Max Chafkin


Tweets in Your Pocket and the Danger of Multitasking

Get ready for Twitter, the gadget . One of the reasons for Twitter's breakneck growth has been the company's decision to make its data available to ...  Read story

19 Blogs You Should Bookmark Right Now

We scoured the Web and came up with a list of the smartest business bloggers. Their advice just might help you run a better company.  Read story

19 Blogs You Should Bookmark Right Now -- Ethan Zuckerman

There are millions of blogs out there. And most of them aren't worth your time. So we scoured the Web and came up with a list of the smartest bloggers, who j...  Read story

19 Blogs You Should Bookmark Right Now -- Penelope Trunk

There are millions of blogs out there. And most of them aren't worth your time. So we scoured the Web and came up with a list of the smartest bloggers, who j...  Read story

19 Blogs You Should Bookmark Right Now -- Craig Newmark

There are millions of blogs out there. And most of them aren't worth your time. So we scoured the Web and came up with a list of the smartest bloggers, who j...  Read story

19 Blogs You Should Bookmark Right Now -- Anonymous Banker

There are millions of blogs out there. And most of them aren't worth your time. So we scoured the Web and came up with a list of the smartest bloggers, who j...  Read story

19 Blogs You Should Bookmark Right Now -- Dave Winer

There are millions of blogs out there. And most of them aren't worth your time. So we scoured the Web and came up with a list of the smartest bloggers, who j...  Read story

19 Blogs You Should Bookmark Right Now -- Michael Arrington

There are millions of blogs out there. And most of them aren't worth your time. So we scoured the Web and came up with a list of the smartest bloggers, who j...  Read story

19 Blogs You Should Bookmark Right Now -- Tim O'Reilly

There are millions of blogs out there. And most of them aren't worth your time. So we scoured the Web and came up with a list of the smartest bloggers, who j...  Read story

19 Blogs You Should Bookmark Right Now -- Fred Wilson

There are millions of blogs out there. And most of them aren't worth your time. So we scoured the Web and came up with a list of the smartest bloggers, who j...  Read story

19 Blogs You Should Bookmark Right Now -- Seth Godin

There are millions of blogs out there. And most of them aren't worth your time. So we scoured the Web and came up with a list of the smartest bloggers, who j...  Read story

19 Blogs You Should Bookmark Right Now -- Paul Graham

There are millions of blogs out there. And most of them aren't worth your time. So we scoured the Web and came up with a list of the smartest bloggers, who j...  Read story

19 Blogs You Should Bookmark Right Now -- Rashmi Sinha

There are millions of blogs out there. And most of them aren't worth your time. So we scoured the Web and came up with a list of the smartest bloggers, who j...  Read story

19 Blogs You Should Bookmark Right Now -- Tim Ferriss

There are millions of blogs out there. And most of them aren't worth your time. So we scoured the Web and came up with a list of the smartest bloggers, who j...  Read story

19 Blogs You Should Bookmark Right Now -- Jason Calacanis

There are millions of blogs out there. And most of them aren't worth your time. So we scoured the Web and came up with a list of the smartest bloggers, who j...  Read story

19 Blogs You Should Bookmark Right Now -- Howard Lindzon

There are millions of blogs out there. And most of them aren't worth your time. So we scoured the Web and came up with a list of the smartest bloggers, who j...  Read story

19 Blogs You Should Bookmark Right Now -- Charlene Li

There are millions of blogs out there. And most of them aren't worth your time. So we scoured the Web and came up with a list of the smartest bloggers, who j...  Read story

19 Blogs You Should Bookmark Right Now -- Matt Mullenweg

There are millions of blogs out there. And most of them aren't worth your time. So we scoured the Web and came up with a list of the smartest bloggers, who j...  Read story

19 Blogs You Should Bookmark Right Now -- Mark Cuban

There are millions of blogs out there. And most of them aren't worth your time. So we scoured the Web and came up with a list of the smartest bloggers, who j...  Read story

19 Blogs You Should Bookmark Right Now -- Jason Fried

There are millions of blogs out there. And most of them aren't worth your time. So we scoured the Web and came up with a list of the smartest bloggers, who j...  Read story

19 Blogs You Should Bookmark Right Now -- Guy Kawasaki

There are millions of blogs out there. And most of them aren't worth your time. So we scoured the Web and came up with a list of the smartest bloggers, who j...  Read story

A Halloween Entrepreneur and More Credit Woes

From grease monkey to professional pumpkin carver. Just in time for Halloween, the Read story

Paul Graham: The Truth About Startups

I was lucky to attend Y Combinator's annual Startup School this weekend. The event began Friday night with a party...  Read story

The Upside of a Housing Crisis and Google Goes Tweeting

From bust to boom. In the wake of the ongoing foreclosure crisis, South Florida has emerged as one of the regions hardest hit. But some local busin...  Read story

A New Economic Indicator and How to Stop Office Bullies

What your printer toner says about the economy. Here's an unusual economic indicator: Office supplies. According to Office Depot CEO Steve Odland, ...  Read story

What Comes after Email and Best Industries for Startups

The end of email? The Wall Street Journal gets Read story

Kevin Rose on How to Get Web Traffic

How to grow your website . At the Future of Web Apps conference in London, Kevin Rose gave a talk on how to grow your web site's audience from one t...  Read story

The Future of Manufacturing

A New Zealand company called Ponoko has reinvented the factory for the 21st century.  Read story

Investors Pick the Best 2009 Inc. 500 Companies

Venture capital is hard to come by; investors explain what makes a company a good investment.  Read story

Face the Competition and Go Global

How to face a well-funded competitor . Ryan Janssen was all set to launch his startup, SetJam , a TV Guide for t...  Read story

Blog Better, Sell More

5 mistakes to avoid on your company blog. Want the kind of blog that brings attention to your product and turns customers into evangelists for your...  Read story

Twitter's Big Pay Day

Twitter worth $1 billion . Yup, you read right. The little company that can't seem to nail down how exactly it's going to make money and that employ...  Read story

Health Care, Immigration, and Marketing by Pigeon

Towards a founder visa . Earlier this year, Paul Graham proposed creating a special work vi...  Read story

Welcome Back Steve Jobs!

After recovering from liver transplant surgery and enduring months of bad press, Apple founder Steve Jobs took the stage at a product launch in San Franci...  Read story

Trimming the Fat and How to Get Government Money

Entrepreneurs cash in when times are tight. As businesses struggle to stay afloat in the midst of the recession, cost-cutting measures have become ...  Read story

Get Money Now and the Future of Skype

The business of pogo sticks . Looking for something to do this weekend? Try competitive pogoing. Over the past decade, there has been a burst of inn...  Read story

Can Brad Pitt Save an Independent Studio?

A reprieve for the Weinsteins? Most movie studio heads would have been popping bubbly over the opening of Inglorious Basterds this weekend. (The Qu...  Read story

Ugly Dolls, Tesla Motors, and Biz Lessons from Big Poppa

Ugly dolls, beautiful business. The Los Angeles Times has...  Read story

Mark Zuckerberg Makes a New Friend

Facebook buys Friendfeed . Cue the puns. Facebook has friended FriendFeed. (Har har.) The deal wasn't huge--worth a Read story

Facebook Goes Retail and Secrets to Netflix's Success

Visa, Mastercard, or...Facebook? . The beginning of what the Financial Times Read story