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by far33d 13y ago
The reply-to being from the user is super useful. It means I can talk to someone who wants to connect without having to go back to LinkedIn. It's good UX design.
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by far33d 13y ago
Minus the up-front commitment and the management fee.
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by far33d 13y ago
This is a great strategic partnership even if the net value is low to the NFL. 1) The cost to uber and the NFL is basically zero. It leverages existing functionality and the NFL already pays for this kind of service. 2) The NFL gets good pr
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by far33d 13y ago
Personalized guidance will be a huge component of any service that hopes to make people live healthier and more active lives. We are certainly pushing in this direction at RunKeeper. An aside - this model feels a lot like an AA sponsor. AA
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by far33d 13y ago
Dropbox is quickly unseating Facebook, who unseated Google before it, as the premier bigco employer. These kinds of talent shifts tend to accelerate as the company becomes more successful. Remember when google was giving $1m offers to keep
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by far33d 13y ago
Crap. I have 11 years experience doing some pretty awesome shit. I guess this is the last year I can get a legit job in a startup.
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by far33d 13y ago
The building isn't leased - they bought it for cash a year or so ago.
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by far33d 13y ago
This is something that is often overlooked in any analysis of global vs. local illumination. Local illumination gives you perfect control, and allows you to "paint with light", which is the cornerstone of the pixar lighting process. We used
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by far33d 13y ago
Ed is one of the world's greatest managers. He has created something very special at Pixar, where creativity continues to flourish, the team absolutely loves working there, and where art and technology coexist.
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by far33d 13y ago
I have one problem with Phineas and Ferb, a show I otherwise enjoy. The sister is a classic Disney tween show girl. It sets an awful example for my daughter as she relates to her brother and other peers - the boys are doing all this great,
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by far33d 13y ago
It ships when it ships is a great mantra for someone working on something in a vacuum. Marketing, sales, demos, meetings, running out of cash, press embargoes, and a host of other reasons can create real deadlines whether you like it or not
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by far33d 14y ago
Boston, MA RunKeeper - http://runkeeper.com RunKeeper is the premier GPS fitness tracking app for iOS and Android and a 17m user strong community of active people. We see a vision of the future where your phone, along with other sensor te
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by far33d 14y ago
I predict that the new CEO will be a current or former exec at Zynga - likely one of the execs that were "poached" from EA a few years ago.
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by far33d 14y ago
If you want to make money in games and reach a large audience you absolutely, positively need to be on iOS, then Android before you are on Win8. According to your bio, you used to work @ MSFT so I understand the choice of platform but you w
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by far33d 14y ago
Hard problems are everywhere. Every company, every app, every product has unique and difficult problems to solve. Sometimes those problems are with product design and UX. Sometimes those problems are mathematical. If you are successful, oft
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by far33d 14y ago
This is an accurate and uplifting account of what it was like for _Sash_ to work with Mark. The reality for many other people, myself included, is quite different. And that's all I'm going to say about that.
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by far33d 14y ago
+1. I've spent lots and lots of time on this. I've used nearly every off-the-shelf system as well as some really well-done in-house systems (Zynga, in particular). All have major shortfalls, and many startups have piecemeal data in multiple
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Customer (not Competitor) Focused (davidcancel.com)
6 points by far33d 14y ago|0 comments
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by far33d 14y ago
Why doesn't coursera take the same approach as Uber and respectfully disagree to comply?
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by far33d 14y ago
As someone with a lot of experience modeling growth, I think this teaching approach is a good one. I find that most teams start exactly where this article starts - modeling total installs over time using constant virality. They then realize
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What you get back when you build culture(nabeelhyatt.com)
2 points by far33d 14y ago|0 comments
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by far33d 14y ago
Teams have value greater than the sum of their parts. It is highly unlikely that $BIGCORP would be able to poach 100% of the team, or even 100% of the key players outside of an acquisition offer, and to do so could be much more expensive. I
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by far33d 14y ago
VC firms are becoming more like top-tier universities and less similar to private equity firms. Hire luminaries in fields to become mentors. Invest in training, teaching, and mentorship. Create an alumni network of successful people.
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by far33d 14y ago
In part, yes. New distribution channels don't appear that often and when they appear you should rush to be early and aggressive, as they decline in effectiveness over time, which limits competitors' ability to match you. Of course a strong
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by far33d 14y ago
Makes sense. In the context of auto-identifying social networks, this is very valuable - I could see glassdoor/identified/branchout finding value in this as well.
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by far33d 14y ago
It's not clear to me that the main hypothesis of this engine is correct - namely, that request recipients who are closely clustered to other users are more likely to accept the request. Do you have data that supports this hypothesis? That s
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by far33d 14y ago
It depends! Options: * Paid: Ads, other pay marketing. * Inbound: Blog. SEO. Etc. * Viral: generate incentives and reasons for users to invite and refer people they know via social networks, email, etc. * Other "organic" channels: hack your
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by far33d 14y ago
Data please.
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by far33d 14y ago
Not in this article, but that's what I've heard from everyone who works there or knows people who work there.
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by far33d 14y ago
"The Company is experiencing an economic downturn." Um. No. You mismanaged your finances and chose not to give your employees any warning that they will be without pay or health care. A word to all you startup founders out there - don't toy

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