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by cek 15y ago
Both examples actually re-enforce my argument because when they started they were all about delivering value to their end-users. Yes, twitter exposed an API really early on, but their focus was delivering on the end user promise of shor
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by cek 15y ago
Surprised this got down voted. Maybe I should explain further. Point 1: If a startup tries to be both an "app" and a "platform" it will fail. In my experience, when building a new product, teams need to make a choice very early on whether
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by cek 15y ago
What you are building is either an app or a platform. If you try to make it both you will fail. And there are very few (if any) examples of successful platforms that started as a platform.
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Amazon Kindle's new logo (looks like a rifle sight picture?)(geekwire.com)
5 points by cek 15y ago|3 comments
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Unedited Thoughts about the Tech Giants(gizmodo.com)
3 points by cek 15y ago|0 comments
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HP to spin off Compaq(bloomberg.com)
36 points by cek 15y ago|23 comments
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by cek 15y ago
Better idea: Live your life in such a way that you have no regrets. Tell people how you feel, when you feel. Don't burn bridges.
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by cek 15y ago
By the way, it should be very clear to people that smart companies are very carefully using twitter for PR stunts like this all the time. One of my own examples: I have Comcast cable for my Internet connection. A few weeks ago the connect
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by cek 15y ago
Not true. First of all, what does Tampa have to do with it? Twitter is real time. Second, all that was required by Morton's to pull this off was the following: * Someone following tweets looking for @mortons from people with > 10,000 f
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Scott Adams weighs in on Windows Phone and likes it(dilbert.com)
9 points by cek 15y ago|0 comments
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by cek 15y ago
This is absolutely NOT about customer service and it does a disservice to great customer service to be presented as such. This is a fantastic PR & marketing stunt. Well played. I'm sure Morton's has great customer service, but this is n
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by cek 15y ago
I was fortunate enough to visit Israel this spring and be immersed in the start-up scene there for a brief time. I was blown away by the energy and excitement. The book "Startup Nation" by Saul Singer was given to me while there, but I have
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by cek 15y ago
I really enjoyed this article. When I've been in a role where I had to make tons of decisions I would regularly visit the sandwich bar in the cafe and simply ask the person behind the counter to "make me a sandwich. I don't care what you p
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by cek 15y ago
"Admittedly, one month isn't necessarily a long enough period to make any sweeping statements, but it's definitely a strong sign that Derwent Capital, the fund founded by Paul Hawtin back in March, can successfully mine Twitter to predict t
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Hunch: The real difference between iPhone and Android Users(businessinsider.com)
1 points by cek 15y ago|1 comments
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The Ouchpad(allthingsd.com)
2 points by cek 15y ago|0 comments
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Microsoft declares victory over Linux, names Apple and Google main rivals(zdnet.com)
7 points by cek 15y ago|5 comments
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Who wouldn't want a submersible jet ski?(seabreacher.com)
1 points by cek 15y ago|0 comments
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Innovation inspired by nature(ft.com)
1 points by cek 15y ago|0 comments
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Good noob marketing advice(geekwire.com)
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VCs lost money over last decade(geekwire.com)
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by cek 15y ago
If Google really wanted to make this true, they'd add "Import from Flickr" to the G+ Photo Upload page.
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by cek 15y ago
I disagree. Finding and removing duplicates amoungst the 6000+ photos I have on Flickr is a PITA. I screwed up a few times and uploaded photos I didn't think I already had there.
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The 2011 Space Elevator Conference is this weekend(spaceelevatorconference.org)
1 points by cek 15y ago|0 comments
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The Top 100 Science Fiction & Fantasy Books(npr.org)
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by cek 15y ago
I think this is a healthy perspective. Far better than the knee-jerk "patents are evil" perspective we see so much of today.
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Amazing Blancing Act [video](facebook.com)
1 points by cek 15y ago|0 comments
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by cek 15y ago
Good advice. Too bad the title of the article (at the time of posting) is: Training Employees And Losing Them Is Worse Than Not Training Them And Having Them Stick Around Which is exactly opposite of the advice being given.
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Training Employees & Losing Them(businessinsider.com)
2 points by cek 15y ago|1 comments
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by cek 15y ago
I concur with your counter-argument. I'll add that one of the reasons we've seen such a huge increase in startup activity and entrepreneurship in the last 4-5 years is the fact that getting a startup from an idea to an Internet scale web se

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