Feeling an online start-up revival in New York. Talent that would have gone to Wall Street now going to better places
Feeling an online start-up revival in New York. Talent that would have gone to Wall Street now going to better places
Love LiveStrong iPhone app but this is the weakest reason ever to upgrade an iPhone app… http://tweetphoto.com/13981453
Aaah. Back home in Seattle again after 3 weekends in a row of driving up to Vancouver/Whistler. #fb
wow. USA vs Canada for hockey gold. gotta get myself up there, even if just to participate in the post-game party (or riots) #fb
At Y Combinator reception. Great energy. Think they’ll be helpful to Seattle online startup community
The great thing about Twitter is that it makes you pack as much punch as possible into a concise 140 characters. Sometimes so much punch that maybe the Tweets take on a life of their own in unexpected ways?
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Some recent coverage over a potential trademark infringement by Intelius for their DateCheck mobile app reminded me that the key marketing slogan they used for their service was uncannily similar to a Tweet by WhitePages’ very own VP of Mobile, Kevin Nakao. On Aug 5, 2009 he tweeted “Teens don’t Tweet, but they LOOKUP before they Hook up”.
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Then a month later on, Intelius launched its DateCheck iPhone app with the slogan, “Lookup before you hookup”. Intelius proceeded to build a whole marketing campaign centered around
No Olympics tix? No worries, lots to do. Free concerts, great country pavilions/beer tents. Giant party in Vancouver/Whistler