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by johnl 17y ago
I think the guy has a monkey on his back. But I agree with him about emails being both profitable and the importance of making the end users experience a smooth one.
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Yeh, the problem will be how to find them. If the saying "crisis equals opportunity" is true then it sounds like the internet is ready for a ycombinator type ranking system that's independent of a Google ranking system.
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by johnl 17y ago
Those "instincts" are looking like someone's ego dominating over everyone else in the company. Are they going to turn Facebook into a really big "reverse catalog" company. By that I mean instead of grouping goods into a catalog and sendin
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by johnl 17y ago
Sounds like he had a good manager. You've heard the saying: Give the employee only enough rope to hang himself, but not enough rope that he can hang the company. I've learned far more from my failures than successes and your ability to reco
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by johnl 17y ago
First off I don't think that doing anything with a lava lamp as referenced in the article qualifies as "high achievement". But the author does have a point that has been played out in business over and over and that is: Find a niche mark
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by johnl 17y ago
Neat. They should add a 3rd dimension with market size as ring size.
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Ask the others if you can contact him to document the code.
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by johnl 17y ago
It all else fails he can always ask the customer. Just phone the sucker up and start a discussion instead of guessing what they want.
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by johnl 17y ago
Facebook should go in the opposite direction. They should make their information public but forget about getting down to the individual level. They still have to figure out how to monetize what they have. Do themes and summary levels to
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by johnl 17y ago
I like the "sensor data processing" one. Measuring, grouping and manipulating traffic whether on the web or on the street will give search much more dynamics.
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by johnl 17y ago
That's the same argument for marijuana legalization.
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by johnl 17y ago
It's a broad topic for sure. Project management is more an art than a science. I would almost say you need more sales skills than technical skills to be successful and enjoy it.
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Volume discounts - These guys are doing it wrong(businessweek.com)
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by johnl 17y ago
Makes me wonder if this is still true (if it was true in the first place) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_degrees_of_separation
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by johnl 17y ago
If it doesn't get out of hand, program trading is a good thing. It allows the value and small investors to get in and out of the markets smoothly and cheaply. As an example, moving to electronic trading killed the option market makers lif
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by johnl 17y ago
Socialize the judicial portion with flat rates for doctor/hospital boo-boos and a government panel to oversee and "punish". 3 strikes and you loose your license, back to school. No lawyers, reduced insurance, speeder payment processes. = R