The Mom Song

December 31st, 2008

“Make a friend. Don’t forget to Share.” :)

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Strategies for operating in this liquidity crisis

December 3rd, 2008

From Ratan Tata’s letter to all Tata companies (dated: Nov 6 2008):

Under the circumstances I consider it essential that each of our companies should consider:

  • the conservation of cash to the maximum extent possible
  • draw down all loans / lines of credit from banks and institutions to the maximum extent possible
  • expeditiously finalise pending load and funding agreements, even if they involve accepting higher rates of interest

Companies should also take finite steps to:

  • improve operational efficiency
  • aggressively implement restructuring of internal cost framework
  • drastically reduce operating expenditure
  • defer non-essential capital expenditure and capacity expansion
  • put on hold any plans for acquisitions unless considered strategically critical

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What does Lookery do?

November 7th, 2008

The other day a friend asked me to describe what Lookery does. Given all the recent news coming out of Lookery, and us re-focusing ourselves on what we believe our biggest opportunities are and on what we do best, I thought it would be a good idea to post my (long) one line description right here:

Lookery is aggregating anonymous self-reported user data from a large network of trusted data contributors like social networks, dating, and e-commerce sites, and making it readily accessible to any advertiser, ad network, or publisher to target their message or content in real-time anywhere on the web and to learn more about their own audience.

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The real work starts now.

November 5th, 2008

Barack Obama, you’ve done it. now please go make the most of this opportunity, and privilege. here’s to the next great chapter in our planet’s history, and a better and hopeful future.

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Stay slim, build something great, evangelize like crazy. Repeat.

October 28th, 2008

“The cost of a pure, boot-strapped, startups today is really the time the founders put into it. Don’t pay for software, don’t sign an office lease, and don’t hire a PR firm. Stay slim, build something great and wait. If it doesn’t grow make the product better and wait some more. Keep that process up until you find something that makes people absolutely rabid for your product.” — Jason Calacanis

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