A couple of weeks ago, the folks at iMedia Connection reached out to me with a provocative question – could I write an article on the 5 startups that could take down Facebook?  I couldn’t resist the prompt so I proceeded to reach out to some of the folks I respect the most in the digital media space including entrepreneurs,

The other day, my friend Gareth Kay was saying that his meme on “we need a new idea about ideas” was growing tired.  Leave it to Gareth to make that comment only to have a new idea in his back pocket to unleash on the world. Which leads us to the below presentation entitled “Think Small” that Gareth presented this

On Saturday, I was fortunate enough to be invited to speak at the inaugural Mashable Connect conference in Orlando, Florida.  As you would expect, Mashable put together a stellar line-up of speakers (myself excluded).  The below is the presentation that I gave on how brands and startups can work together in mutually beneficial partnerships

Today is an exciting day as Rockfish announces that Tap.Me will be our first investment through Rockfish Brand Ventures.  It has been great getting to know the team from Tap.Me over the past several months and we couldn’t be more excited about the potential of their new mobile in-game advertising platform. MOBILE ADVERTISING PLATFORM TAP.ME REELS IN ROCKFISH BRAND VENTURES

It’s no secret that I’m a big fan of Maker’s Mark.  So I was pretty excited when a note landed in my inbox announcing that the first Maker’s Mark TV commercial ever would be airing on TV.  As the email to the Ambassadors proclaimed: Big news from your favorite redhead! For the first time ever, Maker’s Mark has its very