Tag: investment

  • Exit Strategy

    Over the weekend it was announced that the Huffington Post was selling to AOL for $315 million. The press release will reassure fans that the change in ownership won’t change the core of the business. But it will. The only party who really believes that nothing will change is AOL. From now on a line…

  • Smart Media

    The most important lesson I’ve ever learned about business and social media was from Duck Tales Scrooge McDuck. Work smarter, not harder This mention of my work by Derek Johnson of Tatango proves my point. I’m not a guru. I don’t have a degree in media design. I have never taken a marketing class. I…

  • The gift of Kiva

    Learn more about Kiva. Start investing in entrepreneurs around the world, just $25 to get started. I’m not going to pretend to be the biggest Kiva supporter in the world. But I made my first loan with them in May 2007 and watched that $25 get repaid, then made another loan with that same $25…