by Jeff Yablon | Feb 25, 2014 | Influency, Marketing
Imagine owning a private company. You’ve sold a small portion of that company to Venture Capitalists for a bit under $60 million. And then suddenly you get acquired in toto for $19 billion. If you’re WhatsApp, that’s not just a dream. A few days...
by Jeff Yablon | Mar 20, 2013 | Business Process, Influency, Marketing
Are you one of the people who are still actually using Facebook? You’re not alone, of course, but Zuck & Co. see their pending irrelevance coming. That’s why they created Facebook Graph, a new way of searching Facebook that, when it works right, is a...
by Jeff Yablon | Jan 11, 2013 | Influency
I hate that all my Facebook friends are in my phone. Or I would, if they were. That said, since I’m not just The Answer Guy, but The Computer Answer Guy, I’ve made sure that my Facebook contacts, LinkedIn connections, and the like haven’t been...
by Jeff Yablon | Nov 13, 2012 | Influency, Marketing
You wouldn’t think it was possible to draw a line between I Dream of Jeannie and Election Day Statistics. You’d be wrong. And who drew that line for me? “Americans Against The Tea Party”. While I have opinions, my overall theological/political...
by Jeff Yablon | Oct 15, 2012 | Business Process, Media
I’m pretty sure Barbara Eden was my first crush. I say this because I remember looking at the lady in the harem outfit watching I Dream of Jeannie and thinking how pretty she was. I was five years old at the time and we watched I Dream of Jeannie on a small...
