The New and The Next - Issue #57

It shows the world records in the men’s 100-meter sprint between 1896 and 2012. Notice anything interesting? 

This week’s story on failure is on Fab.com, which went from a $1B valuation to $30m in 3 years. Here’s what happened, as explained by CEO Jason Goldberg.

This is not another lame predictions guide.

Two Weeks ago, Barry Schwartz wrote the following blog post: “Giphy CEO: We Own Happy Birthday On Google. Next Day They Get Hit”. And indeed, Giphy.com has lost 91% of their Visibility in the UK, 84% in the USA, 87% in France, 88% in Italy, 83% in Germany and 85% in Spain.

As information becomes more readily accesible online, the number of things we want to learn is only continuing to increase. And the only variable we can control is the amount of time we spend learning them.

REALLY good tips for writers in here!

This three-step process has greatly helped me reconnect with myself, access my intuition, and make better decisions in my everyday life.

In 1878, when the 36-year-old inventor decided to focus on building a light bulb, 23 others had already invented early versions called arc lamps, some of which were being used commercially …

Adam Bryant has interviewed 525 chief executives through his years writing the Corner Office column. Here’s what he has learned.

It should meet eight criteria.

A day in the life of a human resources “talent channels specialist.”

Breaking down current, failed and future income channels to help you find new areas to monetize your side project.

It can be intimidating to negotiate when you have been laid off and you only have one job offer. This woman didn’t let that stop her and she negotiated for $10k more at a job where she could work from home.

“I didn’t go to school.” My friend (and RadReader) was briefly taken aback. He was interviewing for a senior role as Creative Director at a Product Development shop and this answer didn’t fit into…

Having trouble finding an ecommerce business idea? 27 experts help to identify online store opportunities and make your business a reality.

MailChimp is probably doing better than you ever realized. Their website traffic alone clocks in at a global rank of #979 out of the world’s more than one billion websites.

How Marie Forleo keeps her 275,000 followers engaged.

This post looks at how Stitch Fix has used personalization to drive retention and monetization, paving the path to its upcoming IPO.

Audiences are engaging more with longer videos, and you shouldn’t think of all of the “bounces” that show up in your Google Analytics as bad visits. That’s according to two new studies on video and social traffic out today. 

As part of the team at WordLift and on my blog, we undertake several experiments each week to understand how search engines are evolving. 

Most conversation about social media strategy sucks. Write compelling headlines, use interesting photos, follow “influencers” Pfffft…. what a crock of sh…

Personalization is popular but it can be tricky. And, a lot of times, not all it’s cracked up to be. Learn how to go beyond personalization in cold emails.

In his memoir, On Writing, King shares valuable insights into how to be a better writer. And he doesn’t sugarcoat it. 

Venture capital should come with a warning label. In our experience, VC kills more startups than slow customer adoption, technical debt and co-founder..

As a startup marketer, spending my lunch break arguing with developers is not my favorite part of the job. “That’s bullshit,” our CTO replies. “MailChimp’s product isn’t any better than the rest; it…

A few weeks ago, I met a CMO named Yvette in the office kitchen at OpenView Venture Partners. 

So-called ultrasonic beacons are becoming even more popular with marketers. Here’s how to shut them out.

An acquaintance of mine, let’s call him Mike, is looking for work after getting laid off from a contract role at Microsoft, which has happened to a lot of people I know. Like me, Mike has 11 years in industry. 

It looks like nothing changed since 2014, but GOOG and FB now have direct influence over 70%+ of internet traffic.

So I made a crypto portfolio spreadsheet and decided to share it with my brother, whom I’ve been Facebook friends with for 10+ years and we share…

Spencer Rascoff, a founder of Hotwire, was in his 20s when he sold the company to Expedia for $700 million. But his employees didn’t walk away with much money.

Picture this. You have a job that pays okay. But you don’t really like it. Well, let me put it this way: You like the money, but you wouldn’t do that job if there was no money involved.

Some say life is like chess, running a marathon, or playing a video game. I like those simplified looks on life because it’s already complicated enough. 

The secret to slowing down time is to shake up a boring routine and start achieving different goals.