Skimlinks: Revenue through recommendations from JD Lasica on Vimeo. During the Traveling Geeks‘ visit to Seedcamp in London last week, I sat down for a short interview with Alicia Navarro, founder and CEO of Skimlinks, an affiliate marketing service aimed at publishers that want to make money from their shopping recommendations. It’s an alternative to […]
The hottest game startup in Europe
Europe’s hottest online game site from JD Lasica on Vimeo. At the offices of Accel Partners a week ago today during the Traveling Geeks trip to London, several of us came away especially impressed by Michael Acton Smith, founder and CEO of Mind Candy, the UK-based company that makes Moshimonsters.com. Moshi Monsters has become Europe’s […]
Survival Guide Chapter 2 Overview
Here is part 2 of the series I will post over the next few months based on chapters from my book, A Survival Guide to Social Media and Web 2.0 Optimization. This book is meant to be a guide to building an optimized foundation in the Social Web for beginners and advanced users alike. Chapter […]
Seedcamp winners meet the Geeks
One of the real highlights of the Traveling Geeks trip to the United Kingdom last week came when we were treated to “speed dating” session with the top start-ups of Seedcamp. This, after all, is one of the chief goals of the Traveling Geeks: to suss out young or little-known start-ups hear their stories, and […]
BT’s CEO greets the Traveling Geeks
BT’s CEO greets the Traveling Geeks from JD Lasica on Vimeo. Here’s a 3-minute video of BT (British Telecom) CEO Ian Livingston I took prior to the gala dinner party BT held for the Traveling Geeks atop the BT Tower in central London. Image via Wikipedia What’s interesting is not the gracious greeting he gave […]