Forbes recently reported that the Cambridge-based SaaS company HubSpot has completed a $35 million round, bringing their fundraising total to an impressive $100 million. HubSpot’s founder Brian Halligan is credited with coining the term “inbound marketing,” which seems to have gained relatively widespread adoption (at least within the marketing sector). According to Halligan, “Inbound Marketing [...]
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With Obama on Tumblr, every smart person in tech on Quora and every (non-smart) PR company in the world spamming me because they have the “Secrets to Unlocking the Potential of Pinterest,” I’ve decided to attempt to reconcile how the newcomers to the social media stage have impacted the overall mix. To accomplish this, I’ve [...]
There was a time when Facebook was being heralded as the next Google. With the most comprehensive and authoritative repository of data on consumer demographics and behavior that the world has ever seen, the company has had the potential to grow in a variety of different areas. Facebook has expanded their influence through several wins [...]
Personally, I haven’t really cared that much about what Facebook does with their platform. In general, I would say that they are trend-setters when it comes to design, UX and general social functionality. People often grumble when they release new features however retrospectively, most of the features they release tend to achieve significant adoption and [...]
Let me begin by saying that I’m writing from a Starbucks near my house because once again, Comcast (CMCSA) has failed to deliver and I’ve finally made a decision I should have made a long time ago, to cancel my Comcast subscription and use an alternative. That being said, I feel obliged to share some [...]
