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Podcasting 101: The Basics, The Questions and The Future

May 17, 2007 by Ben Yoskovitz

At SOBCon07 I did a quick presentation on podcasting. Most of the people there had listened to podcasts and a fair number of people had done some podcasting as well, which was great. I still took a fairly basic approach because I wasn’t completely sure what the crowd was looking for. It was a 15-minute […]

Filed Under: Social Media

Mitch Joel Interviews Me On Six Pixels of Separation

April 30, 2007 by Ben Yoskovitz

During BarCamp Montreal 2 Mitch Joel of Twist Image cornered me and threw a microphone in my face. He then peppered me with a bunch of very tough questions trying to extract all my secrets. It was fun. Check it out at Mitch Joel’s blog. I haven’t done many interviews, but hopefully it comes across […]

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An Interview with 5min.com Life Videopedia Founder Ran Harnevo

April 4, 2007 by Ben Yoskovitz

5min.com is a new video site geared towards answering questions. You’ve got 5 minutes to teach people something of interest and answer their questions. “How to make a Surfer on Acid cocktail?” “How to make the Jackson Cube?” “How to make your own home video projector? These are all burning questions. And now we’ve got […]

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Test Your Search Engine Knowledge With Search Engine Smackdown

March 27, 2007 by Ben Yoskovitz

The folks at Pronet Advertising have just released a Flash-based online game called Search Engine Smackdown. The game is simple – pick a fighter – Larry or Sergey from Google, Bill or Paul from Microsoft, Jerry or David from Yahoo, and duke it out by answering a number of search engine related questions. How many […]

Filed Under: Humor, Social Media

Make a Good First Impression With Instant Message

March 20, 2007 by Ben Yoskovitz

First impressions are critical. Whether it’s face-to-face, through your blog design or via instant message, you always want to put your best foot forward. With so many people connecting online on a daily basis, it’s more than likely that your first communication with someone is through instant messaging rather than email, phone or face-to-face. That’s […]

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Your Passion Podcast – It’s All About Connecting

March 9, 2007 by Ben Yoskovitz

In the 3rd installment of Your Passion Podcast I’m talking about connecting with others. It wasn’t always my strong point, but after a year or so of blogging and realizing that I needed to put myself out there, I’ve embraced the ease and power of connecting online and started translating that to offline connecting as […]

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Join the Twitter Ranks

March 7, 2007 by Ben Yoskovitz

After some nudging from a few people (I won’t name names: Mitch, Austin and Chris) I decided to give Twitter a chance. You can see the widget in my first sidebar on the right. That now tells you (as accurately as I so choose) what I’m up to. Scary, huh? When I first heard about […]

Filed Under: Online Community, Social Media

Change Is Good – Your Passion Podcast #2

February 22, 2007 by Ben Yoskovitz

Following up on my first podcast at Instigator Blog, here’s Show #2 of Your Passion Podcast. Today I’m talking about change and the passion I have for embracing change versus simply accepting it. Accepting change is a good first step but it leaves you vulnerable to negative change or passivity. No one wants to miss […]

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Web 2.0 Beautifully Explained

February 8, 2007 by Ben Yoskovitz

This video just came across my path today, thanks to Philippe Borremans, Web 2.0 explained in video: Teaching the Machine. Even when you’re “in the biz” of Web 2.0 and pushing online communities and conversations, it’s wonderful and inspiring to take a step back and say, “Right. That’s what we’re doing here.” Kudos to Michael […]

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Social Networking With MyBlogLog and Blogtipping All in One

February 1, 2007 by Ben Yoskovitz

MyBlogLog has quickly become one of the most popular social networking sites around. It’s attracting bloggers by the thousands because it’s easy to use, fun, and a great way of connecting with others. Plus, the more you use it, the more it drives traffic to your site. Ron McDaniel’s promotes social networking as one of […]

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Ben Yoskovitz

Founding Partner at Highline Beta, a hybrid venture studio and VC firm that works with large, ambitious companies to identify new areas of opportunity through internal and external innovation.

Previously I was VP Product at VarageSale and GoInstant (acq. $CRM), and Founding Partner at Year One Labs.

Angel investments include: Breather, Spoiler Alert, SendWithUs and others.

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