my personal blogging/tweeting rules
1. never insult another startup. starting a company is hard enough -
no need for people like me to pile on. (yes, i've broken this rule in
the past but have since changed my ways).
2. when something is subtle/ambiguous, blog it instead of tweeting it.
some of my tweets about twitter's platform strategy have been taken
to be highly critical of twitter when in fact I love the
product/company and just want to see them execute a strong platform
strategy.
3. things learned in confidence obviously can't be publicly shared.
unfortunately in the startup world this means many things that would
be valuable to founders - valuations, deal dynamics, bad behavior by
certain people, etc. i wish the norms here would change but until
they do i don't think there is much to do about it.
4. otherwise i try to keep it real. even if it means that sometimes a
formspring answer gets turned into a ludicrous news story etc. this is it so far. i'm sure as I do more blogging / tweeting i'll
come up with more.
no need for people like me to pile on. (yes, i've broken this rule in
the past but have since changed my ways).
2. when something is subtle/ambiguous, blog it instead of tweeting it.
some of my tweets about twitter's platform strategy have been taken
to be highly critical of twitter when in fact I love the
product/company and just want to see them execute a strong platform
strategy.
3. things learned in confidence obviously can't be publicly shared.
unfortunately in the startup world this means many things that would
be valuable to founders - valuations, deal dynamics, bad behavior by
certain people, etc. i wish the norms here would change but until
they do i don't think there is much to do about it.
4. otherwise i try to keep it real. even if it means that sometimes a
formspring answer gets turned into a ludicrous news story etc. this is it so far. i'm sure as I do more blogging / tweeting i'll
come up with more.
