danielnicollet

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by danielnicollet 16y ago
Great article. I think the importance of starting with a low price point to generate a customer following remains key in this story however. So raise your price but don't expect all customer groups to react like the Qlab ones did!
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I think you can be a peaceful nut-case though. I am the living proof ;-) No seriously though, "peace of mind" and "madness" or insanity are not necessarily contrary to one another.
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While I agree it seems absolutely abusive to throw people in jail without explanation over a $250 credit card debt, the principle of being jailed over debt is not always shocking to me. It would have been very appropriate for the banking e
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This is hardly an "Easter Egg". Just a custom search results set like they have for so many other searches - examples: http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&#3... http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q
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by danielnicollet 16y ago
The HBR case studies are always sold but fairly cheap ($6.95) given the quality of insights - see http://hbr.org/search//4294958507/?Ns=is_HBD_bestseller|0 Otherwise, go to a business school library if you have access to one and you shoul
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by danielnicollet 16y ago
So with all this great stuff (amazing new features, great market share, etc.), I wonder how Apple doesn't open the iPhone to non-ATT carriers. That's the single reason I have been staying on my good ol'RIM BB. Any ideas?
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by danielnicollet 16y ago
I don't think there is necessarily a contradiction here. The article doesn't say that knowledge is being distributed, rather that the creative entrepreneurial mindset of the Valley is being distributed. I have worked in software startups
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Not sure I want to meet the human genetic incarnation of Windows Vista ;-)
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Agreed. This is very true of many wannabe SVs. I worke in the Bay Area (Mountain View, Palo Alto, San Francisco, Redwood City) for 10 years. I then moved to Europe following a trail of jobs (London, Lyon, Paris) and I now live and work s
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Another great option for this live chat services like Olark. Of course you can also have these routed to your mobile when they offer an app. Needless to say, having the chat requests manned by founders once in a while is great way to keep
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by danielnicollet 16y ago
I agree that Facebook privacy issues are a pressing and downright threatening issue for the company. They are just a complete turnoff for many users. But I thought Mark Z. answered pretty candidly and saying to him that he should step dow
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by danielnicollet 16y ago
This is good. I agree that recognizing luck (one of his 3 ideas here) in its random occurrence and its ability to multiply your efforts is key to entrepreneurship. It's a different way of saying that timing has to be right but with an add
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by danielnicollet 16y ago
Agree about yogurt. It's the easiest way to restore your intestinal flora. Sometimes needed also after you have been on antibiotics (especially those with a wider spectrum of germ fighting abilities). Another simpler and faster way of ma
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by danielnicollet 16y ago
Good post - check this out for aerials of the disaster on the coast: http://healthygulf.org/201005281321/blog/bp-s-oil-drilling-d...
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Does that mean that Apple is the authoritarian and Microsoft the anarchist? ;-) I know that's a bit of a mental shortcut here but it is an interesting idea, isn't it?
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by danielnicollet 16y ago
Great post but, If this equation was all it took for VCs to switch their attention away from software, biotech, and energy maybe they would also be investing a lot in social services, retirement homes, and other growing sectors of the econo
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by danielnicollet 16y ago
Hi Jmathai, Best feedback about this sort of thing is often some questions. I guess my main question for you would be: Why would people do this on Facebook when most educational institutions (Stanford included I suppose) already offer curr
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by danielnicollet 16y ago
yes I did. At that point I bought a little stone house in France, in a remote mountainous region called Auvergne. I made a vegetable garden and fixed the house up for a year. Then I felt better and returned to computer ;-)
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by danielnicollet 16y ago
At this stage, I wonder if there is there a way to move these little beasts with cameras and weapons without making them too big for windows though...
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A decision model for action or inaction on climate change [video](youtube.com)
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Obama and I - Do we Run in the Same Circles?(en.origoterra.com)
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OK I guess I could not question your decision here maybe but let me make my point: Firs, I was raised in a non-religious home and all my ancestors were either protestant, catholic, or Jew, or probably adored a totem or some other chunk of s
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by danielnicollet 16y ago
Starkfist, You can't just flag for ridiculousness and not explain yourself. This is a place for slightly deeper thinking I hope...
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Is this the solution to the oil spill cleanup?(en.origoterra.com)
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I get a sort of "spin doctor: feel from this move, with the big glaring eyes looking at me as I make my way to the message on the zendesk blog post... Maybe not so well handled since one could think Zendesk is trying to turn a difficult si
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I'd say people will only spend $1 if they know there are buyers coming to buy. How will you guarantee that?
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A great template for startup financial models(en.origoterra.com)
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