7 Stories to read this weekend
What a crazy week — we hosted Mobilize 2013, our conference that pondered about the future when everything is connected — and I went a little crazy in buying fountain pen inks, about six of them....
View ArticleSquare, Airbnb and why experience really is design
I have re-kindled my love affair with fountain pens and as a result, there have been a few new additions to my collection of writing instruments. And given that some are relatively expensive, I decided...
View ArticleSquare Market is attracting sellers that have never taken a Reader payment
Square Market launched as a means for Square’s small business sellers to quickly establish and online storefront and easily promote their goods with social media tools, but Market is showing signs of...
View ArticleSquare begins selling Stand, its take on the cash register, in 1,000 Staples...
Square has landed a new and important sales channel for Stand, its sleek new point-of-sale terminal for brick-and-mortar businesses. Starting today, Stand will be on sale at 1,000 Staples retail...
View ArticleTo live and die in public: That’s Twitter
My affair with Twitter, the idea, began over seven years ago. It was at a party, a few blocks from where I live and work — San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood. I was hanging outside, sucking...
View ArticleHow Jack Dorsey approached the payments market: As a buyer
What does Jack Dorsey know about retail point-of-sale systems? That was the big question potential investors had for Square’s founder and CEO when he sought their funding five years ago, Dorsey said on...
View ArticleTwitter and Square’s Jack Dorsey joins Disney’s board of directors
The Walt Disney Company announced Monday that Square CEO and Twitter co-founder and chairman Jack Dorsey has been elected to the company’s Board of Directors. Dorsey will serve as “an independent...
View ArticleRoadmap 2014 beckons, an evolution of connectivity & design
Our fourth Roadmap is an evolution of what connectivity and design mean for the tech industry and our underlying theme invisible design underscores that. Roadmap 2014 beckons, an evolution of...
View ArticleTwitter board ‘warming’ to idea of Dorsey as full-time CEO
It has been 89 days since Twitter has had a full-time chief executive. That might change now that the company’s board has reportedly warmed to the idea of making Jack Dorsey, the interim CEO, the...
View ArticleSquare files to go public
Square filed an initial public offering today. The payments company, which was co-founded by Jack Dorsey and Jim McKelvey in 2009, has been rumored to be planing a public offering for some time. Now it...
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