Bryan is an entrepreneur in San Francisco. He founded Bleacher Report, and currently advises several startups. Previously, he was a failed investment banker. You can follow him on Twitter.
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I’m starting another content company, and I plan to make a fortune
Now that Bleacher Report is in the rear view mirror, I am planning to launch another content company. It’s a “when” rather than an “if”… And I couldn’t be happier to be in this much-maligned business of creating and distributing original content. In my opinion, it is probably the single best venture sub-sector to create, and one that venture capitalists should be... -
How I respond to the haters
I am no longer an employee of Bleacher Report. For many years, I quietly allowed a litany of “haters” to criticize the website that I co-founded. In many cases, I took their anger to heart and helped make the site better. In very few of those cases did I offer any sort of response. But I can respond now. Because... -
Screw you, California — I ate foie gras last night. At a restaurant
Guess what, California? Last night, I went to a popular fancy restaurant with a Michelin star, and I ordered foie gras, even though it is illegal to sell foie gras. That’s right, you outlawed it, but I did it anyway. And, guess what else? A lot of other people were eating it too, and all of them looked rich and important. Because... -
Are you intelligent?
When I was in grade school, our teacher taught us about the “multiple types of intelligence,” a model that was put forth by a man named Howard Gardner. He is a doctor, an endowed chair professor at Harvard University, and he has won all sorts of prestigious awards. He is a MacArthur Fellow, and he holds honorary degrees... -
We’ve finally grown up
We’ve lived through a decade of war. It’s hard to believe that Afghanistan is only now drawing to a close. But we also live in a time where it’s hard to know which kids to pick on in school anymore. When Mark Zuckerberg is the wealthiest and one of the most famous people on the planet in his twenties, how... -
Don’t make it about you…
Pete Cashmore has built a great website in Mashable. The front-page design is one of the most practical and innovative that I have seen. The editorial organization is credible, and the social strategy is extremely effective. But there’s one reason why I am not amongst his 3 million Twitter followers… I have no desire to see Pete Cashmore’s smug face... -
Wham, bam, thank you Mailbox…
Things sure are looking great for the beta release of Orchestra Inc.’s new mobile application, Mailbox. Their app is in the Top 5 of the iTunes store, a massive accomplishment and opportunity indeed. Their promotional video has gone viral, providing a beautiful Apple-inspired overview of their product, set to hipster music. Their marketing strategy — forcing people to wait in... -
The seven deadly sins 2.0
Yesterday morning, archeologists announced that they had unearthed the bones of England’s King Richard III — a fantastic historical find. Those amongst us, who read history or know Shakespeare, were immediately able to identify the warped spine of a hunchback. Turns out it was true. The guy really was a hunchback. Living during the late Middle Ages and having a... -
Success is better than failure
When I was a high school student, I had the best friends that any teenager could ever want. We did the usual cool stuff that cool teenagers do, like drive around in our cool cars, drink cool drinks — like a cool glass of beer — and we watched a lot of cool sports. We were pretty cool. But here... -
We are at war
The archduke has been assassinated. The harbor has been bombed. The rich Czech guys were thrown out the window. We are now at war. The biggest war that the digital world has seen since the Great Browser War (1996 – 1998) — but that massive conflict was peanuts in comparison, since it featured only two combatants. The Great Picture...
