The social media revolution is mostly over. The major players have matured, innovation is very stagnant in this area and most social networking ideas are “pretty much out there”. With the exception of a civic network, all the potentially mainstream social networking innovations have been created. The next revolution is…

Reach Millions of Users via Twitter for Free This is the graph of my mention reach from the last six months. A nice number considering I don’t have millions of Twitter followers of a TV program. But the truth is you can gain fair exposure using Twitter just by consistently…

Jordhy.com passes the 500 visitors per hour mark. A critical mass of users is built by producing adequate tools and content. High traffic requires at first a solid infrastructure with adequate support and then a clear design that offers an ideal UI/UX for visitors. When visitors find the content they…

A WAR CHEST IS A METAPHOR FOR ANY COLLECTION OF TOOLS OR MONEY INTENDED TO BE USED IN A CHALLENGING OR DANGEROUS SITUATION. — FROM WIKIPEDIA Many entrepreneurs go to war alone, broke, naked, and with a big open heart! They go on quoting Rocky, The Field of Dreams, and…

So, your plan is to ship a series of features, have thousands install your app, and hope for the best? I’m sorry, but you need a better plan, specifically something that doesn’t include the word “hope” in it. Network effects happen when your application is deliberately designed to support such…

What is the key to success in building new things? Is it making the code run faster? It is proper financing, or maybe hiring the right people. At a technical level yes, those things matter tremendously. …

Community building is a powerful strategy to make your next project grow exponentially. ONE SHOULD GUARD AGAINST PREACHING TO YOUNG PEOPLE SUCCESS IN THE CUSTOMARY FORM AS THE MAIN AIM IN LIFE. …

An exercise in market segmentation can beam new light into your development efforts. Specifically, analyzing cohorts or market segments can tell you which customers value which features and so on. With data in hand, you can better target grassroots efforts, meetups, and content marketing. …