$59
That’s how quick the internet is:
1391 people have predicted at an average closing share price of $54 valuing Facebook at $ 135,718,802,154
But will it be correct? I predicted $59, just for the kicks of it I went high.
Zettle Is Square For Europe
Just like Square but a little different and now for Europe. Zettle, the Swedish company launches it’s reader – finally.
I always feel bad for Europe when it’s so behind the technology times. Welcome to the new world, Old World.
Forbes Pulls Facebook Ads
And as Michael Koziarski on Twitter so beautifully summarizes:
Either facebook ads themselves don’t work, or ads don’t work on the ‘Facebook Generation’ at all…
Exactly!
Saverin Owes America?
When a non-American does something utterly American he owes the country something. I’m confused. Since when do Americans owe anything to anyone ever. Or do just non-Americans owe something to others?
Help me out here.
His actions aren’t shameful. They are American. The only difference is that he’s not American.
PandoDaily In Trouble
Milo Yiannopoulos writes for The Kernel and thinks Pando is in trouble.
Six months in, absent visionary editorial leadership and running out of cash having hired too quickly, you may find yourself in financial trouble, with an audience that frequents your content by necessity but which, when all is said and done, simply doesn’t like you very much.
I agree with much every word and I am glad to read that he hates the Meebo Bar too.
What I am curious is that aside from the editorial criticism which is definitely valid and something I don’t really have much value to add (I’m writing this blog not in my native tonuge, and I am aware of my challenges) I am curious if The Kernel has a better monetizing strategy. Of course, everything is better than a Meebo bar, but blogs are incredibly hard to monetize in a elegant way and I am curious if The Kernel has figured it out. I believe we all would like to know.
Twitter’s Outreach Strategy
Announced on the Twitter blog:
Discover the best of Twitter in a weekly email digest delivered to your inbox.
Curious to see if that increases my ability to discover great content or if it just becomes a summary of what celebrities are doing on Twitter.
Smart Kickstarter Campaign
Smart Kickstarter campaign by a very smart guy: Horace Dediu wants to publish a book from the material of his popular podcast ‘The Critical Path‘ on the 5by5 network.
Backing this is a no-brainer.
Is That A Pivot, Kevin?
Jason calls it:
Wait, just realized @kevinrose sold all 3 of his startups in under 30 days for around $100M total. That’s impressive & a record.
Very impressive indeed.
Revision3 was purchased by Discovery.
And he shut down Milk Inc. and became part of Google.
Gingrsnap Is Recipe-sharing For The 21st Century
Evan Meagher just launched a new website for collective recipe-sharing. Like the simplicity and feel of the site.
Only gripe I have with amateur recipe apps is that photos look so amateurish, which makes food look not appetizing, which is a bummer.
Perhaps the website should adopt black and white photography as a default like the Cook’s Illustrated magazine.
Sortfolio Up For Sale
37Signals is selling it’s designer portfolio board:
We either sell it by July 1, or we close it down. And we’ll make it easier this time so there’s no guessing: The price is $480,000, cash. No special deals, no partial payments now the rest later, no equity in your company, etc. $480,000 cash and it’s yours.
Is the fact that Sortfolio is not just generating revenue but also profit a hindrance for all the VC’s in the Valley?
Perhaps Facebook should buy it for $480 million?
Apple’s Welcome Note
Every large corporation these days is trying the emulate and be like the nimble, flexible startups down the street. This is Apple’s approach:
There’s work and there’s your life’s work.
The kind of work that has your fingerprints all over it. The kind of work that you’d never compromise on. That you’d sacrifice a weekend for. You can do that kind of work at Apple. People don’t come here to play it safe. They come here to swim in the deep end.
Something big. Something that couldn’t happen anywhere else.
Welcome to Apple.
What would you be willing to sacrifice your weekend for? And would you do it for an employer or would you want to do it on your own terms, running your own company?
The Verge Is Aiming ‘Higher’
The Verge is hiring more staff to become THE tech new source on the web.
Good, their site is brilliantly designed and the competition is floundering right now.
Then And Then And Then
Local marketing campaign that hardly anyone heard of last time around is trying it again.
‘Capturing smart tags’: To participate go there do that, then do that, then do that and than do that.
Yepp, straight forward and to the point.
What I also love about the promotion is that there is zero! zero social media campaign build around that? No Twitter, no Facebook.
This Is A Special Moment
This is a special moment. Jason and I are expanding Pignite and are hiring two part-timers.
BTW, depending on when you see this post, there might even be a new website up already. While I am posting this, Jason is slaving away cranking code and laying out some smooth design to reflect the next incarnation of Pignite.
And we bought chairs and computers. Let the expansion begin.
Of Course This Is Awesome
A Kickstarter campaign for underwear – yes please.
And say what you want Jason, this project has now officially become the first project I have backed on Kickstarter.
WWDC Sells Out In 2 Hours
Apple is on fire. Another incredible quarterly performance announcement this week and their Annual developer conference sells out in two hours. Will the toaster-fridge be next?