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  • Why Kevin Rose should become Google’s new Head of Social

    11 May 2010

    So the big hubbub in the social media world is that Google is hiring a Head of Social.  A lot of names are being thrown around for this position but there's one that I truly believe that stands above the rest: Kevin Rose. There are three main reasons that I believe Google should acquire Digg and then place Rose as in this role: 1) There's familiarity between the top Google folks and Rose since Google was supposedly in talks to buy Digg back in 2008 2)  Rose believes in the power that engineers can bring to a company and Google is the penultimate company espousing this thought process 3)  Rose helped create the social space and through a series of companies he's either started or invested in he remains at the front end of the social trends.  This ability to spot trends before even the earliest adopters do will be required if Google is going to become a leader in the social space. Digg is currently undergoing a lot of change: Rose took over the CEO role and has since killed the DiggBar, all but axed the digg URL shortener and let go 10% of the ...

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  • Give to the community and it will give back to you

    31 January 2010

    Last night I spoke art the Vemma convention and man, oh man, did the community of members reach back out to me in an incredibly supportive way. More details later...now for a beer.

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  • Having fun with Vemma

    30 January 2010

    Seriously I am simply posting this to keep te streak alive... Will get a more full post about my awesome day.

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  • Vemma convention

    29 January 2010

    So here's the deal, today rocked and tomorrow will be 10x better. Come see Gary Vaynerchuk and myself speak (seperate sessions) at http://Vemma.com/ustream straight up I want huge numbers so please help me prove that social can work.

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