Amazon has a tendency to polarize people. On one hand, there is the ruthless, relentless, ferociously efficient company that?s building the Sears Roebuck of the 21st Century. But on the other, there is the fact that almost 20 years after it was launched, it has yet to report a meaningful profit. This chart captures the contradiction pretty well – massive revenue growth, no profits, or so it would seem. But actually, neither of these lines gives you a good sense of what?s really going on.

Times have changed pretty dramatically since I started my first business in 1999, and I thought for throwback Thursday it would be interesting to share with the young?uns what Series A fundraising looked like back in 1999.

An excellent piece on the ?social operating systems? being put in place by the likes not only of Facebook and Twitter, but by the ?sharing economy? services like Airbnb. ? And, a clearly articulated warning to the developers/perpetrators to consider the impact of their businesses.

Frank Luntz has ?engineered some of the most potent political and corporate campaigns of the last decade.? His wordsmithing helped Republican Rudy Giuliani get elected twice in New York ? a city where Democrats outnumber Republicans 5-to-1.

SAN FRANCISCO ? The GamesBeat 2014 conference came to a close on Tuesday by announcing the winner of its ?Who?s Got Game? Innovation Showdown ? and it was a narrow decision.

We?re incredibly excited to announce that Narrative has received $8M in a funding round that was led by Khosla Ventures and followed by existing investors True Ventures and Passion Capital.

According to the report, when people use their phone, 75% of the time they are using one of their four favorite applications.

I have to admit, the title of this blog post is a little misleading. No matter how you answer these questions, you will always need ASO. Like SEO – it doesn?t matter if you?ve been ranked in the top 10 for the last few weeks, or if you?ve never broken into the top 100, there?s always work and improvements that can be done.

The inevitable is nearer than we thought: Twitter is looking to introduce an algorithm-driven feed in 2015, the implications of which could be profound for the service?s advertisers and users.

If there were any doubt that the era of men?s ecommerce is upon us, it?s time to lay that argument to rest. It?s not just that male-focused startups are popping up left and right and raising seed capital to get out of the batter?s box. For the first time, these businesses are achieving the traction and growth needed to raise growth rounds and find exits.