In a funny, rapid-fire 4 minutes, Reddit Founder & Entrepreneur Alexis Ohanian tells the real-life fable of one humpback whale’s rise to Web stardom at TedIndia 2009 Event. The lesson of Mister Splashy Pants is a shoo-in classic for meme-makers and marketers in the Facebook age. A great story to show how social media can effect a change in the real World. If you want to watch the video, go ahead.
I can’t write valuable posts for a long time because of our ongoing projects and my full time job (In fact, there are more than 10 draft posts which i should check and update before I post if i could find enough time and a free brain). But i try to share valuable resources, especially experiences of successful Internet entrepreneurs with you and this is one of them.
At The Future of Web Apps London, Kevin Rose shares the secrets to Digg and Wefollow’s explosive user growth. He covers ten unique strategies that turn passive users into passionate advocates and what he did to increase his users to 1,000,000 and beyond. You can both watch his presentation video or view his presentation slides.
As 2009 ends and 2010 begins, we wish you a merry Christmas and happy holidays and a happy new year. If you wonder, you can check how Christmas buzz is taking shape and what products are being talked about on the web in this Mashable post.
The first ever Gov 2.0 Summit was held in Washington,DC; in September 2009. The summit brought together leaders from the private, public and government sector to find better ways of dispensing information.
Eric Ries from VC firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers was one of the speakers at Gov 2.0 Summit. In the video below, Eric Ries is sharing his wide experience about creating “Lean Startups” by “Doing More with Less” as both a former entrepreneur and a VC advisor.
Eric Ries became a Venture Advisor at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, after co-founding and serving as Chief Technology Officer of IMVU. He is the co-author of several books including The Black Art of Java Game Programming (Waite Group Press, 1996). While an undergraduate at Yale Unviersity, he co-founded Catalyst Recruiting. Although Catalyst folded with the dot-com crash, Ries continued his entrepreneurial career as a Senior Software Engineer at There.com, leading efforts in agile software development and user-generated content. In 2007, BusinessWeek named Ries one of the Best Young Entrepreneurs of Tech. He serves on the advisory board of a number of technology startups including pbWiki, Bunchball, FooMojo, Causes and KaChing.
Aaron Patzer’s personal finance manager Mint is one of the best examples for building a successful company from nothing. Aaron Patzer started Mint.com when he was 25. Mint launched in September 2007 at TechCrunch40 and in September 2009, Mint is acquired by Intuit for $170m. Mint.com has reached over 1.5 million users and helped them of people pay debt, manage job loss in the downturn. Aaron has packed a lot of experience in a very short time and shared his experiences and advices on several platforms.
Aaron Patzer isn’t only a successful Internet entrepreneur, but he also likes to help others about Internet business development. In the embedded video below, he tells the story of Mint and gives incredibly useful advices for Internet entrepreneurs at a startup competition event called Juice Pitcher on the Microsoft campus.
