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Media is Capital: Startup Success Starts with Story and Community

Wednesday, 03 July 2024 by Paul O'Brien

Possessing a compelling story outweighs merely having a brilliant idea so much so that media has become the new capital for burgeoning founders. The fundamental concept here is that media — encompassing storytelling, audience engagement, and community building, well beyond what you might consider it to mean in “the press” — serves as a powerful

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Shaping the Media from the Oval Office

Wednesday, 01 December 2021 by Paul O'Brien

In October 2021 former president Donald Trump announced plans to launch Truth Social, a new social media platform very popularly discussed and debated by traditional media and politically oriented people. “Galvanizing a conservative media universe,” he described this forthcoming network in his pitch deck as such, begging curiosity of if and why media plays a distinct and important

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The Separation of Communiqué and State

Thursday, 05 November 2020 by Paul O'Brien

Perhaps our disappointment in one another, frustration with Presidential elections, and stress over 1 role in the entire world, isn’t a reflection of us, but of the office having too much power and influence. U.S. elections and the attention world leaders such as the President (any President), have in the last few decades, really drawn

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WTH Happened to the News?

Tuesday, 29 September 2020 by Paul O'Brien

On September 11th, a notable day in United States and by extension, throughout the world, Townhall (a clearly conservative political voice), rang the headline, “AG [U.S. Attorney General] Barr Rips National Media as a ‘Collection of Liars’ Over Riot Coverage.” Now, before I fire you up about either side of the political aisle, the looming

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The Plea for the Press to Evolve

Monday, 25 February 2013 by Paul O'Brien

With a couple years in Austin, TX, and a former 12 in Silicon Valley, I’ve had an exceptional experience working with distinctly different entrepreneurial communities. Each has a little bit of a grass is greener complex going on – Silicon Valley sees Austin as hip, less expensive, up and coming, entrepreneurial more than “startup,” but

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Published in Industry, Local, Social Media, Startups

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It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Conferences

Friday, 30 November 2007 by Paul O'Brien

Yes, it is that time of year again. While most are stuffing turkey and braving the malls for holiday gifts, we in the online marketing community prepare for back-to-back-to-back… to back conferences. Admittedly, with the whirlwind of activity, I’ve even neglected to mention one most important, underway as we speak. This week at SES, Zvents

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Innovative Social Shopping with Bunnybot

Friday, 02 November 2007 by Paul O'Brien

As I shop for the holidays I am repeatedly faced with the same challenge, a discussion that ensues something like this: – I’d love to get the TiVo Series 2 HD DVR – That’s the thing that records TV right? – Um… yes, but you have to make sure it is a Series 2 –

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Published in Comparison Shopping, Fun, Social Media, Vertical Search, Web 2.0

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