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by djt 14y ago
There have been lots of single idea blog posts on the front page, which means they have obviously resonated with people that are on this site to the point where they upvote it. I think that this is a good post for new entrepreneurs who may
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fair enough. I think that Interaction Design is now becoming a technical job, using feedback loops and numbers (ie Steve Jobs dropping the original iPod into the fishtank to illustrate dead space in the ipod) rather than the marketing/desig
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Exactly my point. Not all products need great engineering, this is a poncho made out of blanket material and their production, marketing and sales team have managed to shift millions of units with ridiculous margins.
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Then why can't Adobe send a key, wait to verify 24 hours and then if it's fraudulent then take the money out 24-48 hours later. It means the user would get to use the program for 24 hours if they ARE fraudulent but then they can de-authori
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I agree that its higher than 5% but if you think that your product is the majority of running a business then please explain the Snuggy.
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Where do you think the horseshit is? I've been noticing this effect lately in my business where people don't NEED to buy many things anymore, there are almost always a much cheaper alternative that will satisfy their needs, but people are w
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I don't agree with everything on this list, so I made my own: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4018867
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I saw another post with book recommendations, I disagreed with them but instead of writing a snide remark I decided to write my own list. Hope it helps some of you out.
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Books I would recommend for new entrepreneurs(danieltoop.com)
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There are but it is quite difficult. The other thing is that the bigger newspapers made a lot of money through national advertising, sales sections and deceased notices. These things are becoming less relevant. With Craigslist and Facebook
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He is only buying local newspapers with strong local distribution. He's betting that they will fair better in the long term as people go to the Internet for the big stories while they buy a newspaper for all the local news. Good idea I thin
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The timing might not be significant. Would anyone have cared that GM saved 10 million months ago? Probably not. But its a good story around IPO time.
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GAME OZ goes into Administration: Diablo 3 preorders not shipped and no refunds(computerandvideogames.com)
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Yet thousands of people still read his blog, probably something to think about.
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Create something awesome over years of your own life and have people make offhand comments with no depth of knowledge and then waste your time arguing about it. See how you feel then.
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Everyone learns the hard way. I had a similar thing happen to me at one of my first jobs. Things to take away: - first employee =/= founder. - negotiate stock or wage before you start. Always. - research the founders and ask their past st
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I think a lot of the comments here show that there is a large number of people that are pissed off because they work for a company and feel devalued. I can identify with this statement and Apple trying to reiterate their core values to new
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Relenta update ETAs slip 2 years behind while they remake the backend(blog.relenta.com)
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Viral Marketing fail for Blackberry Australia(theage.com.au)
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Amazing to see how something that seems so obvious now was missed by Borders. The Nook is in a great position now much like Instagram-Facebook in that it is one of the few competitors with any traction versus the Kindle and so they make a
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Considering what it costs to produce a new title, is it any surprise?
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Tim Ferris is really good at making money. It kind of reminds me of Multi-level Marketing where you need to convince your downlines that they will make millions by buying your product. The main flaw with this piece, is that the person who w
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Why I will not Social Spam(danieltoop.com)
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Exactly
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Which explains my point. With google plus they will know what facebooks knows plus your search history. Hypothetically.
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This article seems LinkBaity. The truth is that Facebook have successfully copied the features from Google Plus and put them into Facebook. Much like Microsoft has with the Mac Operating system. Because they have market lock-in it has meant
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This is correct. It is the same in Australia
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What I did was start small and learn the skills and grow my income from my "hobby bUsiness" until it became equal income to my day job. At that stage you will need to decide which way you're going to go. Stay safe or go with your passion.