Now let’s look at servces where the users provide all the value. Wikipedia, Craigslist, YouTube, Flickr, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, WordPress, etc, etc. There is no value to any of these platforms if the users don’t create the content. The users create the service, curate it, and make it what it is. I do not […]

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YouTube users upload 48 hours of video, Facebook users share 684,478 pieces of content, Instagram users share 3,600 new photos, and Tumblr sees 27,778 new posts published. How Much Data is Created Every Minute? (It’s actually 46,732)

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Mobile optimized sites

According to Google Analytics about 18% of the folks that visit my Tumblr at bijansabet.com are using a mobile device (phone or tablet). Google Analytics only sees a small subset of the traffic because most people that check out this site follow me on Tumblr and view the content via the Dashboard. Regardless, I’m guessing […]

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Thanks John.

The best part of this job without a doubt is the opportunity to work with extraordinary people.  One of those people is John Maloney.  I met John more than four years ago shortly after our first round in Tumblr. David (then 20 years old) was thinking about hiring a business partner and John was a […]

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Getting to know someone

There are people you meet in business or online (or both) over the years that go into a relationship.  And that relationship builds over shared experiences in both tough times and in good times.  You may follow them on Twitter and Tumblr, see pictures of their friends and loved ones, read their posts and you […]

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