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Why Most of Your Assumptions About Phone Calls are Wrong

Both Sides of the Table

If you follow the tech media you would be subject to a lot of narrative biases that are completely off base – and this includes the value of email and phone calls. It’s why the first company I ever invested in as a VC – Invoca – just announced a $20 million funding by Accel Partners. THE FULL STORY.

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An Enchanting Conversation With Guy Kawasaki

InfoChachkie

Guy’s latest book, Enchantment , was released in March of 2011, to overwhelmingly upbeat reviews. What is massively different from now and when I wrote the book is that social media didn’t exist back then. In Art Of The Start , you encourage your readers to be responsive and to strive to return emails within 24-hours.

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How Snapchat Could Increase Team Production

Tech.Co

After being disrupted with an email notification, an average person will need 23 minutes and 15 seconds to regain their focus again. While back in 2011, a cell phone user received or made 12 phone calls a day on average, the number has dropped to just 6 calls in 2015. Manage Company Culture. Happy teams are productive teams.

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Entrepreneurs And Startups Drive Future Work Trends

Startup Professionals Musings

The new era of highly connected and interactive technology is changing not only how business employees interact with customers, but also how they interact with each other, and with their company. I am happy to see reports that young companies are in the forefront of these trends, on both the customer trends and the employee trends.

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Marketing The Funniest Site On The Internet With Patrick Starzan of Funny or Die

Tech Zulu Event

He is a marketing professional with over 8 years of extensive online and social media marketing experience. He gives up the goods and a few tips on what you could do to help market your company. Above is an interview we did with Patrick at BlogWorld Expo New York 2011. How do you market the Funniest site on the internet?

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Putting the Pedal to the Metal at Amplify

From the Venture Trenches

Amplify’s portfolio companies are schooled on every challenge they need to master in order to achieve success. All the companies that graduate from the accelerator’s program work from the same office and can literally reach out and touch their investors at any time. Jeff looks for these same qualities in the companies he backs.

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8 Ways Entrepreneurs Can Lead With New Work Models

Startup Professionals Musings

The new era of highly connected and interactive technology is changing not only how business employees interact with customers, but also how they interact with each other, and with their company. I am happy to see reports that young companies are in the forefront of these trends, on both the customer trends and the employee trends.