Tag Archives: Business

Game Changer: Why Google bought Aardvark for $50 million

As confirmed by TechCrunch, Google today announced that they’ve bough Aardvark for $50 million – brilliant move by the Goog. I’ll get to the why after a little background. Google still dominates the most lucrative percentage of marketing dollars spent … Continue reading

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Google’s Biggest Competitor isn’t another Search Engine

There’s no doubt that Google Search is a great product, but aside from some cosmetic changes in how results are displayed there hasn’t been any major innovation in search in the last few years (aright, Goggles is pretty awesome): There … Continue reading

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Smart + Hard Working + Charismatic = Crazy Successful

There’s the old project management saying: good, cheap and fast… pick two. In the business world I’ve noticed that three characteristics generally determine success: smart, hard working and charismatic. Sure, the definition of success widely varies but for the purposes … Continue reading

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Want to be a billion dollar company? Get 28mil users

Business models on the web are undergoing a massive transformation. Originally mimicking the print industry (advertising revenues based on circulation numbers), we are now only beginning to explore real value adding, revenue generating opportunities which leverage the real-time, social, location-aware, … Continue reading

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Slides from Social Media Training Sessions

Last week I gave a few training sessions to new joinees in our company covering Social Media, Online Advertising and Analytics.  From talks I’ve had with new joinees, I’ve found this information isn’t covered in college/graduate coursework. I’m planning on … Continue reading

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