SocialRank just raised $1 million to help brands connect with their most valuable fans — and steal their competitor’s best followers. The firm, which launched with two billion-dollar companies on b…
They’re trying to be a Klout that’s actually useful to brands. Interesting.
SocialRank now helps you steal your competitor’s most engaged followers
Say hello to our brilliant Backend Engineer, João Santos!
Where are you from?
Esmoriz, Portugal.
Brooklyn or Manhattan?
Manhattan.
What do you do for fun?
Generally things that don’t require a computer — going out with my wife, seeing movies, and recently, a small homegrown farm! Although I also have fun with a few computer developing pet-projects I’ve been working on for over the years.
Have you ever won a trophy?
I don’t think so, at least none that I can remember.
You don’t want your app to be like the diner menu with a million things on it – you want to be the boutique restaurant that does a few things really well, and slowly adds new menu items as they draw in a crowd.
“Why large tech companies are hopping on the app ‘unbundling’ trend” via TheNextWeb
Another great article. Love this quote.
Differentiate your startup because the odds are already stacked against you. Don’t spread yourself thin by building too many products or too many features. Stay focused and be exceptional.
“Why entrepreneurs should focus on building just one product” via TheNextWeb
Excellent advice that can’t be overstated (IMO). We’ve worked hard at Contactive to build a powerful platform; the temptation is to build almost every cool scenario possible on top of it. The important thing is to stay focused and build a few things super well.
“LINE Corporation Announces 2014 Q1 Earnings”
223% year over year growth and 400 million users (although not sure what their DAU are). Impressive stats and more support that OTT messaging is continuing to grow (and dilute user engagement on traditional carriers).
“More Than 6 Months Later, KitKat Still on Less Than 10% of Android Devices” via Mashable
The Android fragmentation problem will make adoption of their new OS’s consistently slower than iOS, although KitKat adoption is at least climbing steadily.
In one case, an oblivious Secrets user sent more than 30,000 invites to invalid numbers on their address book over the course of two days…
We were willing to tolerate a few bugs to [move fast]. But having to slow down and fix things was slowing us down. ‘Move fast with stable infra[structure]‘ isn’t as catchy, but it helps us build better for the people we serve.
“Facebook kills off its ‘move fast, break things’ mantra” via VentureBeat
Short but timely report coming out of F8 about Facebook’s mentality and new SLA around their API’s. We’ve been talking a lot at Contactive about how to balance velocity of development with the need to keep our growing platform stable and working well for our customers.
Taking pride in the craftsmanship of your infrastructure is not as sexy or hip as a flashy mobile app, but everyone one of your customers (including your own developers) will reap the benefits.
#neato 