Entries Written By Alistair Vince
Little bets
Over at The Start up Daily they had a great piece on the way to discover where to focus your bigger efforts. Here at WMT we’ve always followed the mantra that if an idea is to fail, let’s make sure we fail fast and fail often. If we do that we’ll be in a solid …
Exciting times
We don’t write about us that much. We write about the company. But this time (because today we’re a little bit excited) we’re going to write about us. Today is a great day. Today we all are coming together in London for 3 days of intensive focused, face to face (for we are based in …
I don’t want people to see me on video…
So who are these people who are uploading videos? It’s a good question. We knew we wanted to create a place that was attractive to some core personality types. We wanted to create a place where users who liked status could achieve that (via the leaderboard). We wanted to create a place where users who …
Start ups – things to remember
We’ve been reading lots of things about start ups – one that stuck with us was an article written back in 2009 which listed things you have to get right. Well we’re here no so let’s look at how we’ve done so far. 1. Pick good cofounders – so far so good. 2. Launch fast …
Will they do it?
The question we’re asked is normally – are there people out there that actually care enough to do this? And our reply is always the same. Firstly, let’s address the ‘care’ part. We know people are passionate about the things they use, the services they use. They’re part of their everyday fabric. They are the …
Videos are more interactive than text
So good news all round. As you may or may not know, watchmethink soft launched in Australia last week. Exciting. We’ll mention it again. Don’t worry. So imagine our happiness when we saw this article today all about how to use video to market your business, all backed up by stats on how the Aussies …
Why we’re blogging
As you know, we’re a start up. One with very big ambitions. This guest post hosted by the team at Techcrunch breaks down the reasons why startups need to blog – we thought we’d share why we’re doing it using their very helpful structure. 1. Why are we blogging? We care about ‘accessing customers, reaching …
So here we go then…
We’re live. It’s been 18 months in the making from that day the idea originated whilst sharing a packet of crisps down the pub as a group of friends. It’s amazing what hard work and desire can do. So hello then. If you’re a brand why don’t you come and talk to us. If you’re …
Observing the consumer
Why does watchmethink exist? The reason is that we believe that observation of people gives better insight than anything else. Anything else. Why? Well watch this. We believe this and want to provide a way people can observe quickly and simply to provide that killer insight they seek. In this video Peter Booth from Tin …
Maybe next year
Okay so we didn’t make the list this year, but for the 2012 list… Mashable, we’re putting our name forward right now. If you need a reminder – it’s https://www.blog.watchmethink.com