Chris Brogan
Chris Brogan, an entrepreneur and media creator, discusses making a business out of new media.
A clear and present danger exists to the advances brought on in recent years through the development of social media. The coarsening conversation apparent throughout the online media environment threatens to stall or even reverse important recent advances.
Government agencies have long understood the value of “open source intelligence” to national security. While the public may think of secret agents, skulking in the shadows and breaking in to dangerous foreign places, the reality is that intelligence agencies work extensively with publicly available information to glean insights for their leaders. That’s a lesson that…
Mark Roberge, CEO of PawSpot, discusses his startup.
If you run a subscription-based web service — or “software as a service” (SaaS) to be all fancy about it — you know that it’s not as easy as an inventory-based business to measure. If you’re selling widgets, you can figure out what your product cost is and then calculate your margins based on how…
A consistent theme I see in working with my clients is fear about possible negative outcomes of changes in their business. They worry about missing out on revenue if they focus their agency on a particular niche instead of being all things to all people. They worry about losing clients if they push back against…
I happen to believe that podcasts are much more interesting when they have listener comments. Though I don’t share Michael O’Connor Clarke’s general disdain for the quality of podcasts, I do share his distaste for “the kissyfest ‘love the show’ comments from loyal listeners.” The problem with most comments is that, like letters to the…