Robert Scoble
Robert Scoble
Robert Scobleis an American blogger, technical evangelist, and author. Scoble is best known for his blog, Scobleizer, which came to prominence during his tenure as a technology evangelist at Microsoft. He later worked for Fast Company as a video blogger, and then Rackspace and the Rackspace sponsored community site Building 43 promoting breakthrough technology and startups. He currently works for Upload VR — a new media site covering virtual and augmented reality — as its entrepreneur in residence, where he develops new shows,...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth18 January 1965
CountryUnited States of America
It's amazing that about 10% of startups couldn't be found on Facebook because they had common names or names that weren't searchable.
Investors can see that Facebook is feeling old and tired and isn't seeming to be that innovative.
If there's a danger at Facebook, it's the assumption that Facebook has us all locked in and we aren't going to go elsewhere.
I'm just an early adopter; I subscribe to more things than normal people and have a high level of inbound and a high level of noise.
I'd try to become known as a world expert on 'something,' to take a small niche you can define.
I want Facebook to pick the best 20 items to show me every single time I refresh that screen.
I knew tech was going to be increasingly important in my lifetime, so I focused on it early.
I got lucky because my dad moved us to Silicon Valley before it really was known worldwide as an important tech hub.
I do not see Windows Phones anywhere in the world except Seattle.
I believe Larry Page is moving Google from an advertising-based company to a commerce-based company.
I always tell people, start with what you're passionate about. If you truly are passionate, you'll keep it up.
Highlight just hasn't proven to be very addictive to either me or my friends. We talk about it often. I keep running it.
Facebook is studying emotional reaction to things and bringing you fewer of things you don't engage with and more of what you do.
Everyone is on Facebook. It is very rare that I can't find a startup. Out of the 72 Y Combinator startups, almost all of them were on Facebook.