I am teaching a SkillShare class on what to ask yourself before launching a startup. SkillShare is a distributed learning platform that pairs people who are passionate about topics with those eager to learn. Its run by my good friend Mike Karnjanaprakorn and recently launched to allow more learning to happen. I recently asked the [...]
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What to ask yourself before launching a startup
Posted by Eric Friedman on May 18, 2011
http://www.ericgfriedman.com/2011/05/18/what-to-ask-yourself-before-launching-a-startup/
Being a CEO – its in the details
Ben Horowitz has a great post called The CEOs CEO which you should read but this passage really struck me; Being a competent CEO requires great knowledge: knowledge of the products, the people, the market, and the competition. Acquiring this type of knowledge can be both grueling and humbling. It does not exist in boardrooms, [...]
Posted by Eric Friedman on April 27, 2011
http://www.ericgfriedman.com/2011/04/27/being-a-ceo-its-in-the-details/
Following Up
Following up is one of those things that is really easy and really hard at the same time. Let me explain. Everybody is busy. Everybody wishes they had more time. Following up correctly takes time and is not always the easiest thing to remember. However to the person on the other end of the email [...]
Posted by Eric Friedman on February 7, 2011
http://www.ericgfriedman.com/2011/02/07/following-up/
Rate Limiting as a business model
I think the idea of Rate Limiting usage as a business model is very interesting. I recently read that Google is going to begin charging for using their Prediction API for a fee monthly plus usage. Another popular example is Twilio, which charges based on usage of their API. I could be using this [...]
Posted by Eric Friedman on January 14, 2011
http://www.ericgfriedman.com/2011/01/14/rate-limiting-as-a-business-model/
Foodspotting has acquired Eat.ly
I am very excited to announce that Foodspotting has acquired Eat.ly I am extremely proud of this sandbox project created by my co-founders and friends Mike Singleton, Sam Huleatt, and Sam Brown Below is the final goodbye page we posted on Eat.ly notifying our users on 12/17/2010 We began working on Eat.ly in the fall of 2009 as [...]
Posted by Eric Friedman on December 17, 2010
http://www.ericgfriedman.com/2010/12/17/foodspotting-has-acquired-eat-ly/
All web services are in the hospitality business
Last year I had the pleasure to listen to Danny Meyer speak at the USV Portfolio Summit. Oncer per year USV asks the CEO’s from portfolio companies and other executive management to come for a day of information exchange, reflection, updates, and introductions. Over a great lunch Danny Meyer, author of Setting The Table and [...]
Posted by Eric Friedman on December 13, 2010
http://www.ericgfriedman.com/2010/12/13/all-web-services-are-in-the-hospitality-business/
Watch America Vote on foursquare
I got the chance to work with some talented partners on a recent voting visualization which tracked voting check-ins on foursquare on a voting map. (its also embedded below) When we first conceived this idea, it was setup to accomplish three major things Encourage civic participation through the distribution of the I Voted foursquare badge [...]
Posted by Eric Friedman on November 2, 2010
http://www.ericgfriedman.com/2010/11/02/watch-america-vote-on-foursquare/
NFL on TV and the iTunes allowance
At the start of this years Football season NBC showed a live game on NBC.com where I watched. It was a great experience. You could see a number of cameras on and around the field while the teams were warming up (no sound) and then during the game switch to the live “broadcast” view of [...]
Posted by Eric Friedman on October 6, 2010
http://www.ericgfriedman.com/2010/10/06/nfl-on-tv-and-the-itunes-allowance/
Why write a blog at all?
A few people have been asking me lately why they should start a blog. They say that in a world of real time updates, tweets, and other ways of interacting with friends that there is no need. They say that there is not enough time, too much noise, and no way to stand out in [...]
Posted by Eric Friedman on October 4, 2010
http://www.ericgfriedman.com/2010/10/04/why-write-a-blog-at-all/
Pivot our startup! Eat.ly
At the end of last year a group of friends came together to create a web service we all wanted to use called Eat.ly – a quick way to track and share food photos on the web via email. The idea was born based on the observation that most people can’t remember what they had [...]
Posted by Eric Friedman on September 14, 2010
http://www.ericgfriedman.com/2010/09/14/pivot-our-startup-eatly/
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