Francine Hardaway

"As someone who follows your blog and often your Twitter, I am literally thrilled to have your river. It is a way of curating my news, using a person with intelligent perspectives whose judgment I trust. That's the value of a river of news to me. You have to respect the curator. A river of news from Fox news might not be quite as appealing to me." - Francine Hardaway

"And since when is alexa an authority" - Francine Hardaway

"So then why wouldn't something like app.net work, and I know it already doesn't." - Francine Hardaway

"Gangplank has had a MakerBot for a year. I really like it for rapid prototyping, although most of the GPers use it to make toys for their kids." - Francine Hardaway

"Same thing. Convention is a metaphor for "journalists have become sheep." And thanks so much for the books. Will be talking to my class about it:-)" - Francine Hardaway

"Bet they wished they could have gotten out faster after what everyone learned about the company right before the IPO:-)" - Francine Hardaway

"I've been advising ZEDO, an ad tech company, for a year. On most publishing sites, there's a huge conundrum: the ad sales guys want to sell more ads and the UX guys say no. No one asks the visitors. I think most visitors feel the way your readers do: they understand the need for ads. I think you should focus on relevant ads, and ads with interesting creative and/or formats." - Francine Hardaway

"Thank you. I have been angel investing for thirty years, and I have never been able to claim those rights, although I always thing I am entitled to them. From now on, I will claim them or walk away, as you do. It is never too late to learn." - Francine Hardaway

"Howard was your first investor? Unbelievably small world. What I always love about Howard is he takes risks." - Francine Hardaway

"I always believe that companies should MAKE money rather than take money, if at all possible. So none of this applies to me. Party on!" - Francine Hardaway

"I have such respect for that man." - Francine Hardaway

"I have only tweeted half as much as you have, but I am not in the business of socialmedia consulting. I use Twitter the same way you do, but with somewhat less intensity:-) I'd be curious how well it works for you." - Francine Hardaway

"I hate to say this, but the best way for brands to get aggregation combined with best in class is to hire an IT consultant who knows the space. It's a great opportunity for the right consulting firm. Perhaps Deloitte, since they have Heuer?" - Francine Hardaway

"Mark, I don't understand why virtual goods won't work for Facebook as well, as a way to monetize the bottom of the pyramid. I hope that is how it will grow revenue . That's why I did buy some stock. Also, you are right about online all the time and the potential for ALL ecommerce. Last, I predict big returns for VCs who invest in health care disruption. They need runway to scale because selling into hospitals takes a loooooooong time." - Francine Hardaway

"Amazing post, Chris! I tell this to people every day as I coach them,and thank goodness they don't believe me or they would never go forward:-)" - Francine Hardaway