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by gacba 16y ago
Is anyone else annoyed at PayWithATweet.com being called a "business model"? This feels more like the eyeballs-as-valuation strategy of the DotCom era, and equally flawed. The fact that you can get someone (or a whole bunch of them) to tw
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by gacba 16y ago
You should visit Micropreneur Academy: http://micropreneur.com and also check out http://softwarebyrob.com and http://singlefounder.com . I belong to the MA, and it's a great resource for solo founders.
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by gacba 16y ago
I think by year's end, there might be some competition, but as I argued in the blog post, that competition isn't there today and doesn't look to be coming for at least 6-9 months. That's why I claim 2011 is the year Apple dominates. 2010
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by gacba 16y ago
I would love to know how a study could be conducted in such a way to prove or disprove this notion. Any ideas? Any existing data sets that could reliably mined for info?
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by gacba 16y ago
I just posted an article about this whole issue today: http://www.lessonsoffailure.com/companies/2011-year-ipad/ , although I missed this tidbit in the article and it would have been nice to mention. 2011 will be the year Apple basically
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2011: Year of the iPad(lessonsoffailure.com)
1 points by gacba 16y ago|0 comments
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by gacba 16y ago
I understand that what people think feminism is will be dictated by the literature and rhetoric with which they grew up Actually, my view of feminism is taken directly from experiences with self-professed feminists. And they often are lo
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by gacba 16y ago
I appreciate the tone and substance of the article, but... "College is where we form our ideas about what is going to be acceptable in the 'real world'." No, actually, college is where you gain the illusion that you know what the real wor
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The Most Honest Privacy Policy, Ever(itworld.com)
81 points by gacba 16y ago|15 comments
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by gacba 16y ago
Hammered? Hell, I'd be barfing halfway through.
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by gacba 16y ago
The fact you personally didn't receive any unwanted advances is not proof that they never happen.
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by gacba 16y ago
How true is this commnent? I'm not in the VC/Startup world anymore so I can't validate this statement: Truth – Capital Chases Entrepreneurs, not the other way around. Invest all your energies in building a GREAT business. Everyone will be
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by gacba 16y ago
The problem is not "Is this possible?", but how long before Google recognizes it and then classifies it as black hat, thereby causing anyone who uses the technique to get downranked. The problem with any popular SEO technique or tool is th
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by gacba 16y ago
If you watch your LinkedIn profile, you can tell two things, based on my observations: People only update their profile on LinkedIn when they are looking for a new job, or just lost a job (for the most part). Some keep tweaking it all the
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H1-B Turns 20: The Faces Behind the Story(computerworld.com)
1 points by gacba 16y ago|0 comments
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Why You Can't Trust Recuiters(lessonsoffailure.com)
70 points by gacba 16y ago|34 comments
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by gacba 16y ago
I suspect CNBC being partnered indirectly with MSFT had something to do with the MS omission. No sense is looking bad in your own media outlet. The CEO approval rating for MSFT was a dismal 50%.
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by gacba 16y ago
You'll also notice the complete lack of replies from recruiters thus far. :)
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by gacba 16y ago
I would go so far to say that if you use this technique and find a recruiter doesn't want to deal with that, you've just found a great recruiter filter mechanism. Move on to someone else who actually adds value. Recruiters annoy the heck o
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Version Control Timeline(codicesoftware.blogspot.com)
3 points by gacba 16y ago|0 comments
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by gacba 16y ago
Given the effort he puts into simple, minimalist designs for the Mac, it's a bit surprising that kind of fastidiousness isn't present in his office organization, too. But it's not in mine either, so I'm no pot and he's no kettle. Even if
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by gacba 16y ago
I don't work for a CC company, but I did work with predictive analytics regarding churn in mobile phone and cable companies a decade ago. It's not hard to back-mine the data to establish certain patterns that happen before major events. T
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by gacba 16y ago
The infographic they post in the article with the layered area chart is slightly misleading...it makes it look like Google's share is the smallest if you take a quick glance and don't stop to think about it. It took me a minute to realize
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by gacba 16y ago
In fairness, it could be a language issue. The story of the company references newspaper ads that are in some Scandanavian language I don't recongize...(maybe, that's a guess). Writing in a non-native language, even when your fluent, can
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by gacba 16y ago
Let's say you've gone through that step, step 2 which is just as important, assuming that you're fine with the consequences, is making sure your "investors" are also fine with that particular scenario. Explain that you'll do everything in
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by gacba 16y ago
Used that exact trick to get an ex-girlfriend's car out of short-term parking in the old Denver airport where it had been sitting for two weeks. She went to her mother's funeral on short notice and didn't know she parked in the expensive l
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by gacba 16y ago
1. Build something you are personally passionate about. You are your best focus group. The first statement is great. The second is potentially dangerous and stupid if your reality distortion field is strongly polarized against what a re
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by gacba 16y ago
Well done! Edutainment at its finest. You should publish that for physics teachers.
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by gacba 16y ago
Why do these observations of a site being down get downvoted so harshly? The observation is accurate for him, and it could be for everyone...
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by gacba 16y ago
Another great story on 30 days to an "overnight success". Launching a product, even a "weekend project" is just damned hard to get right, end-to-end. Harder than you think out of the gate. I love how this puts things into perspective.

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