Max Gladwell

Is your company (or client) positioned to take advantage of geolocation as a business strategy? We look at seven that just might be. The geolocation trend is bigger than most of us realize. Granted, it’s premature as a broad business opportunity. But make no mistake. Geolocation will become as broadly relevant and valuable as social [...]

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A series that reflects on the big topics and trends from the first decade of the 21st Century. We’re big fans of history, as there is so much to learn from it. This is the first in a series of posts that will look back on the past decade from 2000 – 2010. Each may [...]

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Give back by checking into the real-world places you go each day. It’s good Karma. Just days after we posted our trend piece on geolocation, inspired by the “clear implications for entrepreneurship, sustainability, and green business,” we witness the launch of CauseWorld, a mobile geolocation iPhone/Android app that enables users to earn points (Karma) by [...]

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Looking to the year ahead through the lens of social media, computing, mobile, and web technology. Max Gladwell keeps its own calendar, which ends on April 1st each year. We offer a different 12-month period through which to reflect and look forward based on the Max Gladwell launch date. For the standard calendar year, we [...]

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Twitter’s sudden profitability is a lesson in priorities and value creation. Bloomberg BusinessWeek broke the news today that Twitter became profitable. (Just as surprising, Bloomberg BusinessWeek broke this story before the tech blogs.) Twitter achieved this feat through big search deals with Google and Microsoft (Bing) totaling $25 million. Though it remains to be seen [...]

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