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<p>first a search engine for every subject was googles threat. but nothing ever emerged. now a social network for every subject is Facebooks and Googles biggest threat. I know a 10 year old entrepreneur that's been pioneering the principles of combining social and search since day one. bambi's heard of him too but wont write about him. i wonder why? I like the addition of the MyVator tab much more personal and cool. if you dont have a personalized/custom offering nobody will adopt. adoption is king, and the nicer you look the more users will adopt. its not about software/apps anymore, everyone is giving their stuff away. its about Vertical Niche Location Based Social. may the best branded homer mobile win. </p>
on Why Facebook poses a threat to Google

<p>'Whats goes around comes around. There's a fortune in failure. <br><a href="http://mylocator.com/profiles/blogs/apple-iphone-warranty">http://mylocator.com/profiles/blogs/apple-iphone-warranty</a></p>
on "Glassgate": Another iPhone design flaw?

<p>Congradulations to BreakThrough. Never understood the rocket science of personal health care monitoring and treatment? Person sick,, diagnose, treat, record. Person needs therapy or counseling ? diagnose, treat, record. </p> <p>The doctors, drug and health insurance companies conspire to make people co-dependant for profit. Hopefully this company will breakthrough and sincerely address these issues and not become another Doctor Phil or Oz show running Zoloft ads. </p>
on Breakthrough on Splash Box at Vator Splash

<p>Anybody with any vc startup tech experience should be able to share some positve or negative aspects of a startups potential based on the premise. Insight is everything. McGyver knows this.</p>
on Entrepreneurship: Nature over nurture

Waiting on some friend of a friend to bring a homerun to your door step is wishful thinking. In this treacherous market you have to be proactive. Why dont they stand in the batters box, scout and swing for themselves?
on Aydin Senkut raises $40M super angel fund

"$200,000 million" is alot of money = thats 2 trillion. :) The frame work for the mass market is a been there done that (EV1). The electric car drama is fun to watch.
on A candid interview with Tesla CEO Elon Musk

currently experiencing the greatest techtonic shift in mobile/online innovation and FG is scared? maybe because the investments they're standing on are so vulnerable to this disruption. when your scared its because you dont have the right people/investments/vision. randomness is ridiculous. mobile/internet innovation caused the luck to run out for vc's, now its all about skill. easier to predict the future when your creating it.
on Is the angel-funding market frothy?

An entrepreneur needs to focus on "a lof of different ways to win," he said. One way to do that is to not be totally dependent on one customer or partner. The Pivot Principal - an entrepreneurs ability to dance.
on If Michael Jordan were an entrepreneur

Dreams of finding Godzilla at the SF City Zoo. :)
on Mike Maples on spotting Thunder Lizards

If 500,000 is the new 5 million than 5 million is the new 25 million? 5 million in vc classifies crowdflower as a "Start-Out".
on Can CrowdFlower become a Thunder Lizard?

Funding is Frothy but Fragmentation is Flooding. Presence is Everything. Without presence that users will adopt "brand, channel, location" you have nothing.
on VC tips on getting funded

The more you watch Chahals video presentation the more you learn. His experience definitely makes him a man of great entrepreneurial character.
on Gurbaksh Chahal on being an entrepreneur

A startups ability to pivot can be measured by its capacity (pliable presence) to reposition. Personal Quote of the Day: Failure is an Entrepreneurs Tuition.
on Pivoting is what great entrepreneurs do

Appreciate the honesty about being lucky. The chance to have someone you know and trust bring a thunder lizard startup to your front door is astronomical. Luck is diminishing on the web/mobile and skill will eventually forever assume its rightful place whether your from silcon valley or the canary islands. LBS will not be played out on facebook or twitter. Location based services will be played out by a 100% pure social commerce LBS startup that utilizes a standardized open api of "places" . A location based standard has yet to be set and the door is wide open.
on How to get funded by super angel Mike Maples

Wonder what domain name vidly could possibly be looking at? Vidder.com? very insightful interview. Smart to not waste any time in this rapidly changing digital market. Thanks for sharing guys.
on The half-million fundraising behind Vidly

The chosen business domain name can make or break "any" startup. It's getting harder for startups to get "adopted" in a flooded me too market.. Appreciate you for coming out and sharing your experience. Best of skill.
on On fundraising: Don't settle for any investor

a friend of a friend to bring a vc a game changing startup is like waiting to get hit by lightning. this may explain why the valley is full of funded garbage startups and their failure rate is as high as 80%. you need a "broad view" and "open mind" as to where tech is going and postition your investments to capitalize on the ever changing landscape. keeping windows of opportunity closed and waiting for a friend to knock on your door with a game changer startup is wishful thinking.
on How to get funded by Howard Hartenbaum

how bout' a talent scout academy course taught by the entrepreneurs? :)
on Announcing VatorAcademy

the mobile stategy? i understand it requires the creation of mobile location based services for user engagement, user attention and retention. seems the best place to stategize, position and leverage long tail bite size premium content.
on Demand Media's IPO ambitions

headline should read "BusinessWeek fails at business." a supernova? with a miniscule valuation?...this comany went out with barely a spark.
on Bye Bye BusinessWeek, hello Bloomberg

rozen hit on something. key word required on Google to compete "own that spot". no one will ever own that spot on google. they may cpc lease but never own. what if you were to own pianolocator.com. its niche, its natural language, its top level, its universal, its location based. give businesses custom offerings such as paloalto.pianolocator.com, you@pianolocator.com. this is an example of the type of strategic niche offerings small business and search engines would gravitate to naturally. self propelled natural language location based niche offerings. whomever creates the greatest strategic multichannel niche offerings will win the local game.
on Thumbtack (People's Choice) on Juice Box

Congradulations Thumbtack. nice to see a company attempt to harness small business that is 70% of the economy and is undominated by any major player. the answer to the question is probably not. thumbtack will be competing with companies like mylocator that are a network of 1200 self propelled natural language distribution channels specializing in small business. offering niche email, niche subsites, niche top level natural language location. the real race is who will win local mobile search. location, location, location, niche, niche, niche, offerings, offerings, offerings. whom ever does this the best will have the greatest capacity to evolve and dominate local online and mobile search. Best of Skill
on Can Thumbtack evolve service listings?

wisdom of crowds does not work. <a target='_blank' href=' http://www.forbes.com/2009/09/28/crowdsourcing-enterprise-innovation-technology-cio-network-jargonspy.html '>["http://www.forb...</a> vators "phantom" rating system does not work either.
on Juice Pitcher leaderboard

some of the best location based commentary we have heard in a long time. searchwars are over, let the locationwars begin.
on The difference between Aloqa and Loopt

the future is location, personalization and integration.
on Aloqa - a new mobile recommendation engine

Vator your embed for this take is not working.
on Aloqa - a new mobile recommendation engine

i recommend they change their name. natural language location based social channels make alot of sense.
on Aloqa - a new mobile recommendation engine

vator works very well and i appreciate all that they have shared with the community. could you include a twitter bookmark?
on Vator opens up micro-blogging to public beta

would love to see the Vator50. vators top 50 websites. with a transparent rating system. where raters have to put there name where there rate is. nice interview.
on Chris Shipley on the merits of DEMO

the before homepage was better. once im logged in the site reverts the old navigation style which i find much more efficient. you missed toys.com selling for 5 million.
on What Am I Missy? Episode 10