If any of my readers would like to join me, I just signed up for Stanford professor Andrew Ng’s course on Machine Learning.
Would love for people to also take it so we can discuss in this blog.
Tag: coursera
Two big trends in 2013
I am not a big fan of end-of-year predictions, as they are usually not worth the bandwidth they take up; instead, I thought I would instead start the year by discussing two areas that I feel are the most exciting part of the tech space. These are already sectors that are experiencing strong growth and have generated a lot of attention from investors, but hopefully this post will help you see the opportunity and how it could impact your efforts.
Equity crowd-funding
Although Kickstarter and its reward-based crowd-funding has already found a solid position in the game space, crowd-funding will explode once non-accredited investors can actually obtain equity in companies. In the spring of 2012, President Obama passed an act that will drastically alter the landscape of crowd-funding platforms. Prior to this act, a small pool of existing crowd-funding sites were only permitted to operate on a reward or donation basis (e.g., Kickstarter), essentially offering a product, discount, or enticement in exchange for monetary funding. With the launch of the JOBS Act, the ability for the general public to receive company equity in exchange for funding is now a possibility. Continue reading “Two big trends in 2013”
Two great resources
There are two resources/websites that are tremendously useful for everyone, but particularly social media executives. Quora is a question and answer site while Coursera offers courses online from top universities.
Quora
Quora is great for everything from getting supporting information for investor presentations and business plans to seeing how others have overcome difficult business situations. Quora works by encouraging people to post questions and then rewarding others for answering. People can up-vote and down-vote answers to drive the best or most accurate one to the top. You can also follow people on Quora if you are interested in how they would answer questions or of you think you would be interested in what questions they are following.
Questions can be about market information (or any facts you need to know), how people approach issues, what other companies have done to solve business problems, what trends or activities people are anticipating, etc. Typical questions requesting information can include how much revenue a typical Android game generates or how quickly is the tablet gaming market growing. In terms of approaching issues, you could ask how other companies growth hacked. I found responses to my question on best practices for improving retention an incredibly valuable resource in seeing how others addressed a business problem. With trends, information on Quora has shined a light on equity crowd sourcing opportunities made available by the JOBS Act. Continue reading “Two great resources”
Think Again: How to Reason and Argue
I just signed up on Coursera for Think Again: How to Reason and Argue from Duke University. If anyone else is interested in taking the course, it would be great to exchange feedback and thoughts.
Networked Life course on Coursera
I just signed up for Networked Life #networks, a free @Coursera online class.
Anyone interested in joining me? It sounds quite interesting and might lead to some great conversations on this blog. Join me at https://www.coursera.org/course/networks
The Business of Social Games and Casino 