Stunning Anecdotal Data from NYU Class

I had a great conversation at NYU today with 50 Media Studies undergrads.  Here are things we found out:
1.  Not one of them had been on Myspace in 2009.  Not one.  When I reminded them about Myspace Music a few hands went up
2.  All of them used Facebook in the same period
3.  Only 20%ish had [...]

Getting Ahead in Digital Media

Like most new CEOs at the beginning of a new assignment, I spend significant time evaluating my current team  and looking for ways to improve it.   At this particular moment in the economic cycle, I have been innundated with requests for informational interviews, resumes, and LinkedIn invitations.  Several years ago, people would demand a signing [...]

Speaking at TechAviv

Hey thanks for all the warm wishes on PopTok.  I appreciate it.  If you want to know what my first two weeks have been like and here me evolve my thinking in front of a pull no punches  New York/Israeli see if you can attend Yaron Samid’s TechAviv meetup tonight.

My epic last month

During the past 30 days,  I spent three weeks abroad in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Stockholm, and London. Many people are wondering why and now I can tell you.
I turned 41 last year and realized that my Internet career was getting stale. I was a little bored.  This shocked me. For most of [...]

Umair Crushes Gurley

Wow.  Umair  Haque really called out a TechMemed piece by Bill Gurley.  Both pieces were well worth reading.  One of the reasons, I love reading Umair is that I had a different take on Gurley’s article.  I’ve been fascinated by digital goods for some time, but Umair hits home it up when he says.
We can’t [...]