Xing & SocialMedian – BSN a 2HR?

Posted by gammill on December 19, 2008 · 2 Comments 

Note:  these are just my quick thoughts on the acquisition. First and foremost, congrats to the team at Social|Median for getting acquired by Xing.  I’ve been watching them grow (its been less than a year!) and am impressed on how regularly and rapidly they iterated new features to drive community growth and how they parlayed … Continue reading →

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Seeing the future – of Social (PART 2)

Posted by gammill on May 21, 2008 · 2 Comments 

Well, the Mobile Social space continues to evolve. I’m a big fan of this category and am excited to see healthy growth and M&A activity. There is a post over at RW/W that covers the Future of Mobile Social Networking – check it out. One very exciting development is Vodofone’s acquisition of Zyb for $48.7m … Continue reading →

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Trends – Global

Posted by gammill on April 15, 2008 · Leave a Comment 

I am excited by a few of the trends that some folks are talking about. One post on Online Spin is particularly interesting to me. I’m very interested in seeing where the global element takes us. I traveled to Dubai and Capetown last year to help a mobile startup with some business development. It was … Continue reading →

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Seeing the future – of Social

Posted by gammill on April 12, 2008 · 1 Comment 

Just read a great post on TechCrunch about Social Mobile. I’m very enthusuastic about the future of social being driven by mobile. At the end of the day most of ‘Social’ actually happens in the ‘real’ world. You know, when you are at an event, a party, an airport or the coffee house. And most … Continue reading →

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