By Sean Fenlon on December 3, 2009 in
I’ve been a long-time user of Google Alerts: http://www.google.com/alerts Like most, the first alert I setup was my own name. I’m also an active user on Twitter. Very interesting that for the first time (just moments ago), I received a Google Alert from a Twitter update I just Tweeted moments ago: I clicked this link: […]
By Sean Fenlon on November 27, 2009 in
This is a fantastic interview video. Jason Calacanis (who is very smart and successful) interviews Matt Coffin (who is very smart and successful) on TWiST #27: Matt Coffin was the first to hear the Calacanis/Mahalo pitch and the first investor in Jason’s most recent startup Mahalo — he also sits on their board. Matt was […]
By Sean Fenlon on November 26, 2009 in
My personal favorite business metric is Average Revenue per Employee. Compare these businesses: Company Revenue ($ MM) Employees Revenue per Employee ($) The DIRECTV Group, Inc. 17246 11300 $ 1,526,195.00 Steel Dynamics, Inc. 8081 5940 $ 1,360,357.00 Google 21796 20222 $ 1,077,814.00 Apple 32479 32000 $ 1,014,969.00 Costco 72483 75000 $ 966,440.00 Amazon.com 19166 20700 […]
By Sean Fenlon on November 20, 2009 in
Rumors of a QuinStreet IPO have been swirling around the space on-again/off-again for years. But wow it is official: http://secwatch.com/filings/view.jsp?formid=2469864 I will probably circle back and add more color commentary when I have a few moments, but in the meantime, let me scream BRAVO and CONGRATULATIONS to CEO Doug Valenti and the rest of the […]
By Sean Fenlon on October 30, 2009 in
Google now provides mortgage rates to consumers and sells mortgage leads to originators. I know this new development may be disruptive and concerning to many of our friends in the mortgage lead selling space. For those of you outside of the mortgage industry, this event is just as important. Google often tests products in a […]
