Mark Zuckerberg On Innovation
Twitter It!By: Henry Blodget
Mark Zuckerberg started Facebook in his Harvard dorm room in 2004. Five years later, it has 300 million users and $500 million in revenue, and it’s worth something north of $6 billion.
Now 25, Mark still runs the place.
He was kind enough to sit down with me recently to talk about how [...]
Facebook Finds a Friend in Google Rivalry
Twitter It!By: Douglas MacMillan
After failing to acquire Twitter last fall, Facebook went shopping for what may be the next best thing.
On Aug. 10, Facebook said it had acquired FriendFeed, the Mountain View (Calif.) social aggregation service founded by Google (GOOG) alumni Bret Taylor and Jim Norris in 2008. The deal, which The Wall Street [...]
Automakers Create On-The-Go Ads
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Laurie Burkitt
Dying to hear how the stereo system of an Infiniti convertible sounds? Check your mobile phone. The automaker has a mobile music application that runs on Facebook and plays melodies on mobile phones while users ogle pictures of the new G37 convertible. The Tokyo-based auto company is also buying text ads on mobile [...]
Why You Need One of These People in Your Business
Twitter It!By Verne Harnish
“…keeping you great”
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Private Equity Firms — do any of you have connections with Private Equity Firms? If so, let me know vharnish@gazelles.com — thanks.
Eleven-Page Must Read e-book — Matt Heinz, Heinz Marketing (http://www.heinzmarketing.com), sent along his [...]
Social Media Giving: Target’s Smart Facebook Campaign
Twitter It!Retail chain Target already gives 5 percent of its income to charity. For the next couple weeks, they are going to be allocating those funds – which come out to $3 million every week – to charities selected by Facebook users. The company has launched the “Bullseye Gives” campaign on Facebook, which is [...]