Franco Varriano

The New Year has always been a peak period for selling fitness equipment and memberships. But with the onset of smartphone, there’s a shift in the way we exercise and how we track what we’re doing.

One of the most well designed social networking apps of 2012 was definitely Circle.

The app is available for both iPhone an Android and is meant to be geolocational chat app for friends or networking.

I read a great post a few weeks back by Gabor Cselle - the founder of reMail which sold to Google a few years back and most recently, DrawChat.

In the post he made something I’ve been thinking about recently very clear - how complex it is to find apps via your mobile phone.

As a first time visitor to your site (assuming I’m following a direct link to your site), my main interests in the first 30-45 seconds of seeing your homepage are:

1) Who are you?

2) What you offer?

3) How does that benefit me?

Facebook Timeline has been a powerful feature since day one. But coupled with Open Graph and more startups overlaying their app on the biggest social network in history, it’s no wonder Facebook can make or break your company…

There is an amazing new trend on the verge of coming of age in startup land: the community based, community created startup.

The two biggest examples that spring to mind and that have left the biggest shoes to fill are undoubtedly OUYA, Pebble Technologies and APP.net.

Fab.com just recently announced another $105M investment after the $40M raised in December. What’s unique about this flash sale e-commerce site is it’s most prominent customer acquisition funnel: Social Sharing