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by bmaier 19y ago
http://www.twitter.com/bradmaier
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by bmaier 19y ago
Ah but even so they're selling most of that merchandise at shows that people are coming to, even if the ticket sales aren't raking in the cash for them
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by bmaier 19y ago
He mistakes a mistaken analogy. The poets that he names are not selling out live readings and the sculptors are not putting on live creation events. When it comes to music, yes, a concert tour is more profitable for the artist than their r
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by bmaier 19y ago
I believe we have the whole top floor to ourselves. I think Phil Tadros of metroproper might stop by (if you know what he looks like) since it is his shop. Other than that, we'll probably be taking up the space towards the the front of th
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Informal Chicago Meetup
3 points by bmaier 19y ago|3 comments
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by bmaier 19y ago
http://Coudal.com http://gapersblock.com http://twitter.com Its amazing what ideas can come from sites that aren't about technology. Its important to get outside the bubble from time to time
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by bmaier 19y ago
both of them are pretty clunky. I'm generally not a fan of the open source clones though it is nice that scuttle has most of del.icio.us api functionality
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by bmaier 19y ago
Yeah, I was kinda tired of having to rely on things like the may report and freswater venture has been defunct for more than a year now so I thought I'd start it back up. Its not all that hard to keep updated. If chicago's startup communit
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by bmaier 19y ago
I should note that if anyone is interested in doing a startup around this, let me know: office at unchartedventures dot com
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by bmaier 19y ago
Want a real idea that would be easy to implement and would appeal to the masses? Write a del.icio.us clone and do recipe bookmarking so people like my mom can keep track of all the recipes she sees all over the web and people looking for g
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Chicago Startups Visualized(windywire.com)
5 points by bmaier 19y ago|2 comments
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by bmaier 19y ago
At its loosest description, email is a social network and a ton of otherwise computer illiterate people use it daily.
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by bmaier 19y ago
Thanks for the tip bud.
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by bmaier 19y ago
Its almost a parody of itself. Part of me wants to believe its in jest.
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by bmaier 19y ago
The real question is will it be able to use its firepower to open any doors for the wine industry. Alcoholic beverage shipping and sales laws in America are still stuck in the dark ages.
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by bmaier 19y ago
What's so odd to me is that reading through the working knowledge section and others on the site is that the Harvard Business School just doesn't seem to get a lot of things about web business anymore. This article comes off as being writte
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Art Galleries Using the Web. PG was just ahead of his time(nytimes.com)
3 points by bmaier 19y ago|0 comments
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by bmaier 19y ago
search at http://www.internic.net/whois you can be sure it wont be stolen if you search there.
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by bmaier 19y ago
Isn't there a difference between startup and random web-based tool?
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by bmaier 19y ago
I'll be honest, when you back that up with something more substantial, I'll read more of your posts. Until then you've got another fluff piece
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by bmaier 19y ago
I think where you run into problems is when one founder doesn't have any knowledge of the other founders areas of expertise i.e. the Bus Dev guy and The Programmer. The ideal setup seems to be a designer with a bit of marketing skill and bu
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by bmaier 19y ago
haha my bad, you created a spammy, built for adsense site, not an affiliate site. Sorry, my mistake.
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by bmaier 19y ago
now that this has been switched to so smarmy affiliate chair site can we please no longer vote it up?
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by bmaier 19y ago
Cool, I will keep you updated. Did you end up going to TechCocktail last night?
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Fixing Technology "Meetups" (Chicago and Elsewhere)(hypertextnotes.com)
3 points by bmaier 19y ago|3 comments
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by bmaier 19y ago
It is a free event, apparently the registration they do is to get an accurate head count. Just show up.
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by bmaier 19y ago
On a completely tangential note, I would like to state for the record that CakePie is one of the greatest things I have seen.
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by bmaier 19y ago
Yes, I'll be there, but unfortunately I don't know the venue either. I believe its upstairs at Barleycorn. Anyone else going?
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by bmaier 19y ago
don't worry about it, I just upmodded you.
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by bmaier 19y ago
In the time it took you to write that you could have found and submitted several things that improved the quality of the community... When people start trying to game the system it detracts from what news.yc is supposed to be.

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