- The Year Of A Million Words
Online Spin, Matt Straz - Monday, December 31, 2012
How much did you write this year? I bet it's a l ...
- The Tragedy Of Newtown
Online Spin, Matt Straz - Monday, December 17, 2012
We live next door to Newtown, Conn., the small town where ...
- I Was Right (And Wrong) About 2012
Online Spin, Matt Straz - Monday, December 10, 2012
Last year I went out on a limb here on MediaPost a ...
- The Greatest Media Startup Story Ever Told
Online Spin, Matt Straz - Monday, December 3, 2012
When the book "Those Guys Have All The Fun: Inside the Wor ...
- Managing Millennials
Online Spin, Matt Straz - Monday, November 26, 2012
Agencies, ad tech firms, and start-ups tend to be staffed by young ...
- Advertising's HR Technology Mess
Online Spin, Matt Straz - Monday, November 19, 2012
Over the past year I've met with dozens of advertising agencies, med ...
- The Geek Shall Inherit The Earth
Online Spin, Matt Straz - Monday, November 12, 2012
Last week, New York Times columnist Nate Silver correctly predicted the outco ...
- Disaster Media
Online Spin, Matt Straz - Monday, November 5, 2012
While I work in New York City, on most nights and weeken ...
- The New York Startup Mafia
Online Spin, Matt Straz - Monday, October 29, 2012
In the world of startups, the term "mafia" has come to positive ...
- The Remarkable Rise Of Retargeting
Online Spin, Matt Straz - Monday, October 22, 2012
While at MEC, the global media agency, I ran the media busine ...
- The Startup CEO Survival Guide
Online Spin, Matt Straz - Monday, October 15, 2012
One of the trickiest parts about being a startup founder is juggli ...
- Crossing The Ad Tech Chasm
Online Spin, Matt Straz - Monday, October 8, 2012
"Crossing the Chasm" by Geoffrey Moore is a classic book about marketi ...
- Oh, The People You'll Meet
Online Spin, Matt Straz - Monday, October 1, 2012
The best part about building a company is the people that y ...
- First Look: Mediaocean's New SmartRFP App
Online Spin, Matt Straz - Monday, September 24, 2012
Last week I was granted access to Mediaocean's new digital pre-buy applicatio ...
- The Relationship Business
Online Spin, Matt Straz - Monday, September 10, 2012
This past weekend I served as an officiant at a wedding f ...
- We're Not in Digital Media Anymore
Online Spin, Matt Straz - Monday, August 27, 2012
The digital media business is evolving so fast that the roles f ...
- The Thrilling Numbers Behind Thrillist
Online Spin, Matt Straz - Monday, August 20, 2012
Last week Thrillist, the New York-based media and e-commerce company targeted ...
- Working For A Distressed Media Company
Online Spin, Matt Straz - Monday, August 13, 2012
Frankly, being at a company that is getting pummeled by the pre ...
- A Next-Generation New York Media Company
Online Spin, Matt Straz - Monday, August 6, 2012
New York City's media industry is the largest and most vibrant ...
- What To Look For In A Venture Capitalist
Online Spin, Matt Straz - Monday, July 30, 2012
Six months ago I launched a company. To date, my startup h ...
- Securing The Future Of New York's Media Industry
Online Spin, Matt Straz - Monday, July 23, 2012
Last week, computer scientist Marissa Mayer was named CEO of Yahoo. ...
- A Promising Solution To The RFP Mess
Online Spin, Matt Straz - Monday, July 16, 2012
Last year I wrote a column entitled "The Digital RFP Is ...
- Why Ad Tech Should Embrace Great Design
Online Spin, Matt Straz - Monday, July 9, 2012
Whether it's consumer devices like the iPhone or apps like Instagram, well-design ...
- Vacation Media: Print, Games And Facebook
Online Spin, Matt Straz - Monday, July 2, 2012
Last week I took my family on a vacation to Arizona. ...
- How To Think Like An Engineer
Online Spin, Matt Straz - Monday, June 25, 2012
Last week I wrote about why it's important to know how enginee ...
- The Importance of Thinking Like an Engineer
Online Spin, Matt Straz - Monday, June 18, 2012
Last year, after a decade in the media business, I left t ...
- How Networks Are Staying In The Ad Business
Online Spin, Matt Straz - Monday, June 11, 2012
The traditional wisdom has been that all the ad networks were doome ...
- Are Venture Capitalists Bad For The Media Business?
Online Spin, Matt Straz - Monday, June 4, 2012
Randall Rothenberg, CEO of the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), was recently quot ...
- Happy Birthday, MEC
Online Spin, Matt Straz - Monday, May 21, 2012
Last week MEC, the global media agency where I worked from 2002-200 ...
- Does Branding Need To Be Rebranded?
Online Spin, Matt Straz - Monday, May 14, 2012
Recently, Sir James Dyson, the founder of the Dyson Company and t ...