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My First Guest Post on VentureBeat

By Marcus On December 31, 2011 · Leave a Comment

This is a little late, but I had to take some downtime for my birthday. I know you understand.

I had the opportunity to write a guest post on VentureBeat about the shift in power to consumers and why embracing social is going to be make or brake for many consumer brands. I’m excited [...]

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MusicTech Analysis in the Media?

By Marcus On December 29, 2011 · 1 Comment

To clarify, when I say MusicTech, I mean as in SFMusicTech, not MusicTech magazine.

There is an opportunity for a media entity to cover the MusicTech space with in-depth analysis and consistency. The industry would benefit tremendously from a media source that was no bullshit and regularly delivered rigorous analysis [...]

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David Cancel on Startup Competition

By Marcus On December 28, 2011 · Leave a Comment

I love highlighting David’s writing. He doesn’t write often, but when he does, it’s right.

The best line (spoiler): “I believe a startup only has one real competitor, indifference.”

http://davidcancel.com/true-startup-competition/

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Founder? En Route? Reach Out.

By Marcus On December 27, 2011 · Leave a Comment

If you are a founder, I want to talk to you. I want to understand where you are in your startup. What you already know and what’s the most critical thing for you to learn, now.

I’m working on an outline for posts that I will write on Founder Life, and I need some input. [...]

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My Android Crashes Too Much

By Marcus On December 26, 2011 · 4 Comments

So, I’m now fed up with it. I’m totally bought into the promise of Android. I like the user experience, I love the power of the platform and the Google Integrations, but the phones are just not that good. I haven’t played with a Galaxy S or Galaxy Nexus, or any Ice Cream Sandwich device, [...]

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The five rules of Facebook marketing | Feature | .net magazine

5 Keys to growing your brand, and bottom line, using Facebook.

By Marcus On July 1, 2011 · Leave a Comment

I recently wrote an article that originally had the title of this blog post. The editor (who’s name is @OliverLindberg, and who is very cool) of the magazine that published it, .Net Magazine, changed the name of the article to “The Five Rules of Facebook Marketing“. I can only assume they know [...]

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Thank You, @JTodWork

By Marcus On June 22, 2011 · 2 Comments

Hi Tod.

I had a conversation with a friend tonight about the NTC and the potential of it with its next leader. While talking to him, I found myself running down the list of things that you have done in your tenure as President of the NTC, and tears came to my eyes. You really [...]

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Pull it together

By Marcus On June 21, 2011 · 4 Comments

All of the things that you experience start to mean something if you can sustain the hope that there is a meaning behind things. Pulling it together suddenly is the most fun part of all. It’s *almost* effortless. You become known by your works, which give you leverage, that you don’t even need because you [...]

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Expanding into Boston

By Marcus On April 21, 2011 · 2 Comments

I’ve been in Boston for 8 months now. Not full time, more like 15 days a month. The culture, social circles and most importantly weather have all been challenging to acclimate to. But that probably would be true anywhere, especially when you have spent the last decade in a city as embracing as [...]

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Try Something, Just Because It’s Scary

By Marcus On April 2, 2011 · 4 Comments

Todays lesson comes from my youngest son, who agonized over coming off a ramp on his skateboard for an hour, but after trying (and falling) now can’t get enough of it and is trying to jump off of every ramp at Rocketown.

Try it because you’re afraid…  thats the stuff you’ll love the most. [...]

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