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by burgreblast 12y ago
As users become more proficient with interfaces, it's nice to see functionality evolve from a simple "off | on" to a gradient between "less and more".
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by burgreblast 13y ago
> You don't see bears passing up salmon saying, nah, I had enough. I thought it was interesting to learn from Alaskan's that when salmon are plentiful, bears will gut the salmon and just eat those tasty eggs. Who knew? My menta
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by burgreblast 13y ago
I wonder if you might have skipped or didn't relate to the 50% - 75% travel part. In my experience it's not the travel, per se, even though the jet lag can be killer. It means being On 100% of the time you're away. The raw nu
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by burgreblast 13y ago
If you only have one exit opportunity (via one bigco) that's problematic. Is that actually the case? Think like a board member/advisor who doesn't have to actually do the work. IS the company valuable without bigco? Consider
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by burgreblast 13y ago
I thought Adblock did a deal with Google so Adwords etc were whitelisted?
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by burgreblast 13y ago
ha. I'll bet it's: LoC * Num_servers = 500M At least, that sounds like a great way to charge gubbmints by LoC.
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by burgreblast 13y ago
Wow, that's a really compelling guess. I've been lucky enough to go to MC for several years and usually get at least one session on the outside of Rascasse. Everyone has problems accelerating out of that corner, especially the fir
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by burgreblast 13y ago
Touchpoint Restaurant Innovations http://www.touchpoint.io (Palo Alto, remote OK) We're repeat entrepreneurs (enterprise / networking / e-commmerce, mobile) with 9-figure exits. We believe the systems architecture
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by burgreblast 13y ago
I think that's the charitable view. More likely: #1 "we need an ad builder tool" #2 "OK, but it can do more than ads..." #1 "Good one. Then it it will seem like we're giving back." #2 "?" #
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by burgreblast 13y ago
Not, because the this framework is for high-growth potential startups, not regular businesses. The first decision is "Will it work? Does this team good business here?" If yes, the expectation for high-growth must be "huge&quo
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by burgreblast 13y ago
I highly recommend http://www.mindfold.com/ The branding is a bit silly. But. You can open your eyes and it remains pitch black--zero light leakage. I started using them on flights, now use at home when I really need the ex
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by burgreblast 13y ago
>the Mayer-hands-on thing... >that is part of Yahoo's new branding strategy Yes, and you're exactly right that it is so breezy and fun because that's the image she's trying to project. And because no one has acc
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by burgreblast 13y ago
"Craigslist: the company that made IP address masking illegal." I hope Craig figures out how to unwind this. It would be a terrible legacy to have your good fame traded for bad. Who wants to be the big company that fought a start
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by burgreblast 13y ago
Before we go too far, raising children is definitely not Biblically categorized as idle hands, but in fact praised and respected. The old-school Puritan would prefer you spend time teaching and raising children than helping an ad company se
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by burgreblast 13y ago
FWIW, I've been pulled over in Atherton. Something about an "illegal" left turn. In an expensive car. At the time, I owned a property there too, and my license had that address. Got a ticket. Went to court. Judge agreed th
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by burgreblast 13y ago
Everything worth doing isn't already done yet. I'd rather encourage others to try novel ideas and approaches. Most won't work, but a working model in this space could become a great company. (Because the potential market f
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by burgreblast 13y ago
Good use of Trello. If I can give you feedback on your lists, I would say you are approaching markets in way that will likely have you paddling upstream for years to come. Here's the thing: You don't have to come up with the probl
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by burgreblast 13y ago
Agree. Only I would say: "I presume you founded something. That means you take risks. Don't over-estimate yourself, because you may just be desperate, and therefore more willing to take risks. Or you're a gambler. Either wa
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by burgreblast 13y ago
Can't disagree with your math, and that's after a $100M exit. We too had a low 9 figure exit. Although the money wasn't life changing for employees, the experience was. Winning feels good, man. a) startups mostly fail, and a
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by burgreblast 13y ago
3) Could someone nonplussed with the app, and wondering if hype was telling or misplaced. Seems reasonable to perform an iFixit style teardown, and see if there's any there there.
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by burgreblast 13y ago
we use https://trello.com/ We build buckets called raw feedback, todo, and urgent. Drag issues into the appropriate bucket. When they're done, devs move to "please test" and from there they then go to don
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by burgreblast 13y ago
EXACTLY. Simply imagine Holiday Inn or Hilton demanding we verify ourselves before renting a room. Who among you would defend them?
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by burgreblast 13y ago
Being angry doesn't help you make good decisions. This post highlights the author is pretty junior in his thinking. Even if he has a good business.
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by burgreblast 13y ago
Ah, I see. Demos are hard but you did a great job. Very well done.
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by burgreblast 13y ago
Great demo. Really curious about the nuts and bolts of the set up. What OS, and what is actually launching at startup? Again, very nice job.
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by burgreblast 13y ago
>Tumblr was discussing ad revenue of $100 mil this year. But weren't there other reports that they were going to hit 15M instead? Whoops. If they had 100M revenue, they wouldn't me needing to raise more cash; their burn is far smaller
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by burgreblast 13y ago
Instagram was growing rapidly and threatening FB as the place to share pics. Tumbler is declining.
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by burgreblast 13y ago
Agreed. This is one of those "improve the service things". GOOG would do the same, but then sell ads against the data and everyone would say the ads are ok, because they're also operating a free, and very useful service.
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by burgreblast 13y ago
I like that distinction. But I also don't really mind if Big Data is truly big, because it's clearly different data than what businesses are used to collecting and interpreting today.
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by burgreblast 13y ago
65 responses and nobody is saying AirBnB. Me neither.

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