Pixels & Politics
Pixels & Politics
Short essays on the politics of startups and the startup in politics.

By Austin James

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Welcome. Currently, I'm a partner at Solve Growth and Solve Votes, digital firms kicking a** across the commercial and political sectors.

Before that, I spent time in venture capital and over a decade navigating the Beltway. These are my thoughts on the intersection of pixels and politics.

Enjoy my latest posts:

The _______ Election

Meerkat GOP

Look, the Internet and its related technologies have dramatically changed the human landscape, I get it.
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in political campaigns, technology, Uncategorized | July 31, 2015 | 1,583 Words | 1 Comment

Personal Update: Why I Moved To Silicon Beach

Republicans Wanted

Pixels & Politics has been fairly quiet the past few weeks.
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in personal | July 22, 2015 | 923 Words | Comment

3 Psychological Triggers Ruining Political Emails

political email marketing

And 3 We Should Be Using More Often There’s an old saying in Washington that “money is the mother’s milk of politics”.
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in digital marketing, politics | May 12, 2015 | 3,110 Words | 2 Comments

An Economy Of Push

P&P push notification

The evolution of push notifications and their role in the 2016 elections Everywhere you look in digital politics these days it seems one “guru” or another is claiming that they have their finger on the pulse of the Web.
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in mobile, political campaigns, technology | April 28, 2015 | 1,935 Words | Comment

Political Intent Marketing: Part 2

This week I had the pleasure of attending the inaugural meeting of PROPAGANDA.
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in digital marketing, political campaigns | April 17, 2015 | 1,614 Words | Comment

Political Intent Marketing: Part 1

Political Intent Marketing

Yesterday, Rand Paul formally announced his candidacy for President of the United States.
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in digital marketing, political campaigns | April 8, 2015 | 952 Words | Comment

The Lean Campaign Model

Note: If you haven’t yet, I recommend reading Campaigns As Politically Disruptive Startups.
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in lean startup, political campaigns | March 30, 2015 | 1,646 Words | Comment

Campaigns As Politically Disruptive Startups

Campaigns as politically disruptive startups

In the past few years, much has been written about the political industry’s technology arms race.
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in political campaigns, startups | March 16, 2015 | 1,070 Words | 2 Comments

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