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For New Social Networks, Sharing Can Be More Focused(nytimes.com)
1 points by dabent 16y ago|0 comments
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by dabent 16y ago
I'm in virtually the same situation, so make that two of us that would like to hear that answer.
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by dabent 16y ago
I'm thinking the person you replied to knows a thing or two about "Awesome" on the web. I'm not sure he was old enough to have done much on or off the web in 1993.
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by dabent 16y ago
This is similar to my experience when Glancely was on TC. The TC traffic was great, but the Lifehacker/Gizmodo traffic that came later were actually bigger. Beyond that, there's some credibility in saying your startup was on TechCrunch, L
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Tech Investing Trends For 2011(blog.500startups.com)
5 points by dabent 16y ago|0 comments
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Union Square Ventures announces The Opportunity Fund(usv.com)
27 points by dabent 16y ago|7 comments
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by dabent 16y ago
I used to journal for years and stopped. Then I messed with OhLife (a YC startup) and kept going with it. I'm not connected with them other than being a user, but if you're online anyway, it's a pretty handy tool to keep a journal. http:/
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by dabent 16y ago
This wasn't a "cover up," but evidence that a culture that supported it existed: My boss on a prior job sent out a survey to get feedback on how he was doing. For some reason, logic escaped me and I provided honest feedback. So did the res
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by dabent 16y ago
"Management is cocking the pistol for workers they don’t like then allowing the next layoff to pull the trigger." Management is always doing that.
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by dabent 16y ago
This is my creation. My family can't figure out why I'm freaking out.
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Search Etsy Listings By Color With Glancely(techcrunch.com)
6 points by dabent 16y ago|2 comments
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by dabent 16y ago
I find that I use my "favorites" on my browser a lot, then change computers and don't have the links I stored. Google and Bing are very good at what they do, but there are certain articles/how-tos and such that I find very useful to keep ar
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by dabent 16y ago
Interesting site. I signed up with a test account, but I can't get the "Create a new bookmark" link to work. The background is very dark and I almost couldn't see the search field because it's only one shade lighter. I couldn't figure out
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by dabent 16y ago
http://mormon.org/people/ is interesting to check out. It's the LDS Church's attempt to have it's own "social" site, and add a human face to their faith.
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by dabent 16y ago
That's odd with it being mid week. The traffic to LDS.org is the opposite of most sites - it actually peaks on Sunday with lulls during the week. There are two significant peaks during the year, one the first week in October, the other
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by dabent 16y ago
I'd make one, but the results might be embarrasing. Seriously, I need to set up a personal blog just so I can add stuff like this.
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by dabent 16y ago
I didn't mean that as an insult to YC companies, or YC, but when YC started they were literally funding teams with ideas. In Reddit's case, YC convinced the team to do a different idea than what they had presented. I'm thinking YC now fund
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by dabent 16y ago
When did YC start? I'm pretty sure they've been funding ideas for a few years now. I think one of them turned out to be Reddit.
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by dabent 16y ago
Both Madsion (Go Badgers!) and Ann Arbor have major universities, which probably spurs the developer culture. It isn't just size that matters. Of course, Silicon Valley has Stanford and Boston has both Harvard and MIT which is part of wha
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by dabent 16y ago
For those that don't recall, the NYT article was mentioned here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1945112 and here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1946085 I had a feeling it was going to come to this, and soon. He had the oppos
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by dabent 16y ago
Original Source: http://www.contactme.com/blog/trends/the-homepreneurs-growin... Edit to put source at top. Also, looks like they fixed the site. They are apparently running Drupal, which was throwing an error earlier.
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by dabent 16y ago
> This philosophy now has a name I worked with someone who went into what he called "samurai coder" mode. He'd get his digital sword out and start chopping up the enemy (bad code). We were in an environment where everything could be u
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by dabent 16y ago
If my current employer were to suddenly let everyone go, I honestly wonder if half of them wouldn't fall into the "unemployable" category.
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by dabent 16y ago
Three Y Combinator startups included - an impressive feat, even with the large number of YC companies. There's a lot of quality companies. I have to wonder if Chatroulette belongs on the list as a "startup." It seems more like an internet
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by dabent 16y ago
The answer to many questions an entrepreneur has is the same answer I've heard for many poker scenarios: "It depends." Is your MVP going to cost some time and money to build? Maybe you need some angel or VC money, if it isn't maybe you don
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by dabent 16y ago
>actually be pretty successful The article has the quote "Mr. Borker described his business as fantastically profitable. At his home, that seems unlikely." and goes on to paint a dimmer picture of his prospects. In the other thread abou
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by dabent 16y ago
That guy's like the opposite of Zappos' Tony Hsieh and his odds of a big exit for his company (or any long term profit after lawsuits, etc.) are also the opposite.
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Facebook’s Earliest Rival, Why It Failed(sociableblog.com)
1 points by dabent 16y ago|1 comments
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by dabent 16y ago
"Quora‘s staff started off answering as many questions as they could. This helped create a site that had activity on it, which encouraged other users to participate. Suddenly, they didn’t have to spend hours answering questions themselves."
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by dabent 16y ago
Thanks for sharing that link. It's interesting to see what people come up with. It's also a space that I think not many of us startup types are familiar with, if what people were wearing to Startup School was any indication.

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