April 2011
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MBAs and Entrepreneurship/Startups
My Social Media and Entrepreneurship class this semester has hosted a bunch of great speakers, and almost every week the topic of MBAs in the entrepreneurship world has come up. Some of our guests have MBAs (Chris Dixon, Fred Wilson), some don’t (Perry Chen, Scott Heiferman), but regardless, each time the issue comes up there’s I’ve observed a fair amount of tension. Maybe...
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Brew York, New York: Mets kick Brooklyn Brewery to... →
Mr. Met works for Carlos Brito. Who knew.
brewyork:
Big Apple Brews in center field is one of the few spots left in Citi Field where anything resembling craft beer remains.
It wasn’t long ago - last season, to be precise - when Citi Field had the upper-hand when it came to beer selection at New York’s ballparks. And while the selection is…
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“I’m sure that when they designed the business model for HBO it...”
– Aaron Sorkin
Sorkin apparently took his new show to HBO because it focuses on quality over ratings. Seems like HBO is doing a good job of combining content and distribution pieces: HBO Go and the HBO brand are big draws for content producers.
Also: all of HBO’s growth is now coming from...
“New Yorkers lose their minds when it comes to brunch. Crain’s recently...”
– Amazing NYC stereotypes article.
That line in the photo? I see it every weekend from my apartment.
The Brunch Exceptions - WSJ.com
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Three Perspectives on Culture & Innovation
Over the past few weeks I’ve been lucky to see a few great guest speakers at school:
Jack Dorsey, Head of Product, Twitter; CEO, Square
Nathan Estruth, VP, P&G’s Futureworks
Phil McKinney, CTO, H-P’s Personal Systems Group
Consistent across each of the talks was a discussion of the ways these leaders contribute to fostering and managing innovation — which seems to...
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“In February, more than a third of all online-display ads in the U.S. appeared on...”
– Impressive. Wonder how much of the volume has to do with low price?
Making Facebook Ads More Buyer-Friendly - WSJ.com