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August 11th, 2009 Comments Off

I stopped writing on this blog in May 2009 to combine it into a single Taylor Davidson: Photography, Marketing and Innovation blog; if you liked this post, click here to follow by RSS, Twitter and email and click here to follow me on Twitter @tdavidson.

2009: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2008: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

May 2009 (14)
- 26: Aggregating Interests (or, why I’m combining my blogs.) (5)
- 21: The Paradox of Ambient Intimacy. (1)
- 19: Would you hire a couple professionals or every single passionate amateur? (2)
- 18: The Law of Averages guarantees someone will win, but it doesn’t say how. (4)
- 17: Quarter-Thoughts (41)
- 16: What’s free today may not be free tomorrow. (7)
- 10: Feltronification, Diversification and Exploration (0)
- 07: A “Personal API” could be a modularized, standardized interface for collaboration. (15)
- 07: The Management Myth (0)
- 05: We are all public figures in our own spheres. (1)
- 05: Moving on: what’s next? (2)
- 04: Thanks! … to 15 people from Toronto and New York (2)
- 04: Thanks! … to 10 people from Knoxville, Richmond, Washington DC and Philadelphia (0)
- 02: Thanks! … to 36 people from Austin and SXSW (12)
April 2009 (18)
- 30: Skype and Twitter should merge (even if they won’t). (29)
- 30: Our misplaced notion of privacy (or, why social media has a major perception problem). (8)
- 30: Are revolutionary ideas being pushed to the margins? (0)
- 29: On cloud computing, lifestreams and the persistence of online lives (0)
- 29: How I was wrong, and why I was right. (1)
- 27: On innovation in business, career and life (0)
- 26: Hashtags are useless until threads are meaningful. (19)
- 19: A little known fact: I’m actually a baseball geek. (12)
- 19: Extending the @tag from a social gesture to a communication tool. (0)
- 19: Realtime data shapes realtime decisions. (8)
- 17: Shifting values, faster paces and dragging minds will force us to create new solutions. (0)
- 16: Even the inspired need inspiration. (3)
- 16: Developing “personal APIs” will be the key to scaling collaboration. (10)
- 10: The “Post-Consumer” Era is a Fad. (43)
- 08: Relationship “contracts” need to be based on our inability to predict the future. (7)
- 08: On realtime, search, tagging and structuring the cacophony (0)
- 06: Refreshing the Expenses behind the “Drive-By” Trip (13)
- 01: Less predictions, more realities; less institutions, more people. (4)
March 2009 (5)
- 30: Focusing on personal interactions will guide organizational redesign. (5)
- 15: Venture Capital for Long Tail Entrepreneurs at SXSW (51)
- 12: Hello, I’m Taylor. (And I’d like to meet you at SXSW) (3)
- 09: Can governments create entrepreneurial and innovation hubs? (52)
- 01: Unordered Thoughts (5)
February 2009 (16)
- 27: Invest in the venture system, not venture capitalists. (38)
- 23: GameChangers, Improvisation and the Agreement Principle (3)
- 22: We form ourselves more by the routes we take than the destinations we reach. (12)
- 21: Curating thoughts from the dot-com (0)
- 20: The market for attention is more valuable than the market for consumption. (8)
- 19: Venture capital is not broken. But it could use an alternate incentive structure. (52)
- 16: Connections and Connectedness (3)
- 16: Building Communities in Santa Cruz, California (3)
- 15: The Expenses Behind the “Drive-By” Trip (30)
- 14: Tomorrow is Today (4)
- 14: Unordered Thoughts (0)
- 13: Creating, funding and acquiring “skins of data” (7)
- 10: Can business strategy be created in the open? (1)
- 10: Why should we bemoan the departure of “dumb money”? (0)
- 03: New organizational structures are enabling conversations and creating new markets. (3)
- 02: Adding to the Cacophony (0)
January 2009 (19)
- 31: Talent follows opportunities: Where are the emerging opportunities? (1)
- 29: Value is created at the edges but captured at the hubs. (9)
- 28: Zero Visibility Possible (2)
- 27: “Instead of looking for a job, create your own.” (1)
- 26: Catching up on the Drive-By Road Trip (3)
- 25: Weekend Reading (11)
- 23: Modeling Viral Loops (32)
- 22: Social Venture Commons: empowering a new organizational design model (6)
- 22: Is there a funding gap between “testing ideas” and “building businesses”? (3)
- 21: Who wants to build a “find a date using Twitter” service? (118)
- 20: Does the “shotgun” approach to testing ideas lead to products or businesses? (1)
- 18: Unordered Thoughts (5)
- 16: Social capital isn’t new, but everything about it is. (59)
- 15: How can we incent global optimization? (0)
- 15: Why would the venture industry be any different? (2)
- 13: Financial Models Are Always Wrong: Create One Anyway. (32)
- 12: Supporting early-stage ventures: How do you help someone fish? (9)
- 07: Unordered Thoughts (8)
- 01: Bring on 2009 (0)
December 2008 (11)
- 30: Organizing Past Thoughts: The Photography Business (1)
- 29: Drive-By Non-Consulting: Scottsdale, AZ and Los Angeles, CA (10)
- 22: Confirmed: Venture Capital for Long Tail Entrepreneurs will be a SXSW Core Conversation (20)
- 17: Drive-By Consulting: College Station, TX and Dallas, TX (3)
- 15: Drive-By Consulting: Houston, TX (0)
- 11: Be Undeniably Good (12)
- 10: A Freemium Life (19)
- 09: Drive-By Consulting: Atlanta, GA and New Orleans, LA (5)
- 08: What is the next platform for new businesses? (12)
- 02: Drive-By Consulting is Under Way (7)
- 01: Are “Online Conversations” Really Conversations? (18)
November 2008 (16)
- 24: What trends can entrepreneurs leverage to create new businesses? (9)
- 23: Drive-By Consulting, Literally (3)
- 20: The US automotive industry needs to fail to succeed (37)
- 19: Nico Nico Douga: Monetizing a Community (0)
- 18: Content is cheap, context is expensive: Is it any surprise which one we lack? (13)
- 16: In pursuit of intellectual honesty (0)
- 13: Don’t create a company, create an ecosystem (26)
- 12: Who still loves ads? (5)
- 10: Don’t Listen to Me (2)
- 09: Incomplete Thoughts (0)
- 09: A renewed look at “How to Fail” (0)
- 07: Summit 2008 (0)
- 05: Focus on Producing rather than Perfecting – A core concept behind “How to Fail” (1)
- 04: Are we scared to set prices? (0)
- 04: How to Fail and Start Again (3)
- 03: Update: Venture Capital for Long Tail Entrepreneurs (1)
October 2008 (6)
- 24: Millenials are shaping the workforce (5)
- 22: Past client ClearCount raises $4.1 M Series A (1)
- 20: How can you avoid a “startup depression”? First, understand your business model. (16)
- 20: BarCampDC2: Exploring Ideas (8)
- 15: “A Great Rebalancing” (0)
- 02: Over-optimization: A core concept behind “How to Fail” (4)
September 2008 (7)
August 2008 (4)
- 20: Delivering value exchanges through advertising (0)
- 08: Want to hear more about venture capital and long tail entrepreneurs at SXSW? (21)
- 08: Venture capital creates real options (1)
- 03: Recap from BarCampRDU (0)
July 2008 (11)
- 30: Direct Marketing is Dead. Long Live Direct Marketing! (23)
- 25: Why is it important to test ideas in the marketplace? (5)
- 23: Why are people questioning “innovation”? (18)
- 21: Venture Capital for the Long Tail (14)
- 17: Updates on Bars For Us and RTP Startup Weekend (0)
- 15: Can we re-create scarcity? (0)
- 14: Recap from RTP Startup Weekend (2)
- 11: RTP Startup Weekend (0)
- 10: Do we need a new funding model for starting businesses? (1)
- 09: How can we create a funding model for lifestyle businesses? (1)
- 09: Web startups: Beyond advertising-based revenue models (1)
April 2008 (1)
- 10: Is this what we need? Is this what we want? (0)

By Taylor Davidson. Posted August 11th, 2009. Category: . Comments Off