LOCATING THE CHOIR, THEN PREACHING TO THEM

“[SXSW] is a four-day event in which everyone who already knows about both those products is already down there. It’s a ton of fun, meeting all the people who have [been] pitching for you and supporting your stuff.”

Foursquare founder Dennis Crowley, admitting that his company’s marketing push against rival geolocation service Gowalla at the South By Southwest Conference in Austin reaches no new customers, Fortune.com, 12 March 2010

THE ORIGIN OF THE RFP

“Let the free markets decide which company is best. We want lots of companies with lots of great ideas competing with a Darwinian pressure.”

Federal CIO Vivek Kundra, whose previous experience with free markets featured an episode of youthful indiscretion where he made off with shirts from JCPenney without paying, on his plans to spend $79 billion as chaotically as possible, BusinessWeek, 11 March 2010

BE THERE OR BE FOURSQUARE

“It’s where the intersection between digital and physical starts to get interesting. Starbucks loves that, because we’re always looking for that intersection, which we think is the evolution of social networks.”

Starbucks executive Chris Bruzzo, frothing more than just lattes as he tries to pretend he’s not in the fast-food business, Bits, 11 March 2010

NOBODY CHECKS IN THERE, IT’S TOO POPULAR

“Facebook used to be who your friends are, now it’s everyone.”

Cryptokleptomaniac Foursquare CEO Dennis Crowley, explaining why his friend-finding service won’t be crushed by Facebook, Business Insider, 10 March 2010

A DUAL TO THE DEATH

“Dual revenue streams got lost in the early days of the Internet.”

News Corp. digital media pooh-bah Jonathan Miller, previously best known for managing dual advertising and subscription revenue streams at AOL, on setting up walled gardens for old media to convalesce in,  PaidContent, 10 March 2010