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A running perspective on Florida's growing tech and venture community, with an occasional detour to the Southeast/national scene, venture capital FAQs and maybe a gadget or two....
Recent Posts Tagged With 'payperpost'
Am I the Key to a Secret CIA Conspiracy?
This has to be an April Fool's Joke, but it got a chuckle nonetheless. It seems two of the companies I'm on the board of (PayPerPost & CallMiner) have a secret joint venture with the CIA to identify and undermine radical, dissident bloggers. He...
Even the Cloverfield Monster Does Endorsements
Maybe it's because I've seen the power of respectful, well-done product placements, but I noticed a few brands (when my eyes weren't shut) at my recent pre-screening of Cloverfield. Kudos to those marketers who managed to secure prime brand placemen...
IZEA: Sponsored Social Media and so much more...
Seeing your babies grow up is bittersweet. Watching my daughters scare others at our haunted house this Halloween, instead of being scared, was both fun and sad.I feel that same conflict with PayPerPost's evolution to IZEA, being formally announced ...
Blog Ethics, Bias and Disclosure for Online Communicators
I've been reading Dave Taylor's writing for the past year+ and he garnered plenty more fans before me. He's an accomplished entrepreneur, techie and writer. For the past week over at iAOCblog.com (International Association of Online Communicators) he...
BlogWorld & PostieCon: Will I see you there?
The last time a combo this good came along they named it PB&J. BlogWorld and PostieCon are just around the corner, taking over Vegas from Wednesday November 7th to late, late Saturday November 10th.Just as Peanut Butter is the anchor of a great P...
blogorlando 2007: I hope I can sneak in...
OK, so after talking up blogorlando 2007 to every blogger (and some sponsors) I could find in the area, I find myself locked out of registration. My bad for waiting too long to make my attendance official. It's scheduled for this Thu-Sat, Sept. 27-29...
GuessNow: Can Predictive Markets Be Fun?
I've always been intrigued by the potential of predictive markets: speculative markets created for the purpose of making predictions. That's why I was excited when Delray Beach, FL-based GuessNow contacted me about sponsoring an FVB review via PPP D...
The PayPerPost Revolution Accelerates (yes, again)
This was a good week for PayPerPost, probably the biggest since we led their A round last October. Some of the highlights include:Launch of new PayPerPost.comLaunch of PPP DIRECTory, promoting all of the bloggers interested in cutting their own spon...
PPP Direct Makes it a TechCrunch Baker's Dozen
In honor of TC's lucky 13th post about PayPerPost, most with some Mike Arrington swipe at PPP or Ted Murphy, I've created the "Be Like Mike" game below. Although TechCrunch and PPP compete for the same social media advertising dollars, Ted and Mike...
The Police
This isn't one of those inside-music VC posts that lists 3 new bands you've never heard of playing Greenwich Village this weekend. Although I love those posts, this post is about a band most VCs probably even know: The Police.One of my portfolio com...
Not-So-Stupid Blog Tricks
Bijan over at BijanBlog got a business presentation by blog -- pretty cool! Commenters echoed the idea that blogs can be used for many purposes -- not just your typical one-to-many blog fodder.One of the more innovative uses I've seen firsthand was...
Contest: Be the VC
I ran a small contest over a couple days last week via PayPerPost. Basically, I shared that there are more interesting ideas on the net than any one guy can keep track of. I challenged Posties to "Be the VC" and blog about the most interesting or p...
