Dan’l Lewin and Social Capital
At a BarCamp a couple of years ago, I heard Tara Hunt speak about Social Capital (more about Tara and ‘Whuffie’ here). It was the first time I’d tried to associate and quantify social worthiness (in my sort of layman’s interpretation) or social standing or capital with a human being. Tara’s talk, and consequently being friends with her, helped me understand the concept a lot better.
Switching gears… I attended Startup2Startup this evening, an event Dave McClure puts together every month. The title of this month’s talk was CeWebrity DeathMatch: Jason Calacanis vs Guy Kawasaki on “Is Apple Becoming Big Brother?” This obviously interested me a lot, given my new role on Windows Mobile, the recent issues that have surfaced with Google Voice on the iPhone etc. The conversation this evening jumped around quite significantly, but a few things Guy Kawsaaki said, especially about Dan’l Lewin and Microsoft, really stood out:
Disclosure : I used to (indirectly) work in Dan’l Lewin’s organization on BizSpark till about 2 weeks ago. Continue reading
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