Joining the Product Team at JibJab.com

I'm happy to announce that this past week I joined the JibJab team as a Product Manager. JibJab was founded in 1999 and really became widely known in 2004 for the This Land video which satirized the 2004 presidential election. While JibJab still produces these videos, the core business is high production quality eCards. The 40+ person company, which has raised $17.9m in funding to date, is profitable thanks to its very popular $12/year eCard subscription business.

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Overview of Facebook Timeline

At Facebook's yearly F8 developer conference they unveiled some big profile changes. Facebook Timeline was released and I overviewed the changes (which I love!) on this episode of This Week in Social Media.

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My Experience and Recap of LA Startup Weekend 2011

I participated in my first Startup Weekend (@StartupWeekend) this past weekend. The basic idea of the weekend is simple - create a company in one weekend. The project I worked on was HealthySurprise.com - a subscription healthy snack subscription service.

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My Interviews with "Miss Coupon Diva" and Money Saving Mom

I've been managing product at a deal site startup called AskForADeal. The company is built on the basic premise of giving customers the ability to create the deal they're interested in. As part of our quest to connect consumers with brands as well as educate our deal saving visitors I sat down with two couponing experts: "Miss Coupon Diva" of TLC Extreme Couponing fame and Crystal Paine of Money Saving Mom.

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This Week in Venture Capital #52 with Rand Fishkin, Founder of SEOmoz

Today I had the chance to jump in on a great episode where Mark Suster interviewed Rand Fishkin, the CEO and co-founder of SEOmoz - an SEO product that I've used and love. Check out the interview below for the crazy journey behind how SEOmoz came to be as well as some great SEO tips and information.

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