Gadget: Apple to Relase UNLOCKABLE iPhone this Summer
Like I had said in an earlier post on Apple’s 3G iPhone, AT&T will eventually release an un-lockable version of the iPhone — one with 3G capability as soon as this summer.
Currently I’m running my iPhone on T-Mobile as well as my girlfriend’s phone. With T-mobile’s cheaper rates and myfaves, it just makes economical sense [...]
FayerWayer Features Grooveshark, and the Servers Go Down..
FayerWayer, one of the top Spanish technology blogs, did a feature on Grooveshark yesterday and it sent our servers down (for about 15 minutes) and also their servers for a similar period of time.
It turns out the reason our site went down wasn’t actually a server issue, our load was less than 50%, but rather [...]
Marketing: The Importance of Good Hygiene From Flavor Flav
These Vh1 shows are so ridiculously stupid, but I can’t help but crack up at this video:
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Marketing: This Ad Actually Makes Me WANT to Watch Hockey
Hockey is more boring than soccer, but after this ad …maybe not?
Startup: Was Amp'd Mobile's Bankruptcy a Forebearer to the Credit Crisis?
We’re currently in the midst of a recession/downturn and are facing some major companies taking huge dives, see: Bear Stearns).
And now that we’ve got some pretty conclusive evidence we’re in a downturn, everyone is looking at what was the initial sign there were bad times to come so we can use this a historic evidence [...]
Grooveshark: Will iPhone SDK Allow Grooveshark Music Apps?
We’re really interested in the iPhone Fund that Kleiner has created and we’ve done some work on a number of prototypes, however, we’re still waiting to hear word from Apple and Steve J on whether or not music-related apps will be allowed on the iPhone..
It reasons that Apple makes more money on the iPhone than [...]
Grooveshark: Web 2.0 Music The Way It Should Be Done
I put together a cool introduction to Grooveshark this past week and am in the final stages of production on it and wanted to share it with you:
I was really intrigued by the web 2.0 …the machine video and wanted to create a similar video showcasing Grooveshark.
Let me know your comments…
Grooveshark: Weedshare Founder Endorses the Grooveshark Model (indirectly)
John Beezer, the co-founder of Weedshare, whose company is now on the auction block is giving up some suggestions on how they should have done Weedshare for the potential purchasers, and the ideas he’s floating sound awfully similar to the model we’re building at Grooveshark.
Here’s a sample of his suggestions from p2pnet:
Lesson learned: even benign [...]
Startup: Why Do Foreign Firms Have So Much Trouble Marketing Their Product?
We’ve all seen the marketing case studies of the Nova (no go) being released in South America, and there are countless other examples of firms not translating or adapting their product to fit the correct cultural landscape.
This brings me to a great product I found at the local Chun Ching (pronounced “tun ting”) Chinese Market [...]
Startup: 5 Steps on How to Make a Killer 90 Day Plan
This first week after Spring Break, Grooveshark has been re-aligning our public relations, marketing, advertising, business development into busnipublimarketising — simple enough for ya?
So I decided to put together a quick How To build a killer 90 day plan:
1. Get a big whiteboard, some Red Bull / Sparks (beer+energy), your team, and 5 hours
Brainstorming. We’ve [...]
Grooveshark: Self-Made Artist, Long-Tail Legend Birdmonster CHOOSES to Sign a Record Deal
In an interesting turn, one of the most successful (relatively speaking) self-made, unsigned artists, Birdmonster signs a record label deal with Fader, as in the magazine turned A&R.
Chris Anderson of The Long Tail fame has a great interview with him in which he asks a number of interesting questions, especially considering on his last interview, [...]
Startup: Spiralfrog Renegotiates Loan Term — Buys Them 1 More Year
After Spiralfrog posted that 10million loan application, I thought things couldn’t get any worse for them, but it turns out there might be a silver lining to their cloud. They’ve been able to re-negotiate the terms on their loan that required them to pay $7 million back on this day, today.
Renegotiating the terms on the [...]
Startup: Japanese ISPs to Pull the Plug on P2P
In an effort to curb P2P usage, Japanese ISPs are taking steps to first warn P2P users of excessive usage, and then disconnected. I’m not 100% positive on how the business model works, but I’m wondering if these disconnected users would then be asked to find internet service elsewhere.
If it is in true that P2P [...]
Startup: Looking for a Way to Market your Startup? Say Hello to VCWare.com
Welcome to VCWear.com where you can buy tshirts with funny sayings only VCs will find …funny. The shirts are apparently a big hit at SXSW and founder Andrew Hyde (founder of StartupWeekend) has been wearing his all around Austin.
VCWear is a classic business case of how to market your business in the web 2.0 world. [...]
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