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klous
16y ago
alternate: Dropbox stored spreadsheet with a strong password protected file. :-)
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klous
16y ago
Google Docs spreadsheet, with the following column headers: Idea/Elevator Pitch, Value Proposition, Target Market, Unique Selling Proposition, Revenue Model, Exit Strategy, Barriers To Entry, Competitors, Startup Costs
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klous
16y ago
I've noticed a trend where some high traffic blogs have trouble keeping the lights on and are switching over to tumblr for their bandwidth capabilities and collaboration capabilities.
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Android-powered devices activating 100k devices per day over iPhone
(battellemedia.com)
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klous
16y ago
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Reasons Not to Copy Amazon
(getelastic.com)
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Lack Of A 'Golden Ticket' Business Model Doesn't Mean You Give Up And Go Home
(techdirt.com)
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klous
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Is Flattr the new Facebook Like, but this time with real money?
(eu.techcrunch.com)
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16y ago
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klous
16y ago
You can put limits on the quantity of your groupon deal. And once the groupon is sent out, if the purchases get out of hand quickly, you can also put a limit on the deal at that point.
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klous
16y ago
All electric Isle of Man motorcycle race "TT Zero" is already happening. Averaged nearly 100 mph for duration of 37.7 mile course. http://www.wired.com/autopia/2010/06/motoczysz-isle-of-man-t...
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klous
16y ago
Back of the napkin calc: NASCAR cars get 5 mpg, hold 22 gallon tanks --> 110 miles max range. Average speed of 170 mph --> a maximum of 39 minutes of racing. If they currently pit every 35-39 minutes or so, it wouldn't be completely
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klous
16y ago
All kidding aside, Club Penguin for iOS would be a hit. Parents could let their little ones explore their iPad or iPod Touch in the safety of Club Penguin. I believe Club Penguin is still in flash at this point.
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klous
16y ago
I'd contend that old G4TV, when it was TechTV, and before that ZDTV had some interesting cable television content. http://revision3.com/ has a bunch of technology shows and a couple hacker oriented ones. I've always thought that a televis
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16y ago
In the cashless world, as long as I can transfer funds to an individual or B2C without transaction headaches or fees (like you can now with paper checks), I'm game.
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klous
16y ago
Is "Woot Prime" shipping possible now instead of $5 shipping on $10 items?
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klous
16y ago
This is ripe for The Consumerist website. I suggest if it's available in your area, take the Megabus over Greyhound. Free Wifi on board.
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Ideas Are a Commodity, It's Execution Intelligence That Matters
(inc.com)
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16y ago
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Why Joost Failed, How Foursquare Succeeded, and Other Startup Lessons
(thefastertimes.com)
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klous
16y ago
When will FaceTime Roulette be coming out, so you can randomly connect to a stranger's iPhone?
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klous
16y ago
Followers / readers is one metric that contributes to their level of influence, see klout.com regarding this. But I was speaking of Influencer Marketing in more general terms. see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Influencer_marketing
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APIs and the Growing Influence of Developers
(gevaperry.typepad.com)
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16y ago
I'd suggest starting conversations via email and twitter with influencers or possible customers in your market. Show you have something interesting and unique worth writing a blog post or tweet about. For additional advice, this would be a
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klous
16y ago
http://news.ycombinator.com/saved?id=zeynel1
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klous
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"You can't even include background images in GMail." Thank goodness. The people who use background images in email where the background is a notebook paper or similar are troubling.
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16y ago
Ignoring early monetization and counting on exponential growth is a big gamble as mentioned. But sometimes the goals of the founder are more aligned with a certain philosophy that shuns larger monetization possibilities, see craigslist and
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16y ago
MySpace's strong area is still in bands and artists. Myspace should have freemium CMS tools so that these artists can have their own domain with interactivity similar to the way Ning encourages you to roll-you-own social network.
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16y ago
8. E-Myth Revisited by Gerber. Also see http://www.quora.com/What-books-should-entrepreneurs-read
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Agree with the point of there being no Facebook constitution or guaranteed rights, but with the line: "You’re a Facebook customer, not a Facebook citizen", I thought advertisers are the customer and the 500 million fb users are the product.
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klous
16y ago
Felt it here, 40 mins northwest of Detroit, MI. Didn't recognize what it was until I saw this.
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16y ago
Checkout passive GPS tracking devices. They record movement, then you can upload the data back into a system via USB. RFID might work if you're tracking movement within a building. If you want to be able to locate or track an item remotely,
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klous
16y ago
Could you be more specific about what kind of device you want to track or why you'd want to track it? What use would you have tracking a football?
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