Amplify

A few weeks back I read a great post from Hiten Shah on mentoring. In it he calls out that 99% of mentors are doing it wrong. At first it got me thinking about how I go about mentoring. At Amplify I’m in a position to do this on a regular basis for the first [...]

So it’s been just about three months since we launched Amplify. I can’t fully express in words how fulfilling the experience has been, but I’m going to try. I’ve started and built several companies; some have succeeded and some have failed. I’ve learned a lot over the years. I’ve come to know what I’m good [...]

One of the interesting things about sitting on the receiving end of lots of Amplify applications and pitches is that I get to see trends unfold in real-time, on a micro level. Looking across the 100+ applications we’ve reviewed thus far, I’ve seen a handful of commonalities among companies; many oft them trying to solve [...]

I’ve heard about a thousand variations of this statement which is used to explain the business model for way to many companies. Personally, I don’t believe in it. The idea is that if you build a localized mobile application or some verticalized (new word I’m using by the way) content play, you’ll be able to [...]

What a day. My inbox was as full as it’s been in my entire life. I feel like I had two days in one today. Launching a new company is a very satisfying thing. The first time you go out to the world and announce yourself is liberating. You know you’ve been working hard, building [...]