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Lil’Grams @SF New Tech Last Night 3 years ago

Last night, we showed off a first look of the soon-to-be-released beta for Lil’Grams.  The crowd was packed at SF New Tech’s Spring Jubilee! event.  Special thanks to Myles Weissleder for the opportunity to demonstrate the results of our hard work for the past 2 years to an audience …

Web 2 Expo SF 2009: Why Social Media Marketing Fails - … 3 years ago

I had the chance to sit in briefly on the “Why Social Media Marketing Fails” panel featuring Peter Kim, Charlene Li, and Jeremiah Owyang.  The discussion centered around the measurement of social media marketing efforts and the growing need for better accountability. At one point, …

gregario.us is live 3 years ago

For some time now, I’ve wanted to get closer to owning a domain that is more in line with my online identity.  As someone who’s taken to not carrying business cards as often as I should have, I find myself in need of a place to send people so they can grab my information and [...]

The New Network: Affinity to the Rescue 3 years ago

For some time know, I have been looking at the shifts in social bonds as a result of social networks.  The outgrowth of Facebook, MySpace and a number of similar services has us re-evaluating things we traditionally understood without ambiguity - like friends, groups, interests, and status. My …

Ready for Takeoff: Intro to Your Life as an Independent 3 years ago

Tonight, I am going to stop by New Work City to attend a talk, “Ready for Takeoff: Intro to Your Life as an Independent”.  As an entrepreneur who’s always paved my own way, I’m keen to hear some of the insights from the panelists. My own experiences have taught me a number …

Focus on the Loyalest Customer 3 years ago

The battle between free and paid services continues to evolve in new and interesting directions.  Glenn Fleishman has an interesting article out that takes a look at some of the changing economics. While there are some instances where the company/vendor have purely altruistic goals, the usual, …

The Rise of Rapid 3 years ago

Background For the past two years, we’ve worked furiously here at Blue Whale Labs with a variety of clients on a variety of topics, from the mundane to the fascinating.  We’ve come to learn a lot about entrepreneurs, but more from interacting with them that by digging deep into the …

Most Anticipated Sessions At Web 2.0 + Your Chance to Win … 3 years ago

Web 2.0 San Francisco is just a few weeks away now and I’ve been spending some time looking at the schedule.  This year’s schedule is very interesting in that it has a lot of timely guidance (evidenced by topics that reflect the changing needs of a weakened economy) and sage advice …

Lil’Grams @ Web Innovator’s Group Last Night 3 years ago

Last night we presented lil’grams for the first time publicly at the Web Innovator’s Group sponsored by MSFT and VenRock Capital . The event is put on by VenRock’s David Beisel who invites three unfunded startups to present to a group of non-paying attendees as the “Main …

Thinking about Web 2.0 in SF? Save Now! 3 years ago

I’m happy to announce that I’ll be covering Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco this year as a blogger.  I’ll be attending the sessions and other activities and reporting back on my take away from those sessions. My personal goal is to find the rapid strategies that can be implemented …