jonmc12

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by jonmc12 18y ago
Excellent article about working with investors, but I'm not sure bootstrapping got a fair shake. 2 other ways to Bootstrap: 1) Getting a customer to pay up for a product up front. This is different from consulting, and this is not investm
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by jonmc12 18y ago
Hell yea its sweet! :) I initially was pointed there by this great presentation: http://www.tomtaylor.co.uk/talks/delighting-with-data I think you are right about pulling in hundreds of these variables to correlate with both intuitive an
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by jonmc12 18y ago
Its not a bad idea, but I think it misses the potential that YC was suggesting. Read the book 'Making Things Talk' - think about the potential of measuring things in the analog world, temperature, weight, flow, force, sound, etc, and correl
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by jonmc12 18y ago
I'm surprised no one else has asked what the valuation algorithm is yet. Anyone ambitious enough to survey a set of Younoodle inputs and outputs so we can estimate the valuation formula?
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by jonmc12 18y ago
The RIAA is claiming harm for uncompensated use and distribution of a content they sell.. its completely different. Did you read the definition of public domain on the link I just sent you? Apparently not. Here you go: * their copyrights
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by jonmc12 18y ago
I actually think it may be more of a gray area than you think, read the description of Public domain here: http://www.publicdomainsherpa.com/ - then think about how restaurants use their content when distributing to-go menus, advertising,
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by jonmc12 18y ago
We consulted a copyright lawyer, but I never moved forward with this, so did not really did too deep. I've noticed there are plenty of menu services that take this same approach.. just do a google search and you will see there are many guid
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by jonmc12 18y ago
The patterns could be formed in a more formalized way by applying Shannon's principles of information entropy across the document, lines of text, word patterns, N-Grams, etc. Then Bayesian inference can be applied for probabilistic pattern
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by jonmc12 18y ago
I agree. There is a great lesson to understand here about pricing and profiting from a premium product offering that customers enjoy.
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by jonmc12 18y ago
A few years back I wanted to set up a menu service - putting a bunch of restaurant menus online so that others could search. My lawyer advised that because the restaurant made these materials open in the public domain, we could basically d
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Interview w/ Zembly - a wiki platform for Social App code(semantic-web.at)
2 points by jonmc12 18y ago|0 comments
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by jonmc12 18y ago
Yea, its amazing to watch he buildup of Germany and Japan just before WWII.. and the the subsequent re-build.
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by jonmc12 18y ago
Advice-as-a-Service, lets see how much they start charging if the beta goes well.. ;)
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by jonmc12 18y ago
So far this year, I have: 1) rented a video from iTunes which I could not play on my iPod, because it was 2 years old and no longer supported. 2) Not been able to utilize my eclipse plugins that run on Java 1.6 due to Apple not supporting 6
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Mathematically Enhanced Origami(ted.com)
1 points by jonmc12 18y ago|0 comments
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by jonmc12 18y ago
Twine.com is cool, I've been using it alongside del.icio.us for the last few months
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by jonmc12 18y ago
Check out http://marketplace.sitepoint.com/ - it has a bunch of websites for sale. I went there after reading NY Times article a couple days ago.. its the largest such marketplace. "$729k in websites sold in 18 months". All and all, kin
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by jonmc12 18y ago
Good points, I am also with you that I personally would have enjoyed the article more without the attention grabbers. At the same time, I think good analogies beckon more questions and push for further clarification. I got that from this a
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by jonmc12 18y ago
No resource is infinite. Technically, we could make more oil too. Just build some carbon lifeforms and give them the right environment for a few million years. In fact there is plenty of oil in the earth that we just can't get to because
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by jonmc12 18y ago
I think its a good analogy. Oil and bandwidth are intrinsically very similar with regards to the risk / regulation dynamic in a commercial enterprise that builds private infrastructure to the masses. Oil companies had to make large invest
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by jonmc12 18y ago
Good observation.. those differences probably starts with your co-founder and trickles down through subsequent hires. Reminded me of the value of tools like DISC, myers-briggs, the book 'Now, Discovery your Strengths', and the '5 dysfuncti
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by jonmc12 18y ago
I blame the media too. With the endless flow of 'XX got funded' or 'YY got bought', its hard to pay attention to the right role models for building a long-term business.
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by jonmc12 18y ago
The state of mind required to execute on thoughts of course is different than the state of mind required to abstract thoughts. Maybe all the article is saying is that we still have not figured out how to correlate creativity with academic s
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by jonmc12 19y ago
I posted a blog article based on a cool panel discussion that Bootstrap Austin had at SXSW this year. I think its an interesting way of looking at your venture in the pre-profitability stage.
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Entrepreneur vs Wild (Bootstrapping)(bootstrapaustin.org)
1 points by jonmc12 19y ago|1 comments
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by jonmc12 19y ago
Or better, an open platform - ala Sugar CRM
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by jonmc12 20y ago
I'd agree, environment is different. Risk of being on a management team is different. As is the culture of compensation and employee marketplace. What has not changed is that company ownership is about investment risk.
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by jonmc12 20y ago
I think its a dangerous generalization. I feel its more about knowing the market rate for your employees and making sure they are compensated for what they contribute. Equity is only one piece. In your example, it sounds like a pretty wea
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by jonmc12 20y ago
I'm from Austin as well. Plenty of entrepreneurs, plenty of engineers, and enough funding sources. All the pieces are there - I think what we're missing is a real tech startup community.
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by jonmc12 20y ago
I've started a few ventures, 2 solo, 1 w/ partner, 2 w/ partners. For me, its just a matter of knowing my strengths, knowing the goal, and then being resourceful. Having a partner is one solution to a missing set of needs - but it also com

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