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On Mashable: 5 Trends Affecting How We Connect Through Social Media

Check out my latest article for Mashable - “5 Trends Affecting How We Connect Through Social Media” http://mashable.com/2010/08/16/trends-connect-social-media
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Startup Lessons: Commitment.

Continuing the Startup Lessons series I would like to share some of my personal insights into what drives startup success. I credit almost everything I achieved in the past 4 years to Kundalini Yoga practice and my teacher Sat Jivan Singh. Of course, when I stepped on the entrepreneurial path I had lots of skills [...]

Quick thoughts on Cartier vs. Hautelook and how one bad apple can spoil the entire barrel.

I’ve written on the online private sales phenomenon before, and think that just like any innovative industry sector it represents lots of potential, but also challenges for the players in it. After reaching the point of saturation in the last year, the inevitable Darwinian process will take place. How many out of hundreds of sites [...]

How to use Social Media Effectively as an Independent Fashion Designer.

My short interview with advice for independent fashion designers is now live on Fashion Entrepreneur Report, powered by Nolcha.

On Private Sales, Gambling and Dangers of Innovation.

Gaming elements became an integral component of many social sites, adding interaction layer and incentifying users to participate – from Foursquare to Farmville on Facebook - social games seems to rule the web these days. The question is what happens when you combine social gaming and e-commerce– isn’t this experience becoming more similar to… gambling?
Gaming [...]