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I've been a business journalist for 40 years! Yikes! I honed in on tech for the last…
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Our team at Synonym is growing, and I’m incredibly excited about Kobi Abban coming on board. Huge welcome! More mountains to move!
Our team at Synonym is growing, and I’m incredibly excited about Kobi Abban coming on board. Huge welcome! More mountains to move!
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I'm back from an uplifting few days at the DNC (thank you Caroline Donahue). I have been thinking a lot about what made the best speeches explode…
I'm back from an uplifting few days at the DNC (thank you Caroline Donahue). I have been thinking a lot about what made the best speeches explode…
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When Axios CEO Jim VandeHei was quoted as saying artificial intelligence will “eviscerate the weak, the ordinary, the unprepared in media,” many…
When Axios CEO Jim VandeHei was quoted as saying artificial intelligence will “eviscerate the weak, the ordinary, the unprepared in media,” many…
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One of the best art schools in the world, and a historic center of learning on painting in particular. I learned an immense amount at this, my only sort of graduate education. Among my teachers were Robert de Niro Sr., Sidney Geist, George McNeil, Mercedes Matter, and Leland Bell. Not only that, but there I met my wife, Elena Sisto, who unlike me remained a painter, and is now one of the best anywhere.
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The Facebook Effect: The Inside Story of the Company that is Connecting the World
Simon & Schuster
See publicationI hope it will remain the definitive history of the founding and first six years of Facebook, which at the time was the fastest-growing company in history. I also like to think it's pretty fun to read. And you can find it in 31 languages.
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First article I ever wrote about Facebook
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See projectWriting this article began me on a journey that ended, or at least climaxed, in the hardcover publication of The Facebook Effect in June 2010. Of course I continue to closely follow the company, even as I build out Techonomy as a place for leaders to understand how tech (including global forces like Facebook) are transforming the landscape for business and society.
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Council on Foreign Relations
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