TweetLinkedIn is still my de facto place for storing information about professional connections. But right now I mostly use it like a database – I go there when I need to look up someone or find a connection. I sometimes wonder why LinkedIn hasn’t launched more products and services that pull me back into the [...]
TweetAwhile back I posted a question on Quora about the opportunity to do a roll-up or consolidation play in the mobile SMB loyalty and rewards space. I’ve seen a number of interesting companies working on this problem but none has broken out as the leader. In my neighborhood it seems like every restaurant, cafe, or [...]
Posted on March 16, 2012, 12:09 pm, by charles, under
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TweetApplication developers are spending tons of money on customer acquisition and marketing. Lots of developers continue to complain about how hard application discovery is and I’ve written some thoughts about why application discovery is a developer problem. I have a really basic question – why aren’t the application stores themselves creating in-store advertising inventory to [...]
Posted on March 8, 2012, 7:55 am, by charles, under
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TweetLike a lot of people, I think subscription commerce is one of the more interesting business model developments in the past few years. We’ve already seen a few interesting companies created, with more in the works. In looking at a number of interesting companies in the space as both a consumer and an investor, I [...]
Posted on February 22, 2012, 9:24 am, by charles, under
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TweetIt has been almost a month since I published my first ebook on the Kindle platform. It has been a really interesting experience and I wanted to post a few of my initial thoughts. Overall, I think it’s a really interesting experience and I’m likely to try to write another one sometime in the near [...]
Posted on February 16, 2012, 11:05 am, by charles, under
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TweetI opened a Quora thread about why someone hasn’t built a dominant product or service in the digital business card space. And earlier today I read about how Bump is narrowing its product to focus on contact and photo sharing. I’ve been using a bunch of other products for digital business cards. Some of them, [...]
TweetJust wanted to make a quick note of something I’ve been wondering for awhile. While the Android hardware ecosystem has grown to include high-quality headsets like the Galaxy Nexus and Samsung Galaxy S2 and competitive tablet offerings, there isn’t anything in the Android lineup to compete with the iPod Touch. This seems really odd to [...]
Posted on February 8, 2012, 9:49 am, by charles, under
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TweetI’ve been using Highlight for about a week or so now and I really enjoyed reading Eric Eldon’s article on his thoughts on how Highlight is creating serendipitous run-ins for him. I’d like to share some different observations on the product as well as a few things I’m struggling to figure out in terms of [...]
Posted on December 29, 2011, 11:16 am, by charles, under
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TweetOne of the more interesting things I’ve been able to observe this past year is how seed stage startups communicate with their investors. As a Venture Partner at SoftTech VC, we have a growing portfolio of early-stage companies who send reports to us and as the CEO of Bionic Panda Games I try to do [...]
Posted on February 19, 2011, 3:59 pm, by charles, under
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TweetJust wanted to share this with my blog readers who don’t follow me on Twitter. Enjoy! How Not to Let BD Tank Your Startup View more presentations from Charles Hudson. Tweet