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by frankphilips 14y ago
When I mean "hacker", I mean someone who enjoys the intellectual challenge of creatively overcoming or circumventing limitations. This can be in the field of software, marketing, photography, or any other field. This doesn't mean that they'
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by frankphilips 14y ago
Jason Putorti had a great post on Quora regarding how Mint.com acquired 1.5M customers without a high viral coefficient. Check it out: http://www.quora.com/How-did-Mint-acquire-1-5m+-users-withou...
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by frankphilips 14y ago
Seems to me like you're making comments just for the sake of making comments. Dear god, stop abusing that privilege. First of all, don't tell someone to stop abusing "that word" without mentioning what word you're talking about. Second, if
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by frankphilips 14y ago
I'd like to call these marketers Growth Hackers. They're a different breed of hackers, and they're just as important as the engineers. A successful startup should have at least ONE growth hacker in the team for it to be successful.
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Serena Williams invests in Mobli(techcrunch.com)
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The app development business is an extremely tough market to break into right now. There are two ways of approaching it. A) Build a services company. This can be lucrative if you need short-term cash. However be prepared to sell your ass of
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by frankphilips 14y ago
While I do agree that the product link should be obvious on the blog page, I don't think it should be overly pervasive. A logo on the sidebar is more then enough. The main purpose of the blog is to write engaging content that correlates wit
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by frankphilips 14y ago
I'm confident Zynga will succeed, and this is just a temporary setback. They are incredibly smart and have a solid business model. I don't think social games are going out of fashion any time soon, although I do think they are moving toward
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Screw Powerpoint. Make awesome HTML5 Presentations with reveal.js(lab.hakim.se)
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I think it's mainly because of Paul Graham. He's a visionary and he's excellent at spotting awesome teams (even if their ideas suck). Nobody would have thought twice about Airbnb, but Paul saw something that other investors didn't see. He n
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by frankphilips 14y ago
There's nothing wrong with using bootstrap to develop a quick prototype of your web app. However, I do agree with motoford in that there is no compelling reason to use your app. As a solo developer myself, why should I switch from a kick-as
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7 Essential Apps for Entrepreneurs(readwriteweb.com)
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Jay-Z named director at Barclays Arena firm(nypost.com)
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Sounds like a startup waiting to happen.
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You might be right, but it's hard to tell. With Apple's visionary gone, I don't think we should be expecting any major innovation with future iPad releases. iPad 3 and the iPhone 4S were a big disappointment.
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The Earliest Known iPad Prototype Was Thick, White, and Perched on Paper Cups(theatlantic.com)
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My first web app: Shruffle - a marketplace for social giving(shruffle.com)
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