation Fair? Andrew Keen Says No
Andrew Keen is no stranger to controversy. He has irritated bloggers by equating Web 2.0 with communism and enraged citizen journalists with…
Sat, 13 March 2010
Small Business Web Directory Launches at SXSW
Upon first glance we were skeptical. Generally when someone says they're launching a business directory it's an SEO play with little value…
Thu, 11 March 2010
Beyond Ads: Monetizing Location-Based Services
This week geo-crazy mavens were pleased to hear of location-based updates to Facebook, the launch of Foursquare analytics and of course…
Tue, 9 March 2010
There is No Perfect VP of Sales and Marketing
Sales and marketing are not the same thing. It's true they both deal with relationship management and it's true that neither of these job…
Mon, 8 March 2010
DeadHeads and Retweeters: Crowdsourcing Influence
Last week the New York Historical Society opened the first large-scale exhibit of material from the Grateful Dead Archive. The archive…
Thu, 4 March 2010
Follow the Hippie: Leadership Lessons Through Dance
When Sigma Partners' Richard Dale posted a video of a random dancing guy to his Venture Cyclist blog I was skeptical. I'd seen the…
Wed, 3 March 2010
How to Prepare for Conversion and Optimization
The best way to reduce bounce rates and design a path of least resistance for members and customers is to offer something they want. While…
Tue, 2 March 2010
Series Seed Documents: Legal Templates for Early Investments
Because today's startup generally requires significantly less seed capital to function, the legal contracts once required for large-scale…
Mon, 1 March 2010
Escape from New York: Is the Valley Necessary?
In an effort to highlight some of the emerging tech centers across the world we've written on a number of cities for our Never Mind the…
Fri, 26 February 2010
Open Thread: PRManna - Copy Cat or Inspiration?
Earlier this month we noticed PRManna climbing up the Hacker News front page and reached out to the creator for an interview. Ryan…
In Hindsight: When VC Associates Misread the Landscape
When a startup entrepreneur tells the story of his/her mistakes and how they've corrected them, it's endearing. When an investment associate…
Always Be Closing: Ink the Deal and Do It Quickly
Just because you've been in talks doesn't mean the deal is done. Entrepreneurs need to remain diligent about timelines in order to ensure…
Thu, 25 February 2010
The 3 Surprising Investment Sources Behind Your VC
While so much of the startup scene is funded by investment capital, it's tough to know exactly where all of that money comes from. In…
Keeping Out the Trolls: Relevancy in User-Generated Content
In the summer of 2008, J.R. Johnson sold Virtual Tourist to Expedia for $85 million dollars. While Johnson seems like the type of laid…
Wed, 24 February 2010
Social Media Metrics: Why Am I Counting Tweets Again?
Earlier today, conversation tracking site UberVu launched Compare. The service allows you type your name and a competitor's name into search…
