I am an entrepreneurial futurist always looking for the next great challenge. I currently do business development for Digg and am an advisor to Zimride and Notehall.Best ways to reach me e - mvanhorn at me dot com AIM - mattcvanhorn Twitter - @mvanhorn phone - 415-997-8008 LinkedIn - My profile var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-8658874-1"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}Tumblr (3.0; @mvanhorn)http://mattvh.com/<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ytCgQGkwZcs&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ytCgQGkwZcs&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>“How Digg dealt with Facebook, according to Digg” Interview I did at Internet Summit with Jim Tobin.</p>http://mattvh.com/post/344771104http://mattvh.com/post/344771104Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:07:00 -0800<a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/beast-board/item/1213/matt-van-horn/productservice/">I am now a contributor to TheDailyBeast's Buzz Board. Check out my first entry about GroupOn.com </a>http://mattvh.com/post/292809158http://mattvh.com/post/292809158Sun, 20 Dec 2009 20:38:41 -0800<object width="400" height="231"><param name="movie" value="http://www.hulu.com/embed/wajHJRQ0XQMEXOgWSctvwg" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><embed src="http://www.hulu.com/embed/wajHJRQ0XQMEXOgWSctvwg" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="231"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Notehall killed it on ABC’s “Shark Tank” this week, congratulations!</p>http://mattvh.com/post/207832289http://mattvh.com/post/207832289Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:28:00 -0700<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/R2vmCUH4vowy2ij7imUtaLqOo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Excited to announce the next Digg Dialogg with Bruno! Click the image to check out the questions and the video once it is posted.</p>http://mattvh.com/post/126651714http://mattvh.com/post/126651714Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:15:17 -0700<p>After watching my mom and others struggle to find the initial value in Twitter, I have come up with some pointers on gaining the most value when first joining.<br/><br/><b>1. Sync up Twitter messages with Facebook Status<br/></b><br/>Most my friends seem to be accustomed to updating their Facebook status, so I recommend they get in the habit of updating their Facebook status only with Twitter.  This way you can publish to your Facebook friends as well as your new Twitter friends with ease.<br/><br/><a href="http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=2231777543">Twitter Facebook App</a><br/>(Enter your name/pw then click the sync Twitter to facebook checkbox)</p> <p><br/><b>2.  Turn on Twitter mobile</b><br/><br/>Two key benefits here.</p> <ol> <li> Send tweets from text message</li> <li> Text message alerts from those you care about most </li> </ol> <p>I keep my family, girlfriend and boss on text message so I see everything they ever tweet.</p> <p>My parents could never log into Twitter again, yet they get every update my sister and I send via text message.</p> <p><a target="_blank" title="Twitter.com/devices" href="http://twitter.com/devices">Twitter.com/devices</a></p> <p><br/><b>3.  Follow interesting Twitter profiles</b><br/><br/>Find a few people or accounts that are interesting to you.  Think of your favorite author or music artist, there’s a good chance they have a Twitter account.  I usually recommend:</p> <ul> <li> Shaquille O’Neal <a href="http://www.twitter.com/the_real_shaq">@the_real_shaq</a> </li> <li> Ashton Kutcher <a href="http://www.twitter.com/aplusk">@aplusk</a> </li> <li> Breaking News <a href="http://www.twitter.com/breakingnews">@breakingnews</a> </li> <li> Hot stories with 2000 Diggs <a href="http://www.twitter.com/digg_2000">@digg_2000</a> </li> </ul> <p><br/>I’m proud to say my immediate family is now on Twitter! <a href="http://www.twitter.com/dabootysmackmom">@dabootysmackmom </a><a href="http://www.twitter.com/lizzlerizzle">@lizzlerizzle</a> <a href="http://www.twitter.com/ekelly911">@ekelly911</a></p>http://mattvh.com/post/102818115http://mattvh.com/post/102818115Sat, 02 May 2009 20:10:00 -0700<a href="http://wpba.aving.net/en/sub/ceremony.asp">WPBA Conference in South Korea</a>: <p>I found it ironic that I am speaking at the World Professional Blogger Conference and I’ve never written a personal blog post.  So here is my first.</p>http://mattvh.com/post/60012421http://mattvh.com/post/60012421Sun, 16 Nov 2008 14:29:17 -0800““There is no teacher but the enemy.””<br/><br/> - <em>Mazer Rackham, Ender’s Game</em>http://mattvh.com/post/53094487http://mattvh.com/post/53094487Sat, 04 Oct 2008 16:30:43 -0700