This is the personal tumblelog of Dean Cruse. Mostly stuff I think is cool, and the occasional bit from me. This is also the *temporary* home of DC Marketing, my marketing consultancy for tech startups.Tumblr (3.0; @deancruse)http://www.deancruse.com/Biz Dev Is A Clever Name For Dirty Work: Great piece on life in business development at startups....http://www.deancruse.com/post/23047815629http://www.deancruse.com/post/23047815629Mon, 14 May 2012 13:28:18 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3pl1lnFAb1qz7ozqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Such an integral part of growing up for us and our kids. Many, many nights. Lying in bed, turning the pages, reading each word together. A Very Special House, In the Night Kitchen, and of course Max in his wolf suit. Thank you, sir.</p> <p>Rest in Peace, Maurice Sendak. 6.10.28 – 5.8.12</p> <p>dee dee dee oh-h-h</p> <p><em>illustration via <a href="http://www.simonfieldhouse.com/">Simon Fieldhouse</a></em></p>http://www.deancruse.com/post/22652867691http://www.deancruse.com/post/22652867691Tue, 08 May 2012 09:46:00 -0500“But I am never going to optimize short-term revenue at the expense of user experience or...http://www.deancruse.com/post/22293645532http://www.deancruse.com/post/22293645532Wed, 02 May 2012 20:27:19 -0500Information Arbitrage: Entrepreneurship and optionality don't mix: informationarbitrage: Laser...http://www.deancruse.com/post/22261395747http://www.deancruse.com/post/22261395747Wed, 02 May 2012 12:04:55 -0500What Do Consumers Really Want? Simplicity: Part 1 in a HBR series by Karen Freeman, Patrick Spenner...http://www.deancruse.com/post/22223274133http://www.deancruse.com/post/22223274133Tue, 01 May 2012 18:24:05 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m35na4Oxy61qz6f9yo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thisisnthappiness.com/post/21928248594/hover-bear">nevver</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/27/11431665-tranquilized-bear-falls-from-tree-at-colorado-university">Hover Bear</a></p> </blockquote>http://www.deancruse.com/post/21932271009http://www.deancruse.com/post/21932271009Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:26:52 -0500The Law of Shitty Clickthroughs: Another good one from Andrew Chen. “Over time, all marketing...http://www.deancruse.com/post/21922641034http://www.deancruse.com/post/21922641034Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:38:04 -0500Growth Hacker is the new VP Marketing: Great post by Andrew Chen. “Growth hackers embody the...http://www.deancruse.com/post/21922530788http://www.deancruse.com/post/21922530788Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:35:36 -0500The Creative Monopoly: Great piece by David Brooks. Quoting Peter Thiel: “We often shouldn’t...http://www.deancruse.com/post/21789288230http://www.deancruse.com/post/21789288230Wed, 25 Apr 2012 12:14:00 -0500It's Not What You Sell, It's What You Believe: Nice post by Bill Taylor. “From the outside...http://www.deancruse.com/post/21383868102http://www.deancruse.com/post/21383868102Thu, 19 Apr 2012 11:07:00 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2paw5oJDu1qz7ozqo1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Dick Clark. RIP. 11.30.29 – 4.18.12.</p>http://www.deancruse.com/post/21353461309http://www.deancruse.com/post/21353461309Wed, 18 Apr 2012 19:33:41 -0500Marketing is the next big money sector in technology: Via Ajay Agarwal of Bain Capital...http://www.deancruse.com/post/19628204314http://www.deancruse.com/post/19628204314Tue, 20 Mar 2012 10:32:39 -0500Early Indicators: The Rise of the CIO of Marketing: Nice piece by Dion Hinchcliffe on the rise of...http://www.deancruse.com/post/18851633522http://www.deancruse.com/post/18851633522Tue, 06 Mar 2012 11:14:24 -0600<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/P5f1Y3CWTc0?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Happy Valentine’s Day.</p> <p>via <a href="http://www.memrise.com/">memrise</a>.</p>http://www.deancruse.com/post/17618628590http://www.deancruse.com/post/17618628590Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:49:33 -0600 <object width="400" height="284"> <param name="movie" value="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="bgColor" value="#ffffff" /><param name="flashvars" value="vu=http://video.ted.com/talk/stream/2011/Blank/DebRoy_2011-320k.mp4&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/DebRoy-2011.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=512&vh=288&ap=0&ti=1092&lang=&introDuration=15330&adDuration=4000&postAdDuration=830&adKeys=talk=deb_roy_the_birth_of_a_word;year=2011;theme=words_about_words;theme=how_we_learn;event=TED2011;&preAdTag=tconf.ted/embed;tile=1;sz=512x288;" /><embed src="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf" pluginspace="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="400" height="284" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" flashvars="vu=http://video.ted.com/talk/stream/2011/Blank/DebRoy_2011-320k.mp4&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/DebRoy-2011.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=512&vh=288&ap=0&ti=1092&lang=&introDuration=15330&adDuration=4000&postAdDuration=830&adKeys=talk=deb_roy_the_birth_of_a_word;year=2011;theme=words_about_words;theme=how_we_learn;event=TED2011;&preAdTag=tconf.ted/embed;tile=1;sz=512x288;"></embed></object> <br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.ted.com/speakers/deb_roy.html">Deb Roy</a> of <a href="http://bluefinlabs.com/company/">Bluefin Labs</a> at TED in 2011 on the birth of language in a child and how the research his team did in his home was then applied to measuring the links between public media content and the conversation that surrounds it. They showed this video at <a href="http://tedxaustin.com/">TEDxAustin</a> this weekend, and it was one of my highlights.</p>http://www.deancruse.com/post/17553643127http://www.deancruse.com/post/17553643127Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:51:23 -0600<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/N4t3-__3MA0?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>An awesome, fresh point of view on logos, apparently from <a href="http://twitter.com/ladddesign">Adam Ladd</a>’s 5-year old daughter.</p>http://www.deancruse.com/post/16836306836http://www.deancruse.com/post/16836306836Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:55:00 -0600Should Startups Focus on Profitability or Not?: Mark Suster discusses how startups might want to...http://www.deancruse.com/post/15083322871http://www.deancruse.com/post/15083322871Sat, 31 Dec 2011 15:35:28 -0600How Big is Big Data? | Infochimps Blog: The good folks at Infochimps provide a great primer on all...http://www.deancruse.com/post/14517549276http://www.deancruse.com/post/14517549276Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:20:06 -0600Most startups are spending money too fast. Slow it down.: Good advice from Jason Freedman.http://www.deancruse.com/post/14184443085http://www.deancruse.com/post/14184443085Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:50:18 -0600<a href="http://techcrunch.com/2011/11/27/social-proof-why-people-like-to-follow-the-crowd/">Social Proof Is The New Marketing</a>http://www.deancruse.com/post/13464816823http://www.deancruse.com/post/13464816823Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:45:35 -0600