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?
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Let me start with a personal lesson: for the majority of my entrepreneurial life I’ve been focusing on “making history”. My It Things is priding itself in being the first ever user-generated fashion magazine democratizing this highly hierarchical industry, Style Coalition was created to bring together independent fashion publishers and promote better industry standards and [...]
After reading the NY Times article on Why are so few women in Silicon Valley? and all the reaction posts talking about the importance of women support groups and women-only venture firms, I have to express my opposing point of view, with only hope to provoke some thought among women and inspire them to take [...]
We often look up to the consumers’ electronics industry as the most forward thinking and driving the technology revolution. Releases like the iPad shake up the media and our wallets, and often even change our life. I believe the clothing and footwear industry has the same potential to create buzz around new releases once they [...]
I’ve been actively practicing both social media and Kundalini yoga for 3 years now. I don’t believe in coincidence, and see my life as one path. When people talk about the effect social media is having on our lives –relationships, careers, business, friendships, love, personal freedom – I can’t help but think about my yoga [...]