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Company review: Bring me the Juice

by John Im, May 29, 2008 | Comments

As a child, I remember experiencing continuous message relays through what was called the telephone game. I recall sitting in a circle, anticipating that moment to relay the message, reminding myself over and over that it was imperative to relay the message word for word. Finally, the last person would repeat the message to the group, resulting in a united dumbfounded, jaw-dropping remark: "That's not what I said!" The lesson learned? The truth can often be distorted when passed from ...

Company review: Funny or not, it may be worth a shot

by John Im, May 27, 2008 | Comments

It feels like yesterday we were reading about Google's $1.6 billion buyout of YouTube, and scoffing at the idea that a nascent online media property filled with America's funniest home videos gone haywire could fetch sucn a hefty sum. Yet since YouTube made online video mainstream, a wide array of video sites have emerged, seemingly riding on the popular site's user-generated coattails. Surprisingly, or not, many of the newcomers are doing an amazing job attracting audiences, riveted to mind-numbing, frivolous videos ...

Company review: Doostang - the personalized LinkedIn

by John Im, March 17, 2008 | Comments (1)

The problem with successful companies is that they often lose the connection they once had with their initial constituents or customers. However popular, LinkedIn - a place to make connections, mainly for jobs - seems to have lost that personal touch when it comes to finding work.By comparison, not-even-one-year-old Doostang (whose video pitch is embedded in this post) has created a personal, exclusive forum to more effectively find a job. It appears that Mareza Larizadeh and Pavel Krapivin, founders of ...

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