All posts tagged Web service

Never Launch, Just Iterate

Image by digitaltree515 via Flickr Last week I hosted a group of NYC entrepreneurs who came out to hear from Steve Blank. It was a great event and I am working on getting the video online. During the night Steve asked the audience a great question; “when did Google launch?” It was met with blank [...]

Data Exhaust

One of the most powerful things I have learned over the past year is the immense amount of data that comes out of using a computer system, specifically some form an online web based experience. At Union Square Ventures, we refer to this as data exhaust, or sometimes called digital exhaust, because it is the [...]

Always Logged In

As I have been talking about recently the best social networks are the ones that arise to challenges when you need them to and are nowhere to be found when you do not need them as is the emerging case with Gmail as a social network. I have been thinking about this further with the [...]

Thinking about web services

I have looked at a number of web services both from their inception and early alpha, to beta programs and later stage developed businesses. I have been doing this for years and it was definitely a highlight in thinking about my current role. Services have ranged from simple features that make an every day task [...]