Shannon Clark
Shannon Clark is an entrepreneur, business designer and adviser to startups. He organizes the MeshForum conference on the study of networks. Read his thoughts on food and branding at Slow Brand and follow him on Twitter.
Recent Posts
How startups lose at Buzzword Bingo
I had the pleasure (and occasionally the pain) earlier this week of watching more than 50 companies demonstrate new products and answer questions from a panel of judges at the TechCrunch 50 conference in San Francisco. While watching I live Tweeted my reactions to every… Continue Reading
Incorporating social media: There’s no magic bullet
Searching for help in determining how to incorporate social media into your business can be a frustrating process. A Google search for ‘social media consultant’ returns over 20 million results – and most of them offer very similar, one-size-fits-all suggestions based around the adoption of… Continue Reading
Starting Up 101 – Harnessing the power of analytics
[Editor's note: This is the third in a series of practical advice for entrepreneurs -- things you're probably aware of but are likely to forget in the rush of launching a business.]
You’d be surprised how many startups don’t see the value in their Web traffic… Continue Reading
Should web businesses adjust their development plans for HTML 5?
Google Wave, the search engine’s dynamic new communication service, stole the show at the company’s Google I/O developer conference earlier this month. But any business with a web site should also be looking at something else Google spent time talking about: a new version of… Continue Reading
Starting up 101: Choosing your core collaboration tools
[Editor's note: This is the second in a series of practical advice for entrepreneurs -- things you're probably aware of but are likely to forget in the rush of launching a business.]
At the outset of starting your business, you’re likely collaborating with your cofounders via… Continue Reading
Startup 101: Naming your startup
[Editor's note: This is the first in a series of practical advice for entrepreneurs -- things you're probably aware of but are likely to forget in the rush of launching a business.] Today whether you are opening up a new retail store in San Francisco… Continue Reading