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by GCA10 10y ago
The biggest killer: pursuing the wrong customers/users. I like Groove's list, but all seven of its sins flow out of that more-fundamental problem. Get a few troublesome customers ... and you will be stuck in a lot of meetings, try
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Bear in mind that Twitter's most abusive users aren't going to say: "Thanks for kicking us out. We were wrong. You're right. Sorry." Instead, there's every reason to think that they will fight back in ways both
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Bravo to the directors for waking up. Any time there's a long-serving CEO of a big public company, it's as if the directors have been chloroformed. They generally show no ability to question the boss, let along hold him/her a
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Android and iPhone Users Pick Different Colleges(forbes.com)
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Not necessarily. In my case, I was one level too low in a strong organization. I had just done a geographic transfer and they hadn't quite slotted me into the kind of job that would have delivered all the good stuff (projects, recognit
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by GCA10 10y ago
I'm tempted to speculate in this direction, too, although we don't really know anything yet. If he's connected with any investor group, portfolio company, etc. that might be looking at doing something with Twitter, it's
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True, but if you've got any internet presence at all, it's already pretty straightforward to associate your name and email address (or addresses). Tools like Datanyze, Spokeo, SellHack, etc. do that routinely. Having 120 million Y
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This hack involves 2012 passwords, according to the Re/code coverage. If you've still got the same password, that's a problem. If you're changing passwords every year or so, your vulnerability drops. Two-factor identific
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I'll agree with @Mikestew that this is pretty familiar territory. But it did get me looking to see how well the original Interstate planners did, in terms of leaving unallocated numbers available for future expansion. Surprise, surpris
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It's an interesting story with an awkward headline and opening quote. The word "unique" is being pressed into duty as a terse synonym for "interesting in all sorts of ways that will require you to read entire paragraphs
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Well said. What's striking about the Amazon/brick&mortar comparison is that retailers' senior management did recognize Amazon early as a fundamental threat. (For example, Walmart.com came to life in 2000 and was set up in
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I just fished out Amazon's 2000 financial statements ... and even with the inflation adjustment, Uber's results are in a class by themselves. Here's why: It turns out that Amazon's bottom-line loss of $1.4 billion in 200
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A little humility goes a long way. The most controversial area -- which Fred Wilson doesn't touch -- involves VCs' "contributions" when startups are trying to sort out interpersonal issues. (Co-founders don't get al
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by GCA10 10y ago
The good folks at Anker make thumb-size adapters that graft onto a USB-mini connector and turn it into a USB-C. These are easy to carry around and cost all of $5.99 on Amazon. Takes most of the hassle out of traveling in a mini-world. You d
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by GCA10 10y ago
Agreed. One of the entertaining quirks of Facebook ads is seeing which of my "friends" are being invoked as supporters of this particular advertiser. There's a small tribe of people that cast ironic "Like" votes eve
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VMware, Dropbox and Stripe Talk About Hiring(forbes.com)
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The "paint drip" approach is great for people who can pull it off, and the opening account of Keith Adams is inspiring. But that same approach to life also is a pretty apt description of low-focus, easily distracted people. I inte
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Make Algorithms Accountable(nytimes.com)
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Amazon's Hiring Map for Prime Air (Drones)(forbes.com)
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Hmmn. If you assume that increased adoption still leaves us with a similar cohort of drivers traveling on a similar collection of roads with similar driving habits, then this is statistically legitimate. But each of those assumptions is pro
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Automation and Your Career: McKinsey's Take(forbes.com)
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I'm with you 99.999% of the way. When no remains or money are found, that's the logical conclusion. It's a parlor game at best to conjure up some scenario where he gets out, minus the money -- and stays incognito ever after.
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Anything's possible, but the "It's just X" argument can be invoked so universally that I'm not sure it adds to the conversation. ExxonMobil is just oil. WalMart is just department stores. Visa is just credit cards.
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On Facebook v. Ford, in terms of how shareholder value gets built and sustained, yes, the market is being as rational as it ever gets. Consider the following five dimensions: CREATING THE PRODUCT: Facebook's engineers provide the frame
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I'm amazed he sustained this as long as he did. It was a charming concept when he got started ... but its frozen-in-time quality lost me after a while. Doing a show about a weird little slice of Americana will never grow old. It's
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It's a different experience each time ... but sometimes it's quite pleasant.
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Glad to see they included the Goldfield Hotel, just down the road a ways. It gets bought every 15 years or so by a different out-of-town property magnate, who announces that it will be fully restored. The Goldfield's new owner never ma
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by GCA10 10y ago
Well said. There are lots of reasons for skilled software engineers to despise LinkedIn. They don't need its version of networking, and they find recruiters' endless serenades tiresome. But in most other lines of work, the recruit
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What the Microsoft deal means for LinkedIn users(forbes.com)
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The outer edges of Twitter's user base will frighten off most corporate acquirers. Too much ISIS; too much political screaming; and a user culture that doesn't want Facebook style barriers to R-rated or X-rated content. Big compan

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