Mark WatkinsKeep your Reading List on BookshipBookship is a social reading app for sharing your reading experiences with friends, family co-workers or book club.Jul 23, 2018Jul 23, 2018
Mark WatkinsBookship comes to the browserBookship is a social reading app for sharing your reading experiences with friends, family and co-workers. It’s great for sharing thoughts…Jul 20, 2018Jul 20, 2018
Mark WatkinsRead more books with friends in 2018A great new year’s resolution is to read more/better books, especially in today’s age of distraction. I made a mobile app called Bookship…Jan 5, 2018Jan 5, 2018
Mark WatkinsThe Art of looking Bigger Than You AreWhen you’re a young startup, trust is one of the basic commodities you have to manufacture with your potential customers. Credibility…Oct 13, 2017Oct 13, 2017
Mark WatkinsAnnouncing Bookship, a social reading appRecently I had the chance to jointly read Dune with my son Erik, Evicted with my daughter Kristen, and (gulp) Thucydides with a dear friend…Jul 27, 2017Jul 27, 2017
Mark WatkinsinCocktails in ParadiseHemingway’s ShotgunOK, I just invented a cocktail that needs a name.Apr 18, 2017Apr 18, 2017
Mark WatkinsFacebooks gets (more) serious about eventsI’ve written many times about how I don’t think the “things to do” or “events” app is good material for a startup. I also wrote last year…Jun 28, 2016Jun 28, 2016
Mark WatkinsBurning the DaysI went up to Manchester by the Book recently, as recounted here.Jun 23, 2016Jun 23, 2016
Mark WatkinsFred Harvey and his rulesI recently had the pleasure of traveling in Santa Fe. We saw some beautiful sights (Canyon Road), had a few great meals (Geronimo), and had…Jun 7, 2016Jun 7, 2016
Mark WatkinsIf you’re going to eat shit, don’t nibble.I was reminded of this story the other day at dinner with old friends.May 13, 2016May 13, 2016