Seedwalker

According to the Consumer Electronics Association, the average American household has 24 electronic gadgets. This may seem extraordinary at a time when device convergence is all the rage but practically speaking, “true” device convergence remains ahead of us. This, not only because we’re carrying multiple devices for multiple needs – I read on the iPad, [...]

Look at this depiction of Paul Graham‘s Startup Curve that Fred Wilson recently wrote about. Note the “Wiggles of False Hope” and “The Promised Land” events in the graph. Now look at this graphic interpretation of an actual website’s growth in the last three years (Source: quancast). This website is GoodReads, a social network for [...]

 …the greatest shift in media habits since television began. Mobile owned 2011. As a natural progression, 2012 is all about the virtual water cooler i.e., the second screen, also known as social TV. Call it what you may, the companion platform experience – TV meets social media – is on fire. At no point was it [...]

“Amazon didn’t produce earnings for years and, despite the prognostications of clever people…has grown into a major force in retailing. Trying to manage your company to keep Wall Street happy is a sure path to oblivion. The retail graveyard is brimming with managers who tried.“ - Bill Emerson, President, Emerson Advisors It’s been a big week [...]

This is the first in a three-part series on Amazon’s threat to retailers. With Steve Jobs gone, a lot of us are giving more thought to “now what?” I believe Jeff Bezos has the answer to that. While he seems to be the antithesis of Steve Jobs when it comes to self-deprecating humor (watch his [...]

This month has seen two major innovations that may well play a big part in helping publishers adapt to changing reading habits, with a little help from Al Gore. Both are focused primarily on the e-book and tablet market, two markets with meteoric growth projections. Only 7% of online adults who read books read e-books [...]