Category Archives: Coby Berman

Asking Why

The past few years I’ve seen a lot of articles written on the difference between foursquare and gowalla. There were a lot of people trying to highlight the changing landscape of the location based services (LBS) space by comparing the … Continue reading

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Working out of general assembly

General Assembly is a co-working space located in New York’s flat iron district. In recent months the space has become a hotbed for entrepreneurs and investors. In the spring of 2011 I had the pleasure of working out of the space … Continue reading

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How to search for start-up jobs

Searching for positions at start ups can be overwhelming. Ideally you should only apply to companies that you believe are working on a compelling product, but before you can even find out if you like the company you need to … Continue reading

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F8

This week facebook announced an overhaul of their service. A new format was introduced in the form of a timeline. The timeline is meant to show a user’s entire life from inception to today. Posts are now called stories. Pictures … Continue reading

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Devotee: lessons from a failed start up

Devotee is a company I become involved with at the beginning on my junior year at Hamilton. Devotee is a mobile application built off the foursquare platform that rewards people for checking into their favorite places and writing about their … Continue reading

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Why Do Social Media Agencies Exist?

Businesses should be able to run their own social media efforts without the help of an outside consultant or agency. There are a few reasons why social media agencies exist. Merchants refuse to try and learn how to use the tools … Continue reading

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