ashnyc

yes rapportive is great, i use them. they have a lot of buzz but are at the mercy of Google. Google can kill them any day. As long as they are small, google will let them be, if they become big, i think google will complain because they are removing there ads.

check out http://outright.com/

I am happy they are getting this much money, but what is more interesting is to find out who is behind these guys. Who had the connection to the NYtimes, why did the story get picked up. They went from 0 to 3,000 followers in 1 day on twitter. http://twitter.com/joindiaspora I have done some analysis kickstarter fundraisers, and why some fundraisers go viral and others don't. here is a quick example, same subject but only one was able to raise money http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/search?term=obama

yes, this is a great book. wish i had read it before starting college. good foundation book,