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Wednesday, June 25, 2014

In The Same Frame With Alexa Von Tobel

"Dropping out of school was terrifying." - @alexavontobel of @learnvest and I thought it was glamorous. #startupgrindnyc
— Paramendra Bhagat (@paramendra) June 24, 2014

@alexavontobel is a fast talker, I like that. Note to self : It is okay to talk fast! ☺ #startupgrindnyc
— Paramendra Bhagat (@paramendra) June 24, 2014

@alexavontobel of @learnvest at #startupgrindnyc https://t.co/UxYh7YvgFL
— Paramendra Bhagat (@paramendra) June 24, 2014

@alexavontobel of @learnvest #startupgrindnyc https://t.co/cKm354r2RR
— Paramendra Bhagat (@paramendra) June 24, 2014

@alexavontobel of @learnvest Do you see selling the company or do you see going IPO? #startupgrindnyc pic.twitter.com/C9LJZju2wY
— Paramendra Bhagat (@paramendra) June 24, 2014

@alexavontobel of @learnvest at #startupgrindnyc https://t.co/qfraPdZNG9
— Paramendra Bhagat (@paramendra) June 24, 2014

@alexavontobel of @learnvest I hear @hillaryclinton is also out selling books! pic.twitter.com/6YZyRZdhNF
— Paramendra Bhagat (@paramendra) June 24, 2014

Monday, March 03, 2014

Twitter Need Not Be Facebook To Do Well

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Image via CrunchBase

It Turns Out Twitter’s Not for Everyone

Twitter need not be a mainstream product used by half of humanity to do really well as a business. Instead of trying to imitate Facebook (O, we also show you pictures in your stream!) Twitter could just deepen the relationship it has with its users.

If Google can help me search through the web, Twitter should at least be able to help me search through all tweets that rest on Twitter's servers. But it does not do that. That one feature alone would take Twitter into the stratosphere. I might not need a Dropbox. Twitter would be my Dropbox for the most part. Most stuff I like to save come in the form of URLs.

If you were to force me to pick between Facebook and Twitter - and I am glad you don't - I would pick Twitter.

So if you can be so well positioned for both search and social, and you were mobile before mobile became mobile, what gives? Beats me.

Thursday, November 01, 2012

Facebook Trouble For Craig's List

English: Photo of Craig Newmark. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

If you can bring the Craig's List flea market feel and to that add the Facebook social graph, you could eat Craig's List's lunch. And that would be sad. Because a lot of us have long used Craig's List for many odd purposes.

Craig Newmark probably wishes Facebook had had a better IPO.

But I don't see Craig's List going away. Wordpress beats Blogger. Disqus beats Facebook Comments. Craig's List has not innovated in a long time. Now there might be some incentive.

Facebook may take on Craigslist with a new Marketplace section

all the classified listings would have the ability to target people based on your own social circle and geography

Saturday, August 04, 2012

Rediscovering Disqus

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(Originally published at Michael Hazell' TechMans' World blog)

Rediscovering Disqus has been a pleasant experience for me. I had it. Then I walked out on it by default when I changed my blog's template. Now I have it again, and I am so glad I do.

Blogging is my favorite online activity. Makes for an active reader. And it is more than knowledge. You meet and get to know interesting people. The comments sections at blogs were an afterthought before Disqus came along.

And the new and improved Disqus beats the big dogs like Google and Facebook in the blog comments space. Both of them are innovative companies doing a lot but Disqus still beats them in the space. It is because Disqus' intensity of focus is greater. Disqus does one thing and one thing alone, and it does it very, very well.

Just like a ton of people who you could never convince to blog became happily active on Twitter, Disqus provides an outlet to people. You don't have to blog to comment. Commenting is legit. You don't lose track of your comments.

Like my new friend Michael Hazell, I met him through Disqus. Today he replied to a comment I had left at Fred Wilson's blog a few days back. It felt like randomly bumping into a friend. And, as of today, I don't even know what he looks like.

Adding Disqus To My Blog Was The Easiest Thing
Should I Get Disqus For My Blog?

Wednesday, August 01, 2012

The Twindex

Twitter users might not be a good representation of the larger American electorate. But the real time insights might be invaluable. There might not be another place for it. It might be a great place to gauge public reaction to the debates, for example.

Twitter Unveils the Twindex, a New Political Index

monitors hundreds of millions of Twitter messages ..... election.twitter.com ..... In the last election, Twitter users sent 1.8 million messages on the day of the election. Today, with people sending 400 million messages on a typical day, that represents a little over six minutes of Twitter volume.

For now looks like Obama has been widening his lead.