Don Thorson

It Starts With a Vision…

by Don Thorson June 20, 2012

  You have a new idea. The idea turns into a sketch, which turns into a prototype…you move forward. The idea gets bigger. It changes and morphs as more eyes see it and more hands touch it.  You learn from everybody – existing companies, team members, friends. You fold in everything. There comes a point [...]

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Social Networks, The New Walled Gardens

by Don Thorson June 13, 2012

“Walled Garden” is a term that’s been used to describe how tech companies tightly control the ways third party devices, software and systems can interact with their platforms, and there are both PROs and CONs to this business model: PRO: Products “just work” for consumers, and the tight guidelines in place reduce the myriad of headaches seen [...]

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Has Innovation Stalled On The Social Web?

by Don Thorson June 11, 2012

  The social networks we depend on most (i.e. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn) have for the most part, ceased innovating. They seem content with the lowest common denominator, making small improvements while ignoring larger opportunities. Over the last six years, these networks have offered small tweaks to page layouts, given us the option to load bigger [...]

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Warming Up The Engine

by Don Thorson June 8, 2012

In February we began to give a glimpse into what the Swipp teams stands for and what our hopes are. Now it’s time to flesh things out a bit as we rev our engines and reveal more of who makes up Swipp, where our convictions lie, what we are building, and how it will change [...]

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It’s Not About Disruption…

by Don Thorson March 1, 2012

It’s not about disruption, its about addition. It’s not about blowing things up. It’s about building things up. It’s not about them being wrong and us being right. It’s not about their weaknesses and our strengths. It’s about creating technology that can run across platforms, communities and devices. As information grows, so should we grow. When networks [...]

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What is Swipp?

by Don Thorson February 19, 2012

Swipp is what happens when a small group of passionate people come together with a common dream. A dream to make the web, and maybe even the world, a slightly better place. We have a dream to make something wonderful. Something that improves our everyday lives and maybe someday, improves the lives of everyone. We [...]

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