Digg Sells Humans In Deal With Elite Media!!!
Yeah, sounds like a headline straight out of the Onion. Digg.com, a company that was built by Owen Byrne, a past Social Matchbox panelist, who was hired via Elance.com and scaled up by him and others including Eli White who is a Washington area guy as well, has literally sold humans to the elite media. [...]
My Garage Or Yours
When the startup exit climate starts to heat up it isn’t a stretch to say that Monopoly rules are in effect. Everyone wants to cash in, founders, founders seeking to be landlords while being founders, VC’s starting startups that compete with the startups they are soliciting pitches from, VC’s starting job boards, bloggers starting VC [...]
When Industries Collide
There was a time in my life when things were changing really fast in the technology space. Things like Photo and Laser Tag were popping up at the same time as next generation gaming consoles like the Atari 600, 800, 9600 and 1040 ST were popping out alongside of the Commodore 64 and other various [...]
The History Of Social Media Hiring
In 2012, we’ve reached a point where social media titles are on the rise, but each job description is written to coincide with a similar position inside the company. Pure social roles, like Twitter specialist, are just a upgrade from customer service representative. Facebook managers are forum community managers. Content creators are copywriters. While there are the occasional social technology roles in mobile or applications, those are not the norm. The norm, is that everyone is expected to know how social media impacts their division.
Old School vs. New School Investors
The dynamics of the investment community are continuing to change and we can all expect to see more change in 2011. It seems like just a few years ago the image of VC’s that everyone had in their mind was a bunch of old guys in sports jackets or sweater vests at [...]
Social Matchbox Presenters and Alumni Showing A Preference Towards Prezi over PowerPoint
If you have not heard of Prezi then you have probably seen one Prezi somewhere recently. The company is based in Budapest and is going to give the folks at Microsoft a real run for their money, at least where PowerPoint is concerned. You can even convert a PowerPoint over to Prezi. Get a look [...]
You Win Some, You Lose Some…But We’ve Got A Lot Of Them!
According a newly released report, Virginia has the nation’s highest concentration of Tech Workers again this year. Maryland ranks #4 and DC #8. The report underscores something that is often discussed among local founders – the fact that we’ve got a lot of great tech people here in Washington, DC. According to the report, nearly [...]
