Nathan Lustig

Staying Out of the Cubicle: Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Travel

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Entrustet Beta and SXSW

March 14th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Entrustet

You may have noticed that I haven’t had many new posts lately.  I’m in Austin, TX at South By Southwest, where we launched Entrustet Beta two days ago.  After about 18 months of work, we are incredibly proud of the site. With Account Guardian, we’ve created a free way for you to create a secure [...]

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Will Millennials Put an End to “Gotcha Journalism” or Perpetuate It?

January 2nd, 2010 · 2 Comments · Political Science & Economics, Technology

I think one of the most interesting stories of the 2010s will be whether my generation puts an end to “gotcha journalism” or makes the problem even worse than it is today. The classic definition of gotcha journalism usually refers to an interview style where the interviewer tries to trap the interviewee into saying something [...]

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Tasteless Facebook Ad: Crosshairs on US Military Personnel

December 10th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Business & Advertising

I was looking at an event one of my friends created for his birthday when one of the Facebook ads on the upper right caught my eye.  Normally, I don’t pay any attention to Facebook ads because they are usually for stupid things like dating sites, Facebook games and all sorts of services that I [...]

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Don’t Be Afraid of Competition

October 22nd, 2009 · 2 Comments · Entrepreneurship

I just got back from a trip to New York.  While I was there, I met with a promising entrepreneur who has a great startup that has been pretty successful so far.  He is in the middle of expanding his business nationwide.  We came upon the topic of competition and how to deal with it. [...]

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The Curious Case of Internet Anonymity

October 1st, 2009 · 2 Comments · Technology

Marcus Fitzgerald, the younger brother of NFL star WR Larry Fitzgerald apologized for writing disparaging remarks about QB Kurt Warner on his Twitter account.  LB Nick Barnett, LB Robert Henson and C Kevin Love have their own Twitter snafus.  Two Wisconsin Deputy Sheriffs burn a dummy wearing a co-worker’s uniform and post the video on [...]

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Mother Finds Missing Son 27 Years Later on Facebook

May 29th, 2009 · No Comments · Technology

A British woman from Liverpool recently found her now adult son on Facebook after being unable to find him since he was abducted by his father.  The woman was married to a Hungarian man, but they got divorced.  The ex-husband had visitation rights and took the boy to the zoo, but never came back.  The [...]

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