by CT Moore on September 27, 2011
Welcome to the second instalment of Episode #7 of the HipMojo (@hipmojo) show. The theme of this episode is merger and acquisitions (M&As), and in this clip, we take a look at why mergers fail. Specifically, we take a look at what went wrong with the MySpace and TechCrunch acquisitions, but we also discuss in general four [...]
by Shawn Collins on November 16, 2009
This week on the Affiliate Thing podcast, Shawn Collins and Lisa Picarille talked about Pubcon in Las Vegas, running a 5k in Yankee Stadium, and stats on holiday shopping from eMarketer. Also, TechCrunch doesn’t bother with attribution of sources, people should be using KnowEm, ShareASale has rolled out Pay Per Call, and Obama has never [...]
by Shawn Collins on July 6, 2009
This week on the Affiliate Thing podcast, Shawn Collins and Lisa Picarille talked about the age old question of whether to go with the family on a vacation to Spain or get a new laptop and set it up, as well as the latest on the advertising tax and Governor Schwarzenegger vetoing the advertising tax [...]
by Sam Harrelson on March 25, 2009
The Cast of Geeks show has succumbed to the pressures of evolution and morphed into the GeekyBunch. While the old crew of Shawn Collins, Lisa Picarille, Jim Kukral and Sam Harrelson aren’t doing a dedicated Cast of Geeks show every week anymore, individual members of the band will still drop in from time-to-time to participate [...]
by Shawn Collins on January 28, 2009
Episode 49 of the GeekCast show gets into the announcement by Michael Arrington that he will be taking a leave of absence from TechCrunch after being spat upon in Davos Munich. Also, we got into Gmail offline, smart phones, headaches with the FeedBurner migration, a lame social marketing reputation company, and Demi Moore on Twitter. [...]