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Drop Out(betashop.com)
1 points by betashop 16y ago|0 comments
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Behind the scenes at Fab.com(blog.fab.com)
1 points by betashop 16y ago|0 comments
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by betashop 16y ago
Curious to hear everyone's thoughts on this?
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Which Comes First? The Person or the Job?(betashop.com)
4 points by betashop 16y ago|3 comments
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by betashop 16y ago
Well, we all work for someone. I work for our investors. But yes, I'm the founder of my company, so I work for myself and because I love what I do. Realistically I'd say I do about 80 hours per week. But when you love what you do it's n
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by betashop 16y ago
Some cultures are more strict about office hours than others. In German culture it is normal to expect someone to be there on time and leave on time, and to never stray from the norm. I had to shake that up a bit.
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by betashop 16y ago
Working for a German company in 2009 really taught me a lot about vacations. They gave me something like 6 weeks of vacation and I used about 5 weeks of it...
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by betashop 16y ago
My personal schedule is like this these days. Weekdays: Wake up. Quick run. 4 to 5 hours of WFH (work from home). Office from 11 to 6. Gym. Dinner. Unwind. 1-2 hours catch up on work. Read something non work related for 30 minutes
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by betashop 16y ago
Curious to hear others' thoughts on this.
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Startup Office Hours?(betashop.com)
42 points by betashop 16y ago|21 comments
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by betashop 16y ago
Hi. See here regarding our strategy: http://betashop.com/post/4591690466/getting-social-and-getti...
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Getting Social and Getting Big Fast(betashop.com)
1 points by betashop 16y ago|0 comments
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Review our first product release Fab.com/Inspiration(fab.com)
4 points by betashop 16y ago|3 comments
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by betashop 16y ago
I disagree. I'm the most passionate guy in the universe but in the end all of my passion has to create return on investment.
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by betashop 16y ago
Most entrepreneurs forget this but I'm 100% convinced on the importance.
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by betashop 16y ago
That's a good point which I tried to cover in my #8 but should have hit more directly as its own point.
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by betashop 16y ago
hmmm ... i thought of giving some personal examples but was worried some people might take it as too much self promotion. Will think about that more for a future post.
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by betashop 16y ago
Nice summary :)
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Things You Must Do Every Week As Startup CEO(betashop.com)
157 points by betashop 16y ago|22 comments
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Instagram: A Post Facebook Social Network?(betashop.com)
6 points by betashop 16y ago|1 comments
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by betashop 16y ago
Actually, that's turned out to be little help. Less than 4k of our new subs are former members so far.
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How to get 45,000 pre-launch signups in your 1st 20 days
12 points by betashop 16y ago|10 comments
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DropBox 2002 Version(erickennedy.org)
1 points by betashop 16y ago|0 comments
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by betashop 16y ago
+1! The best apps do just one thing very well.
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by betashop 16y ago
I somewhat misread your question, sorry. "Pivoting" imo means choosing a new one thing.
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by betashop 16y ago
I disagree. Iterating your way to finding your one thing is just experimenting in hopes of landing on something. That's possible, but that's more a science project than starting a company. What I'm advocating (from experience) is that you
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by betashop 16y ago
A point here that I think gets lost sometimes in the "ship it" mentality is that you can't iterate your way to figuring out your one thing. You need to start with the one thing and then iterate, not vice versa.
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by betashop 16y ago
I bought fab.com from a domain hoarder in 2010. It had been unused for many years prior. The fab.com social network was run by us after purchasing the domain. We ran the SN under that name for a few months before deciding to change cours
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by betashop 16y ago
$350,000 is a lot for a 5 letter domain name (says owner of fab.com) ;-)
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by betashop 16y ago
The key is to stick to it and avoid all distractions.

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