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Category Archives: Silicon Valley
GPT Chat Experiments…
I often get asked what does “It’s called fishing not catching” mean So I asked GPT Chat…. “The phrase “it’s called fishing, not catching” is a common saying that means that in the activity of fishing, the goal is not … Continue reading
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Full circle: consulting, Silicon Valley start-ups, co-founding the TSA, venture capital, and back to Kearney
Full circle: consulting, Silicon Valley start-ups, co-founding the TSA, venture capital, and back to Kearney. The story of how I ended up around Kearney for 25 years from a small town in Alabama.
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Posted in A.T. Kearney, Kearney, Relationships, Silicon Valley
Tagged A.T.Kearney, alabama, Ben T Smith IV, Carnegie Mellon, Football, Kearney, relationships, Spoke Software, Startups, venture capitalists, web entreprenuer
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Rejoining the A.T. Kearney Partnership
Ben Smith rejoins the A.T. Kearney partnership Continue reading
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Sourcerer – An intelligent profile for software engineers
Notes on my latest deal: Sourcerer – An intelligent profile for software engineers. Continue reading
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Mobile is the Future of Local Tech
Mobile now accounts for 50% of all time spent online, and more than one-third of people use mobile exclusively for purchase research. As Internet use continues to shift toward mobile, it is essential that we deliver the right content to … Continue reading
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Tagged Conference, local, marketing, merchantcircle, mobile, SMB, StreetFight, Wanderful Media
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8 Steps to Bring Less Stress When Acquiring a Small Business
I recently wrote a piece for Entrepreneur.com, “How to Acquire a Small Business (and Keep Employees Happy)” to offer some framework for the purchase of a small business — a move that requires a different strategy. Small companies are difficult … Continue reading
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Tagged acquisition, Entrepreneur, facebook, instagram, Mark Zuckerberg, whatsapp
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The Formula to a Successful App
Consumers prefer apps that do one, maybe two things, very well. Clunky apps that try to be your virtual Swiss Army Knife typically fail to do anything exceptional, with each additional feature being another impossible frustration. An app should have … Continue reading
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Tagged mobile, Mobile Devices, Smartphone, tablet, Tablets, User Experience
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How to Optimize User Experience Across Multiple Devices
I co-authored an article, “How to Optimize User Experience Across Multiple Devices” with Steve Trefethen, CTO of Wanderful Media. Having both worked in technology for many years; we understand the importance of focusing on user experience. Today, people are using … Continue reading
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Tagged Mobile Devices, Optimization, Responsive Design, Smartphone, Tablets, User Experience, Web Design, Web Developers
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It’s a Wanderful time to be in the news!
With the first official day of fall around the corner, Wanderful is moving quickly to prepare for the holiday shopping season. Momentum is building and media outlets are taking notice of our hard work. A few weeks ago I was … Continue reading
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Tagged advertising, Bloomberg TV, Brooke Baldwin, CNN, Find n Save, Marissa Mayer, mobile, newspapers, Online advertising, Pimm Fox, Retail, silicon valley, tablet, Vogue, Wanderful Media, Yahoo
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