Monthly Archives: May 2011

Pikimal at TechCrunch Disrupt

Posted on May 23, 2011 by pikimal

Waking up to a foreign alarm clock in a sea of hotel pillows, surrounded by the aroma of DIY Starbucks is my idea of a proper New York City morning. It’s been about a year since I last visited the … Continue reading →

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Data-Driven Decision Making: The Google Breaker

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Eric Silver

When Google displaced Altavista and Yahoo! over a decade ago it seemed like we’d been rescued from bad search.  Google’s PageRank algorithm – and page design – pushed away the clutter of Altavista while their deep indexing beat out Yahoo!’s … Continue reading →

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Eric Silver, On Being a Pittsburgh Startup

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Eric Silver

When people talk about good places to start a fledgling company, not many think of Pittsburgh. It still suffers from an “old world” feel – at the junction of three rivers, Pittsburgh was a place for industry, unionization, Pinkertons, coal, … Continue reading →

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