Ryan Holmes
Ryan Holmes
Ryan Holmesis a Canadian computer programmer and internet entrepreneur. He is best known as the founder and CEO of Hootsuite, a social media management tool for businesses. Holmes began developing Hootsuite in 2008 through his agency Invoke Media...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth30 December 1974
CountryCanada
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When you think of technology that gets people excited - long lines at stores, enthusiastic reviews in the blogosphere, passionate evangelists - the first thing to come to mind probably isn't thermostats. Then, along came Nest.
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The reality is that SXSW is packed with brilliant entrepreneurs, investors and partners. They're everywhere, zipping back and forth like thousands of atoms. Your chances of colliding with one actually improve just by standing still.
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Workflow and usability are not afterthoughts; they impact the core of any project and dictate how it should be engineered.
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A swarm of new business tools coming to phones and desktops near you promise to boost efficiency and streamline collaboration by borrowing social features from the likes of Facebook and Twitter.
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Don't be scared to try new things, but remember to hold on to the vision of your company and the initial successes that defined your brand.
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Social media marketers have already shown unusual savvy in executing campaigns in Brazil.
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Working with lots of old media clients, I've had a front-row seat on the ascension of new social players and the decline of traditional news outlets. And it's clear to me that old media has an awful lot to learn from social media, in particular in five key areas: relevance, distribution, velocity, monetization, and user experience.
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Sales teams use social media to generate leads and track clients as they move through the sales funnel. Operations and distribution teams forecast supply chains, while research and development squads brainstorm product ideas.
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Email is familiar. It's comfortable. It's easy to use. But it might just be the biggest killer of time and productivity in the office today.
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Everyone told me you can't build a major tech company in Canada. There just aren't enough investors or engineers or top-level managers. Each day, I'm driven to prove them wrong.
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Not using social media in the workplace, in fact, is starting to make about as much sense as not using the phone or email.
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It may be coincidence that the decline of newspapers has corresponded with the rise of social media. Or maybe not.
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Social media is the most disruptive form of communication humankind has seen since the last disruptive form of communications, email.
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Social media is the future, with employers recognizing they need to start hiring people with the right skills.