erdojo

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by erdojo 10y ago
Maybe Crunchbase is not up to date? The CEO's post says they have 71 investors, and Crunchbase lists 29. But you're absolutely right. If they've only raised $3.9, it's an impressive run.
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by erdojo 10y ago
By due diligence I mean not only understanding each platform and how its audience differs, but understanding what's happening around the time that you post. What's the mood? There's a huge amount of value to be gained by part
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by erdojo 10y ago
Mostly agree :). If you are a marketing team of three and you're trying to do SEM/SEO, email, vertical advertising, channel programs, comms and social, then these tools are a lifesaver. But if your team is big enough to have even
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by erdojo 10y ago
Depends what that $13M costs them. CAC and burn are critical factors in an acquisition.
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by erdojo 10y ago
Disagree. The very best digital/social marketers don't use these tools at all. Each channel has its own platform strengths, weaknesses, peculiarities, not to mention audience differences, trends, breaking news etc. If you're
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by erdojo 10y ago
How was power abused? It sounds like she broke the rules, even if the rules were poorly explained in the first place.
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by erdojo 10y ago
Hal Finney (sadly) died two years ago.
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by erdojo 10y ago
The fact that Craig didn't go to a media outlet/reporter with any real computer expertise like Ars etc. makes me suspicious (GQ? REALLY?). He says he doesn't want publicity (GQ?? REALLY?!). When he was first explored as a pot
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by erdojo 10y ago
A company of Dropbox's size most certainly has a legal department that does, among other things, trademark and patent searches for upcoming products.
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by erdojo 10y ago
The USPTO may have a differing opinion. Just because a word is a common dictionary word doesn't mean it can't be trademarked with limited use. For example, you can't launch a new computer and name it Apples. However you can l
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by erdojo 10y ago
Coursera built its PR engine on the premise of bringing high quality top-university education to the world for free . They gave keynotes to large audiences, did press tours, and even used a .org domain. Very feel-good, and they capitalized
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by erdojo 11y ago
A syndrome is a collection of symptoms. A disease is a when a symptom or collection of symptoms can be traced back to a root cause.
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by erdojo 11y ago
By that time, unless the company got profitable early, they've raised multiple rounds and the investors have a majority interest. Once they control the board, it's over. I read somewhere that Aaron Levie of Box.net only owns about
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by erdojo 11y ago
Depression isn't the disease, it's a symptom. Perhaps he should have clarified that the cause of the symptom might be situational, or it might be the result of another medical problem, e.g. brain malfunction/chemicals, geneti
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by erdojo 11y ago
Layoffs are extremely common at startups too. They just don't make the news.
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by erdojo 11y ago
VCs need an exit to get a return. If not an IPO, then an acquisition. Unless of course the company becomes insanely profitable and can buy out their investors at a nice multiple. Silicon Valley may be good at multiples, but not so good at p
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by erdojo 11y ago
They may hurt you, not will. Because sometimes it takes time to be able to face your demons. Life doesn't stop when bad shit happens. You still have to go to the grocery store and do laundry. You still stub your toe on a curb. People s
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by erdojo 11y ago
Fair enough. Looking into Relaxation-Induced Anxiety :).
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by erdojo 11y ago
Agree that in a meditative moment you can observe and let these thoughts go, but they've still surfaced and that can have repercussions. I like the quote :), but I also believe there's value to postponing interacting with said tru
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by erdojo 11y ago
Sales is merely the scapegoat in this mess. The real source of problems at Zenefits was at the very top. The CEO raised way too much money before having a stable and scalable product (or evidently knowledge of the industry and legal obligat
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by erdojo 11y ago
Trolls will say anything these days to get attention. If reality is up, someone will claim down is better. If something is cool, someone will say it sucks. I don't expect that English will become the global default language, but I do e
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by erdojo 11y ago
There is also a growing body of evidence that for some people mindfulness and meditation can cause intense and lasting anxiety and exacerbate depression. (Just one of several recent stories on the subject: http://www.theguardia
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by erdojo 11y ago
This report would seem more damning if the authors had at least attempted to keep their bias out of it. I found it significantly less credible because of it. I kept wondering what info they weren't sharing in their rush to paint Airbnb
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by erdojo 11y ago
$150/hour is rare for anyone except so-called 10x developers on shortish term contracts.
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by erdojo 11y ago
In his defense, his team posted a story written by a writer at the National Journal. But I do not believe you can separate Snowden from the surveillance debate until his fate is determined (and is acceptable). As the man who exposed the lie
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by erdojo 11y ago
I believe Theranos was almost on to something, and it didn't pan out. You know, science. So they used smoke-and-mirrors instead. Countless startups have used the same strategy - using hubris to hide failure long enough to either fix pr
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by erdojo 11y ago
I couldn't disagree more. Everything in Theranos' marketing and PR collateral was all about finger-pricks and nanotainers. And it was all one big fat lie. You couldn't pay me to take a blood test at one of their facilities.
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by erdojo 11y ago
Or, like with other automated equipment, people learn to not do stupid behavior that will get them run over. For example, we all just know not to step in front of a train. We have NO EXPECTATION it can stop. Do accidents happen? Yes, but on
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by erdojo 11y ago
Yes but they expect you to pay and they'll reimburse you. Not saying it never happens any other way, but that's the only way I've ever seen it done.
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by erdojo 11y ago
They might not tell you the precise reason, but if you had a written offer contingent on passing a background check that was rescinded, they would tell you that you did not pass the background check.

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