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What Did LinkedIn Overlook? TalentSky Has Ideas(forbes.com)
1 points by GCA10 11y ago|0 comments
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by GCA10 11y ago
Remember that the U.S. now sends 60% of its high school graduates to some form of college. This test now serves a double purpose: 1. Trying to identify the very best high school students across a wide range of schools who deserve a shot at
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Serious About Disruption? Hire an Economist(forbes.com)
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Webvan had $178.5 million of revenue in 2000, selling in only a few markets, and it had semi-coherent plans for growing its revenue quite a lot farther by penetrating existing markets more deeply and adding new ones. Trouble was, Webvan&#x2
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Startup or Big Firm? Attitudes in India, U.S., Etc.(forbes.com)
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That's totally possible for the founders of not-yet-public companies such as Dropbox and Airbnb, where the Y Combinator connection is highly relevant. You're right to add that to the conversation. At the same time, lots of other n
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by GCA10 11y ago
There's a beautiful illustration of this principle from the NFL, of all places. When quarterback Andrew Luck gets sacked, he enthusiastically compliments his tackler for a great play. It completely messes up the opponent's psyche,
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I'm a little sad to see Paul's footnote 2, where he declares that "the numbers in the Forbes 400 are nonsense. But it will do ..." Has Paul ever interacted with the Forbes Wealth team? My book research has overlapped the
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Why Startups in the 'Wrong' Location Sometimes Thrive(forbes.com)
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Took credit for inventing
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How an e-commerce play in Chico struck it rich(forbes.com)
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Wikipedia tells me that of Apple's 43,000 U.S. employees, 30,000 work in Apple stores. That's probably an above-average retail experience, but it's retail. Customers get angry. Long hours. Pay is what it is. I'd expect t
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by GCA10 11y ago
It's the promise of something better -- just about to arrive -- that has the biggest impact on happiness. Seriously. "We're going to have a baby!" "I just got engaged." "We just hired this great engineer.&
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Where ed/tech goes next, as seen by EdSurge(edsurge.com)
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Yes indeed
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Thanks for the question. The 64/36 is pre-VC-investment, and the story could have explained that better. Marquardt's venture firm, TCI bought 5% of Microsoft in 1981. Link is here: http://www.techntechie.com/early-
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Mozilla's Money: New Filings Include a Few Surprises(forbes.com)
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Couldn't agree with you more on all major points. Let's try the closing analogy one more time, though. Consultants:entrepreneurs = husbands:Kardashian sisters.
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Well said. It's as if Steve Ballmer's nephew is now running the products team.
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You're both right, but OP is more right. Targeted plumbing ads elicit slightly higher click-through rates and purchases. Let's say 0.12% instead of 0.1% clicks. So in the ad community's eyes, the targeting is "effective.
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The Rise of Latino Entrepreneurs(forbes.com)
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That's unfortunate! Looking at the chart, it seems as if Betterment's system excels at giving you 100% participation in each market decline, offset by about 70% participation in each advance. Yikes! That's like playing cards
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McKinsey Says 20% of CEO Duties Could Be Automated(forbes.com)
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Generally it's the lawyers that put paper in front of the CEO, saying: 'Sign this." They are supposed to get it right. If he's annoyed about it, there will be a new job opening in the Facebook legal department.
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Anyone else remember that sly piece by BusinessInsider in September, saying that Medium could make a lot of money by becoming the modern-day version of PR Newswire -- where companies pay to get their stories out to the public? It sounded li
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HackerRank Adds Facebook Veteran Burnett as COO(forbes.com)
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Doesn't the arrow of progress actually point the other way? If the site gets big enough, they can charge writers for the privilege of being published there.
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Betting on Founders with a Liberal-Arts Twist(forbes.com)
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I think businesses hope that these discount customers will enter cheaply ... but linger to enjoy more of the services and eventually convert into long-term, loyal customers willing to pay full price. That just doesn't happen. People sh
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Coursera's Impact in a Divided World(forbes.com)
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