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by jeremymims 15y ago
The New York Times already has a way around this through Op-Ed columnists. Thus, it's okay for someone like Warren Buffett, Robert Reich, or someone the Times hires on spec to completely ignore these policies. If TechCrunch were to adhere t
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by jeremymims 15y ago
Most people don't realize this, but The New York Times is a big corporation like AOL (with sometimes similarish market caps). - The New York Times has invested in technology companies like AdKeeper, Automattic, Ongo, Brightcove, Federated M
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by jeremymims 15y ago
Hi akashs, I have no affiliation with Yelp. Click on my username anytime if you want to read who I work with and some background. It's right out in the open. However, I had to look at your posts to learn that your new startup is in the loca
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by jeremymims 15y ago
It's easy to come down against Yelp, but small businesses have been trying to "game" Yelp in unsophisticated ways for some time. We work with a lot of small businesses and I've had conversations with a statistically significant number of th
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by jeremymims 15y ago
Keep in mind that Double Recall works with news publishers. The number one thing that publishers need is more money to pay for content production. Most publishers are toying with a paywall model right now. I hope they go the Double Recall r
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by jeremymims 15y ago
Programming is an inherently creative act. Sales isn't always. The goal with most sales organizations is to replicate a process that works on a regular basis and at scale. Programmers are composers, most sales teams are like musicians in th
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by jeremymims 15y ago
I don't think Lamar would disagree that going into the field is more valuable than any book or seminar. In fact, that's pretty much where all of the sales strategies we use are battle-tested and refined. As a startup, in many cases we've op
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by jeremymims 15y ago
Hardly turning a fun Austin startup into Dell. We are a fun Austin startup. But Dell has built a very effective Business sales channel. And nothing we do is "rigid". It is documented and we're learning and making changes all the time. We're
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by jeremymims 15y ago
We have lots of fun. In fact, in many ways, processes like these allow for our team to focus on innovating and doing cool things instead of just "winging it" every time.
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Lessons from a Dell Executive who Joined a YC Startup(ownlocal.com)
39 points by jeremymims 15y ago|15 comments
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Hiten is a standup guy, a friend to startups everywhere, and a class act all around. I look forward to him kicking their asses in court.
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by jeremymims 15y ago
Just a quick TL;DR. Covers OwnLocal's business model, products, and how we are able to perform in local markets using publisher partners.
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by jeremymims 15y ago
I'm actually not defending this particular accounting method since I expect they've filed proper paperwork that explains all their income, expenditures, profit, taxes, etc. What I'm defending Groupon against (not that they need me) is the r
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by jeremymims 15y ago
Groupon has more than 100 million subscribers (mostly in America). If we assume that the total available market is another 50 million or so signups in the US, then these loss leader marketing expenses will drop dramatically (no need to offe
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by jeremymims 15y ago
He means that New York needs a PayPal mafia. I think we already got one with DoubleClick which spawned off an incubator that did Gilt Groupe, 10gen, and Business insider so far. The Lerers are doing their part as well to reinvest in New Yor
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by jeremymims 15y ago
Wow. Usually we try to keep things a little more civil here. This filing fee is the smallest portion of what you need to pay in order to file a patent. First, you need to get a patent attorney to help you put your filing together. I don't k
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by jeremymims 15y ago
It's not very hard to "invent" things if your sole reason for being is to copy entrepreneurs' work before they can afford to file, before they can afford to hire a lawyer, pay the USPTO an $8800 fee to ask for a review, and you've got only
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by jeremymims 15y ago
As the author, I do appreciate that someone thinks I'm confused, but this sentence is hardly the point of my argument. My point is that large corporations are at an even larger advantage with this system and that it hurts entrepreneurs. Wha
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by jeremymims 15y ago
Keep in mind that the standard for "First to File" is actually present in much of the rest of the world. Large US corporations have argued that this switch will make our companies more competitive. What's happened is that American companies
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by jeremymims 15y ago
The key point is that "first to file" doesn't actually honor the idea of invention. It honors the idea of filing the patent first. So, now it's a race to file instead of invent. Perhaps the patent system has behaved this way for some time,
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by jeremymims 15y ago
It's a misconception that all YC startups are focused entirely on consumer web apps (and considering the YC company I'm a part of is mostly B2B shouldn't reinforce this notion). There are a bunch of amazing startups working on the hard tech
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by jeremymims 15y ago
Above all, this is the wrong way to be looking at the problem. Hitting numbers of subscribers is only one piece of a solution. Over the period of time the paywall has been in effect, uniques and pageviews have declined at the same rate (abo
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by jeremymims 15y ago
Perpetually.com solves this problem. In fact, they're already working with newspapers like The Wall Street Journal and for every major federally elected political candidate. More than just random screen captures, every article, every change
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by jeremymims 15y ago
You might be right that these plugins block cookies or the javascript that informs you that you've hit your limit. They've tried to make the paywall as permeable as possible. For instance, if you follow a link from twitter or facebook it wo
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by jeremymims 15y ago
Just for the record, fish consumption is linked to increased IQ in children because of the presence of Omega-3 Fatty Acids. Did you know though that both Flaxseed and Walnuts are both better, cheaper, and less environmentally damaging sourc
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by jeremymims 15y ago
The environmental perspective is the most important. The truth is the oceans are dying and overfishing has created colossal dead zones. The best option that should be on this list is to not eat any fish at all.
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by jeremymims 15y ago
Or, you know, they're trying to be respectful. Curious logic for a guy who spends all his time working with bankers...
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Introducing Traction by OwnLocal(ownlocal.com)
10 points by jeremymims 15y ago|3 comments
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by jeremymims 15y ago
Clearly you don't do much business development. Since the goal is to build a relationship, this information can come in handy. Maybe you both worked with the same person, attended the same school, enjoy the same activities, or perhaps you l
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by jeremymims 15y ago
Oops. Pesky apostrophe. Fixed.

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