BrandonWatson

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by BrandonWatson 14y ago
As one of my favorite private equity friends likes to say, "a bridge to nowhere is a dock." We were offered some additional capital but it wasn't enough and our conviction was smashed. Until you've been in this sort of situation, you can'
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by BrandonWatson 14y ago
When Jason sent this to me as a preview, I did not think it would end up on HN. Interesting. I want to respond to a few of the comments, as I was the main protagonist in getting this idea off the ground, CEO of the company, and the busines
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The World I Plan to End(manyniches.com)
1 points by BrandonWatson 14y ago|0 comments
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Warm Inside With A Blanket [startup CEO parable](manyniches.com)
1 points by BrandonWatson 14y ago|0 comments
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On Working At Amazon(manyniches.com)
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New Ad Model for Facebook(manyniches.com)
1 points by BrandonWatson 14y ago|0 comments
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Facebook Valuation - Public & Private(manyniches.com)
1 points by BrandonWatson 14y ago|0 comments
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What Kind of Entrepreneur Are You? [corrected link](manyniches.com)
1 points by BrandonWatson 14y ago|0 comments
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Facebook IPO Food for Thought(manyniches.com)
3 points by BrandonWatson 14y ago|0 comments
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Facebook and Instagram - 37 cents to 19 billion dollars(manyniches.com)
12 points by BrandonWatson 14y ago|0 comments
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Amazon Instant Video Now on PS3(amazon.com)
2 points by BrandonWatson 15y ago|0 comments
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Heisenberg's Cat(manyniches.com)
1 points by BrandonWatson 15y ago|0 comments
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An Experiment in Silence(manyniches.com)
2 points by BrandonWatson 15y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: Who is HN-black-armband worthy? (very classy move Paul)
1 points by BrandonWatson 15y ago|0 comments
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by BrandonWatson 15y ago
Oh dear...where to start: * 37Signals * Salesforce * <insert name of food product> of the month club (you said profitable - not Fortune 500) * <insert name of major gym> membership * Does Amazon Prime count? * Costco - you n
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by BrandonWatson 15y ago
Tell me exactly to whom you have been speaking. I want to make sure we make good on our commitment to you. My email is ThePhone [at] Microsoft...please reference this HN post.
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by BrandonWatson 15y ago
I am responsible for dev experience on Windows Phone. We have phones available for developers. All developers. We optimize for devs building apps. If you are building apps for Windows Phone, shoot me an email and we'll get you connected
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Ask HN: Help me keep my promise to my 6 yr old daughter
9 points by BrandonWatson 15y ago|0 comments
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Nokia-Microsoft Deal Gets Signed(techcrunch.com)
24 points by BrandonWatson 15y ago|26 comments
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Internet Victory (community can get this kid's WP7 video aired on national TV)(mobilecrunch.com)
2 points by BrandonWatson 15y ago|0 comments
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3 Steps to the Developer Heart(manyniches.com)
3 points by BrandonWatson 16y ago|0 comments
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by BrandonWatson 16y ago
List box perf == top priority
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by BrandonWatson 16y ago
Apple - when they put you into a featured listing, sales jump. It has a much more positive impact than a TechCrunch article.
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Developers: Why You May Not Want To Listen To Robert Scoble(manyniches.com)
23 points by BrandonWatson 16y ago|16 comments
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by BrandonWatson 16y ago
Why?
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by BrandonWatson 16y ago
I run developer mktg for phone. Sad to hear you think we aren't doing a good job. Handing out phones to everyone is a bad ROI. Are you building apps? If yes, we have phones for people commited to building on the WP7 platform. Send me an
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by BrandonWatson 16y ago
Not true. We had to make changes to how IP was treated. Yes employees can work on non-related-to-MSFT stuff, but profiting from apps would have had troubles without changes to the policy. It was the collective work of a lot of people ass
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by BrandonWatson 16y ago
I have to give props to Sriram...I usually don't get the NYTimes calling me about being in a story. He sold them all on his own. Great personal effort on his part.
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by BrandonWatson 16y ago
The tweeples got me sorted...update your wordpress install. Doh't. No virus...it was ad link spam.
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by BrandonWatson 16y ago
Someone posted to me about this on twitter...looking more into it, it's a false positive. You can check at http://onlinelinkscan.com .

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