AVTizzle

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by AVTizzle 14y ago
It's not lazy and trite. Just because it's simple doesn't mean it's either of those things. The reality is just that simple: Tablets vs PCs really illustrate core competencies in "Lean Back" (consumption) computing and "Lean Forward" (creat
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by AVTizzle 14y ago
Artists ship. Gotta respect that. Email sent. Hollatchainbox.
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You're running a business. Working toward the same goal doesn't mean your every interest is aligned. Quite the opposite, actually. You're competing to offer similar value to the same users. You're working on a noble cause, sure, but conside
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by AVTizzle 14y ago
Huge improvement over the last chromed out pseudo-jukebox guys. This is simpler and more intuitive. It's easier for me to see my progress and where I've left off, which was my biggest concern with the jukebleh. What's with the color scheme?
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Well now I can't un-see it.
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by AVTizzle 14y ago
Exactly. Good way to put it.
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"I would not try to discourage anyone from giving it a go" That's the ticket right there. When friends and friends-of-friends have expressed a curiosity into startups, I treat them with the same respect I would hope for. Very clear - forcef
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by AVTizzle 14y ago
Of course it's there. We're human - we're all subject to circumstance and surroundings. We can't say with certainty that we would be doing tech startups if we were born in another time or another place (ie your lack of data - I agree). So w
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by AVTizzle 14y ago
There's a subtle, rather meta feeling I can't shake when I read "cautionary" blog posts like these. It's the feeling that maybe the author isn't writing it for anyone else's benefit as much as their own. Like the author writes to reinforce
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by AVTizzle 14y ago
This is a wildly impressive syndicate. But looking down this list (that even includes Hollywood/entertainment elite: Ari Emmanuel, Ashton Kutcher, Micheal Rapino) I couldn't help but wonder: Will managing the amount of ego on this list be a
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by AVTizzle 14y ago
Ok, fair enough. So you talk to them on a daily basis. Can you link us to a conversation where one of these up-and-comers shared with you their vision of a pre-revenue billion dollar sale? Tales of caution are fine, but you stated a fact: t
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by AVTizzle 14y ago
Like superted mentioned - Spotify is one example. There's plenty more. A friend of mine is building LikeBright.com - it's a unique concept for a dating app that exists as a layer on top of the Facebook. FB auth is obviously a huge part of F
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by AVTizzle 14y ago
Conversely, what better way for a non-coder to show genuine appreciation for a technical individuals talents, than by showing that he/she is an engaged student of their craft? I'm a non-technical co-founder, but I'm learning to code. Along
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by AVTizzle 14y ago
To be fair, there's no precedent for any network the size or scale of Facebook's. It's not really just a site, it's a world. And the Facebook identity now extends beyond the walled garden. With Facebook Authentification, it's more like our
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by AVTizzle 14y ago
Heh. There's a lot of excellent discussion in all these comments, but when i read the post, I couldn't escape this point.
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by AVTizzle 14y ago
This article says nothing. I get what you're trying to say here, but this is premature: "Facebook’s acquisition of Instagram is doing the same exact thing for the next generation of entrepreneurs." Oh yeah? The "next generation of entrepren
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Hahahaha. I empathized with andrewfelix there briefly. And then I laughed.
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"...someone who continually gives his time and/or money to worthy causes over his entire life may end up being cumulatively less world changing than someone who spends half her life making money, then switches to philanthropy or world chang
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by AVTizzle 14y ago
Hah - came here to same the same. Bezos and Amazon are among the four super-powers of the internet for good reason. I imagine they've run cost/benefit analysis and found the ROI of investing and focusing on any their new frontiers (AWS, Kin
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by AVTizzle 14y ago
I've been using gmail pretty exclusively for the past 4 years now, and haven't really had to much exposure to other services. But I've been extremely satisfied. Enough to stick around. So just out of curiosity - what services would you re
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by AVTizzle 14y ago
Gotcha. Good point. I was really impressed with Meetup's functionality for these purposes as well - for the same reasons you've mentioned. I'm an organizer too, and when Facebook's new group system came out (Was it a year ago now? Facebook
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The new hardware platforms are each going to give birth to their own frontiers of opportunity. Bezos' TED Talk on "The Next Web Innovation" alluded to how each innovation would allow for new innovations. I'm looking at new hardware like wat
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by AVTizzle 14y ago
I agree with you that the Facebook hate - especially from non-techie peers - seems kind of foolish to me. Just thought it was funny though - that your local Reddit group convenes on Facebook. I thought the self-serve subreddit platform was
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I'm with you, to an extent. Interestingly it was the recent excitement around the Pebble watch that made me realize how indifferent I'd become to a lot of new consumer WEB products. I guess I realized Pebble was exciting because it was a ne
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by AVTizzle 14y ago
Late-morning to early afternoon, I'm reading? Fuck it, we'll do it live! :) http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3858936
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Hypothesis for Technology Investing(read.bi)
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Agreed, and yeah - it's actually the one thing I've ever submitted (I'm a relative n00b), but it didn't get any ups. I feel strongly about pushing it and getting it out there though. What's the etiquette on resubmissions?
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by AVTizzle 15y ago
Refreshing response from Sergey. The Guardian article made him come off very immature. The article brought to my mind a presentation Roger McNamee (Elevation Partners) has been circulating -"10 Hypothesis for Technology Investing." A number
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by AVTizzle 15y ago
Interesting. Kind of touches close to a thought I had when I first heard about the deal... Board aside, what kind of signal did the acquisition send to Facebook's rank-and-file? There's plenty of extremely talented people who joined the par
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by AVTizzle 15y ago
Hah. You make a good point. And if your question wasn't hypothetical, my satirical answer would be that I live in New York City - a place with sometimes laughably high standards for achievement and ambition. And I mostly agree with you. He

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