Start Up Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2013

I’ve been reviewing my notepad from 2013 and thought I’d share my insights into what’s changed and the big issues from my perspective in startups, business and technology. I also reverted to more text / SMS activity which would’ve been the only domain for my social media a couple of years ago. Phablet anyone?

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 26, 2022

In this episode, CEO and co-founder of Olark, Ben Congleton, talks about the building of Olark and how they’ve differentiated themself in such a competitive industry. 14:38] I’ve noticed a number of the chat-related companies are really focused on driving people to SMS/text – where do you stand on that? [18:02]

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

By day I did my job, but at night I wrote a piece of software to automate my job,” he recalls. “At At the end of my four-month term, they brought me on part-time to run a team that built out a system around the software I’d developed at night.”. We shut down Kik Chat, and the next day we launched Kik Messenger,” Livingston says.

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 10, 2007

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Apparently not if you trust the stock market. To make it successful, Apple will need to upgrade the quality of its content and start differentiating mobile and home video content.

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