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Personal Branding Online Done Right - ShiraLazar.com

Monday, November 10th, 2008

In the world of blogging, twittering, anytime/everytime social media updates, personal brand building has become big online.  One great example is Shira Lazar.  She recently combined her personal website (that mostly focused on her hosting career) with her entertainment blog, and added in a dash of mashups and social media to launch the new ShiraLazar.com
Her [...]

Interview with BNET about Docstoc.com

Friday, November 7th, 2008

I recently did an interview with Vince Thompson for the Dog and Pony Show on the BNET network. We talked about building out the largest repository of professional documents on docstoc, what its like to run a startup, and a little bit of self help entreprenerus (i used to be a motivational speaker [...]

Microsoft BizSpark Program Guide for Startups

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008

Microsoft launched a new program today for startups called BizSpark. Apparently they are giving away lots of software and other services / products for upcoming technology startups that meet certain criteria, for more information check the Techcrunch Post.
You need to be referred into the program so I called up our good friends at [...]

Election Map

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

Its election day! Obama has been ahead in most aggregate voting polls and electoral voting polls.  Here is what the pundits think of the electoral map today and how it will play out.  We’ll check back in tomorrow as a Monday Morning Quarterback to see how accurate they were in their election [...]

Viral Coefficient Presentation

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

This evening I went to dinner with Neil Patel of ACS and David Niu of BuddyTV. We geeked out at Houston’s in Santa Monica and talked about everything from marketing tricks, to VC war stories, and email servers. Being a super smart Warton Grad and successful entrepreneur, David served up a variety of [...]

Docstoc Halloween Open House - 10/31 3-6pm

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

In honor of Halloween and our One Year Anniversary (launched 10/30/07), we’re putting on an open house at the Docstoc Office in Santa Monica, California.
We’ve recently moved into our new space , and we hope to see you all here.
Come join us for some treats and a few tricks. The office will be open [...]

Memorable Presidential Debates

Friday, October 3rd, 2008

Tonight was the Vice Presidential Debate for the 2008 Presidential Ticket between Senator Joseph Biden and Govenor Sarah Palin. Their performance aside, here are the Top 15 Presidential Debate Moments of the television recording era.
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Digg Mixer Conversations

Thursday, September 25th, 2008

Digg put on a mixer last night in San Francisco for some CEOs and Heads of BD.  The event was organized by my friend Matt Van Horn, who did a fantastic job of bringing together an amazing collection of folks from Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, Dow Jones, Twitter, Linkedin, Motorola, and Docstoc.  (so proud [...]

10 Lessons Startups Can Learn From Superheroes

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

A few weeks back I grabbed a drink with Sean Whitely, the VP of Operations for Slingshot Labs. He gave me some great advice on establishing “Core Values” for employees. His were: 1) We Get it Done 2) We Ask Questions 3)We Like Our Job [...]

Moving From Beverly Hills to the Beach

Sunday, September 21st, 2008

So this will likely be the last week that the Docstoc Family spends in our “Beverly Hills” office.  We are unbelievably excited for the move, and personally these kind of changes are usually accompanied with twinge of sadness for me.  
Docstoc’s “first” office was my living room, and a group of folks that would meet every tuesday [...]