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People Prefer the Like Button to Writing Reviews(sfgate.com)
1 points by jprobert 15y ago|0 comments
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by jprobert 15y ago
Some great points in the article and I agree that Livingsocial is better all around than Groupon, not only from a merchant perspective but also with innovation and creativity in the group buying space. At the same time I believe that daily
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Drugs and Sex to Save Detroit?(freep.com)
1 points by jprobert 15y ago|0 comments
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Women Were the First Computers(articles.cnn.com)
2 points by jprobert 15y ago|1 comments
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Is It Better to Save No One?(nytimes.com)
2 points by jprobert 16y ago|0 comments
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by jprobert 16y ago
ProCapital Technologies is always looking for amazing engineers. We're working on some cool technologies around social search and e-commerce. Email me if you would like further detail.
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by jprobert 16y ago
We launched Zooyan today as a marketplace where local merchants can create compelling offers to market their business and where consumers can freely search and browse offers to discover new places in their cities. The idea of Zooyan was cr
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Zooyan: An Amazon.com for offers at local merchants(zooyan.com)
3 points by jprobert 16y ago|1 comments
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A Light Driven Computer(popsci.com)
1 points by jprobert 16y ago|0 comments
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Will Pot Sell Better than Sex?(portfolio.com)
4 points by jprobert 16y ago|0 comments
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US Nation Debt at $14 Trillion, Corporations Still Don't Pay Taxes(brillig.com)
4 points by jprobert 16y ago|1 comments
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by jprobert 16y ago
This resonates with me as I've noticed this as well recently. It's almost impossible for a small competitor to advertise via Google as relevant keywords have become incredibly expensive and the long tail generates minute traffic. I've eve
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by jprobert 16y ago
Being from Detroit this brings a tear to my eye but it presents opportunity for many people to establish new companies very cheaply.
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Detroit's population crashes down 25% from 2000(online.wsj.com)
29 points by jprobert 16y ago|27 comments
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by jprobert 16y ago
If this was a planned exit all along and he was only meant to be on short term then Groupon would have prepared a better statement. I assume that whatever equity he has he'll keep as he was looking for a big pay day and I don't know why he
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by jprobert 16y ago
I wonder if that sushi restaurant will still be in business after it churns through all of those Groupons.
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by jprobert 16y ago
duh, isn't this the very reason why .XXX was formed? They want to segregate porn from the rest of the web.
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by jprobert 16y ago
This goes back to the popular post about Reddit being down to one developer. The war for talent comes down to a) having the resources to pay for top talent - Google or b) cool and fun concepts to work on which have enormous potential - Hipm
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by jprobert 16y ago
This makes me shiver in my boots. I couldn't imagine having to run that site myself. Neil is inline for a big pay raise.
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by jprobert 16y ago
I unsubscribed from all daily deal sites including LivingSocial and BuyWithMe. I couldn't stand the daily barrage of emails that I received for products and services that were far less than intriguing.
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by jprobert 16y ago
This seems to be an absurd number that they are throwing out there. Perhaps it is a psychology tactic to get people to accept a $15B IPO. I'm not sure how Groupon can maintain this value as more and more people are beginning to associate
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Groupon could IPO for as much as $25 Billion(chicagotribune.com)
18 points by jprobert 16y ago|15 comments
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by jprobert 16y ago
I love dropbox and we use it personally and for our company (we are paid subscribers). But it seems to me that this space has fewer barriers to entry than say Groupon. People argue that Groupon has little barriers to entry but the fact is
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by jprobert 16y ago
I had a Jawbone Hero for approximately 8 days (I bought it so I could communicate with my team while I drove home). In any case the device was great, less the fact that it has only 3-4 hours of talk time... but that is standard for bluetoot
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by jprobert 16y ago
I work in this space and we have received feedback on Groupon from hundreds of merchants. In many cases they were not happy with their promotions for the following reasons: 1) Groupon didn't adhere to the sales limits and oversold vouchers
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Beautiful Pictures of Libya(flickr.com)
2 points by jprobert 16y ago|0 comments
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Watson beating the snot out of Mortals
2 points by jprobert 16y ago|1 comments
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Look for Simple Answers(thestartupfoundry.com)
3 points by jprobert 16y ago|0 comments