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John Vrionis on a New Approach to Venture Capital and Building Businesses

by Jono Bacon | Sep 20, 2020 | Conversations With Bacon, Conversations With Bacon Frontpage, Uncategorized

We are all familiar with the venture capital model: invest money into a company, provide advice and guidance to help them succeed, and work towards a positive exit. Unusual Ventures are taking a very different approach. Unusual focus on embedding members of their team...

Linux Foundation Public Health Launched to Help Fight COVID-19

by Jono Bacon | Jul 20, 2020 | Open Source, Uncategorized

The Linux Foundation are well known in the open source community. Aside from the enormous growth of Linux, the Linux Foundation has fostered innovation across a broad of different industries including the cloud (Cloud Native Computing Foundation), motion picture arts...

Bitesize: Zach Abbott From ZBiotics Explains How He Used Crowdfunding

by Jono Bacon | Jul 6, 2020 | Conversations With Bacon, Conversations With Bacon Bitesize, Uncategorized

Zach Abbott from ZBiotics explains how he used crowdfunding to street test the value of his product, the branding, and how he described its use. Listen to the full episode here. Communities are changing the way we do business. Discover a concrete framework for...

Video: 10 Avoidable Community Management Mistakes

by Jono Bacon | Jan 10, 2019 | Uncategorized

Community management is hard work. It requires a careful balance of technology, psychology, workflow, and building organizational capabilities. Fortunately, as the Internet continues to spread, more and more people are building communities. As such, we have a growing...

Forbes Piece: The Five Ways Peloton Weave Community and Content Beautifully

by Jono Bacon | Dec 7, 2018 | Community, Uncategorized

This is an article I wrote for Forbes, which I wanted to share here too. Peloton are a fascinating company. Founded in 2012, they started selling their spinning bikes in 2014. These bikes are not your usual spinning affair though, they have large touchscreen wedged on...

Henry Rollins Interview: Full Transcript

by Jono Bacon | Oct 30, 2017 | Uncategorized

Today I published my interview with Henry Rollins on Forbes about his passion for music, the importance of vinyl in delivering music and the stories behind our greatest artists, and his new venture, The Sound Of Vinyl. Henry was kind, down to earth, and inspirational...