Brendan Baker [http://www.brendanbaker.co/], an MBA student at Oxford, created a phenomenal infographic (pdf [http://drod.io/00351O1r2s3l]) of our $1MM angel raise [http://go.danielodio.com/manifesto] for AppMakr [http://www.appmakr.com/] . Here's how to read it and what it means. Additionally, below is

Virgin America is running a forward-thinking social media campaign at San Francisco International Airport's new Terminal 2 that just opened yesterday using Facebook and Foursquare checkins.  The idea is great -- as you check in at various Virgin locations, you get badges, from "ground crew" for

Yesterday I moderated a panel on mobile web vs. native apps, courtesy of Digital Media Wire's [http://www.digitalmediawire.com/] conference track at the National Association of Broadcasters NABShow conference [http://www.nabshow.com/2011/index.asp] in Las Vegas. Here's the session description: Mobile Apps

I recently gave a keynote and was a panelist at Potomac Tech Wire's "Seed and Early Stage Funding Outlook:Raising Capital For Startups [http://www.potomactechwire.com/seminar63.html]" event at the Ritz Carlton in McLean, VA.  You can see the handout I used during my

6/26/11 Update: Our company internal "How To Basecamp" instructions now posted [http://www.danielodio.com/2011/06/27/how-to-basecamp/] by user request. We've been power Basecamp [http://www.basecamphq.com/] users for several years.  Basecamp is a minimalist-style project management system created by 37

The recent research about epigenetics [https://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1951968,00.html] has convinced me of the importance of getting in the best shape I can before I have kids.  I used to be in pretty good shape (i.e., 11 hrs, 52 mins finishing

Being embedded squarely in the middle of the fast-growing mobile revolution, our company [http://go.appmakr.com/braindump] has a unique perch which I've wanted to codify into a vision document for some time.  I finally found time to do it, and the resulting video is below, along

It still surprises me that people send emails out like this one [http://old.danielodio.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/mas-email-cc.png] where they cc dozens -- or in this case hundreds-- of  (well known) people. The biggest risk is a complete lack of control over what a recipient will

There are two things I know to be true: 1. I know family is more important than anything else. I didn't always know this. I am fortunate to have a wonderful wife who taught it to me in my 20's, vs. learning it on my death

There's a great 2 page spread in Aprils Entrepreneur Magazine about AppMakr.  You can read the full story here [http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/219335]. It's a great article about how AppMakr enables non-developers to create apps. My favorite quote is the subtitle, "AppMakr'

Naval Ravikant of AngelList [http://go.danielodio.com/angellist] spoke to a sold out group at yesterday's Hackers & Founders [http://www.hackersandfounders.com/] event held on the Microsoft campus in Mountain View, CA. If you're just starting to seek your first round of funding, Naval&

We're a small start-up, so you wouldn't think we'd be able to take 12 of our co-workers to SXSW [http://www.sxsw.com/] in Austin, TX.  But thanks to a great idea by my co-founder Sean, we were able to do it, and it

It was great to see Fred's post today about Airbnb [http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2011/03/airbnb.html].  It's very refreshing to see a VC describe a "miss" in honest terms.  Fred writes, in part: "But we don't always

Mayank Jain, a student at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology [http://www.danielodio.com/2011/02/15/daniel-speaks-at-thomas-jefferson-high-school-for-science-and-technology/] , related to me a great event he attended recently in NYC.  I invited him to write a guest post about his experience: "I recently attended the Kairos Society

If I pointed you to this post it was because you either came up to me after a panel, or you pinged me asking to meet or talk (or have coffee, etc.), or I wanted to share with you how & why I like to answer questions so others can

Our company PointAbout, Inc has been researching health insurance options for over 6 months now.  I've always understood health insurance to be a complicated mess, but the more I dig into it, the more I wish I didn't have to. Several of the executive staff at

One of our employees (thanks Sue!) recently alerted me to the fact that I was at 94% of my Gmail quota.  Although we use Google Apps to host our business email, we've been able to get away with the free version since we're under 50 users.

Another great event by Paul Sherman's Potomac Tech Wire [http://www.potomactechwire.com/] last week, as he hosted the Social Media Outlook 2011 [http://potomactechwire.com/seminar62.html] event at the Ritz Carlton in McLean, VA. Here's the description from the PTW site: Social Media Outlook