The best way to raise money: Don’t Ask
Commenting on non-profits doing desperate fundraising during the economic crisis, Seth Godin writes that Now is not the time to ask for money.
I couldn’t agree more. I’ve been thinking along these lines over the last year, since I took a step back from working with several large national non-profits.
So much has been done to optimize development through the sciences of direct mail and web / email metrics and analytics… and yet something basic seems to be missed in all this.
As they learned in physics, the act of observation effects the outcome. Read more
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About Dale
I've been a software engineer, a rocket scientist, a CEO, an author, editor and publisher, a personal trainer (to movie stars, Olympic and professional athletes), and helped build a couple of mobile and Internet ad agencies. Yeah, I was the guy at the front of the iPhone line; all three times. I write about startups, business, technology (especially web and mobile), and sometimes I review the gadgets I love to play with.-
Recent Posts
- iPhone hype and App hype exceeded by results: iTablet / iSlate to match it?
- Check your plan: new lower cell voice rates not automatic
- 2010 Year of the App Phone (Android vs. iPhone vs. WebOS)
- It’s time to end TSA-sponsored terrorism in the air and on American soil!
- To marry a geek, propose like one. Engaged! (Yes, on Twitter, like real geeks.)
- iTunes 9 Home Sharing/Sync the Wrong Solution. Give us automatic media caching!
- TimeCapsule sucks as Network Attached Storage for iTunes or Sonos
- Skittles goes all in on Twitter
- Competition Reduces Friction for Payments
- A hint about good presentations, Politics as an example of transparency? and OMMA Social
- Best iPhone Twitter app comes down to Tweetie vs. Twittelator Pro
- Suing over negative Yelp reviews (and a better response)
- Obama’s Blackberry: “They’re going to have to pry it out of my hands”
- iPhone vs. Blackberry: Touchscreen no substitute for good user experience
- The Tale of Despereaux: World’s First Live-Twitter Movie Review?
My Tweets
- Only 13%!?! RT @arrington Chatroulette Is 89 Percent Male, 47 Percent American, And 13 Percent Perverts http://tcrn.ch/c6owsw 03/16/10 06:42pm
- RT @kevinmarks: RT @cdixon true RT @garrytan "founders worry too much about startups in Techcrunch. Your competitor is the back button" ... 03/16/10 06:37pm
- @spreadsong Good luck and let us know how your first free apps/in-app purchase apps go! 03/16/10 04:51pm
- RT @om: Video: How the iPhone Helped Make Game Startup Unity a 03/16/10 04:51pm
- RT @mashable: PayPal Transfers Made Simple: Just Bump iPhones - http://bit.ly/8ZbQwj 03/16/10 04:50pm
Recently Tweeted
- Competition Reduces Friction for Payments
- A hint about good presentations, Politics as an example of transparency? and OMMA Social
- New iPhone Monday: Winning Combination
- Winning Management Strategy in Economic Downturn (Reuters: Social Networking Prevents Business Collapse?)
- Mourning Castro Halloween
My Favorite Tweets
- spreadsong: Spreadsong's in BusinessWeek- I think it's enough to say 'As featured in BusinessWeek', right? http://bit.ly/bXJLa6 03/16/10 05:34pm
- mobixy: Answered: Is there a reason as to why you feel the need to innovate? http://bit.ly/8Yqry6 #askme @startupscom 03/16/10 03:43pm
- WeightWatchers: Weight Watchers is based on a science-based approach. Here, 4 simple principles to follow: http://bit.ly/9cjNCj 03/16/10 02:26pm
- harrymccracken: Attending (and tweeting) the Future of Publishing Summit today in NYC: http://www.futureofpublishingsummit.com 03/16/10 11:35am
- davemcclure: #WhoNeedsVC @MitchLasky Big VC Economics ($500M) -> 3x return on capital, own 20% at exit = $7.5B exit value for 30 co's 03/15/10 05:47pm
- founderdating: Ready to do your own thing but need a co-founder? @Founderdating - April 6. Apply by April 1. cc@jalter @saarsaar www.founderdating.com 03/15/10 04:40am
- ravenme: Congratulations to @theymakeapps for winning a SXSW award! The world needed a directory of mobile developers and agencies. 03/15/10 01:23am
- timoreilly: Social Media's effect on learning: http://bit.ly/9WUihA Patricia Kuhl's work on neuroscience and language acquisition is awesome. 03/15/10 12:06am
- rashmi: .@UpbeatNow his book is about work 4 hrs / week outsource everything else. If he does not do that himself, why should we believe him? 03/15/10 12:03am
- mobixy: Celsius Tourbillon mobile phone combines mechanical with electronic http://bit.ly/bP1wtQ 03/14/10 09:49pm
- zkirill: Spin-off blog post from tonight's Startup Chat on "Getting Early Customers" http://bit.ly/bKJdQu cc: @hnshah 03/14/10 06:16am
- manukumar: RT @loggly: We can finally replace the CSS guy with a website: http://css3generator.com/ #design 03/14/10 05:55am
- hrheingold: Nobel laureate Ostrom's recipe 4 success 4 groups to manage their own affairs: http://bit.ly/b8ngK5 03/13/10 10:23pm
- TechCrunch: Danah Boyd: How Technology Makes A Mess Of Privacy and Publicity - http://tcrn.ch/9BQh8b by @jasonkincaid 03/13/10 10:20pm
- tedr: Cool things CSS3 offers: rounded corners; drop shadow; text rotation; semantic divs; alternating patterns; text wrapping columns. #geekjoy 03/13/10 10:18pm
- fastcompany: Survey: 75% of iPhone Users Have a Wholly Inappropriate Relationship With Their Phones http://su.pr/AAuPeZ 03/09/10 06:35am
- om: When It Comes to Social Sharing, Don’t Forget About Email http://dlvr.it/7w6d (via @gigaom) 03/09/10 06:04am
- fastcompany: Today in insane, hilarious push polls: Apple iPhone addiction among college students http://bit.ly/cZxxC0 03/09/10 04:03am
- parislemon: Google Buzz Could Have Dominated Location. (And Snuck Up On Facebook And Twitter.) http://tcrn.ch/dBMHeP 03/09/10 03:41am
- blam: condom camera photo is scary! RT Hello. http://bit.ly/cDquPo (via @willsmith) 03/09/10 03:23am
Follow me on Twitter
- Only 13%!?! RT @arrington Chatroulette Is 89 Percent Male, 47 Percent American, And 13 Percent Perverts http://tcrn.ch/c6owsw 6 hours ago
- RT @kevinmarks: RT @cdixon true RT @garrytan "founders worry too much about startups in Techcrunch. Your competitor is the back button" ... 6 hours ago
- @spreadsong Good luck and let us know how your first free apps/in-app purchase apps go! 7 hours ago
- RT @om: Video: How the iPhone Helped Make Game Startup Unity a Winner. It is a true start-up story. http://bit.ly/bshFPd from @gigaom 7 hours ago
- RT @mashable: PayPal Transfers Made Simple: Just Bump iPhones - http://bit.ly/8ZbQwj 7 hours ago
- RT @jgrahamc: I have 607 followers, my 1,214th follower will get a free copy of The Geek Atlas (http://geekatlas.com/) and a bottle of V ... 7 hours ago
- @sftex I'm not sure it's that simple. Platform built to encourage creating viruses appealing to most common instincts. 7 hours ago
- @Thedbatrix yay! 8 hours ago
- RT @bjfogg: @tristanharris Someone tweeted that your session was perhaps the best sxsw session on journalism -- ever. Congrats! 8 hours ago
- .@harrymccracken almost certainly, technology choice will not be the issue that makes or breaks the future of publishing. Wrong argument. 8 hours ago
- is amazed by the strong tendency for the stupidest Facebook apps to spread the fastest. Interesting. 9 hours ago
- OH: @FlurryMobile's App Circle is built pretty well! (from developer who just implemented and tested it in his app...) 2010/03/15