Monthly Archives: April 2011

Empire Avenue is a Catalyst for the New Economy

Posted on April 26, 2011 by jessestay

If you haven’t tried it yet, Empire Avenue is a new “game” that allows people to accrue virtual wealth by investing in people. In addition, brands can enter the service and invest in other brands and people as well. There … Continue reading →

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A Few Things I’ve Learned From My 260,000 Fan Facebook Page

Posted on April 26, 2011 by jessestay

I manage several Facebook Pages in the hundreds of thousands, but of those, one I’ve had the privilege of personally owning (the others are owned by Brands I represent). Somehow, my first book’s Facebook Page (http://facebook.com/fbbook), has accrued over 260,000 … Continue reading →

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RSS is Not Dead. The Concept of "Subscribing" Is.

Posted on April 17, 2011 by jessestay

Show me your numbers. There are a lot of blogs out there claiming, “RSS is dead.” “RSS isn’t dead.” The problem is very few of these articles have any substance to prove that fact. The fact is, based on my … Continue reading →

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Xydo Now Tracking Over 1 Million People’s Shares on Twitter

Posted on April 16, 2011 by jessestay

A few weeks back, Eric Roach, Xydo.com‘s co-founder and CEO, had lunch with me to show me a new, Digg-like network for sharing articles in a modern way. The service attempts to track retweets and shares across social networks to … Continue reading →

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Here are 10 Utah Entrepreneurs You Need to Know

Posted on April 16, 2011 by jessestay

Every year vSpring Capital releases the Utah v|100 list, a list of 100 aspiring entrepreneurs and tech professionals who are likely to have success in the next 5 years within the technology industry. I’ve been on the list twice as … Continue reading →

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Authenticity vs. Anonymity: Would We Exist if the Constitutional Convention Met Publicly?

Posted on April 15, 2011 by jessestay

In a recent conversation surrounding my involvement with Utah’s FOIA equivalent legislation (called GRAMA) I brought up the point that this nation was built upon people willing to stand up for who they were and risk, quite literally, their lives … Continue reading →

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Google is Not Facebook (and Vice Versa)

Posted on April 10, 2011 by jessestay

Google seems to be trying of late to do everything they can to be like Facebook. They’ve restructured their executive management to do it. They’ve structured their company bonuses to get there. They’ve released an equivalent to Facebook’s “like” button. … Continue reading →

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