mathewgj

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by mathewgj 14y ago
Two obvious omissions from this list are Lars Dalgaard (SuccessFactors) and Mike Lynch (Autonomy).
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by mathewgj 14y ago
I'm sure this is both true and reasonable for some companies that did notes with absurdly high caps earlier (which many have) and are now raising more money. Nothing to see here.
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Getting a Startup Job - Business Guy Edition(mattishness.blogspot.com)
1 points by mathewgj 14y ago|0 comments
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by mathewgj 15y ago
This was the Global Challenge, a pretty unique event in that it was designed for a crew of amateurs with a professional captain. More here: http://www.bp.com/liveassets/bp_internet/globalbp/STAGING/gl... And here: http://en.wikipedia.org
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Dropbox in the New Yorker(newyorker.com)
4 points by mathewgj 15y ago|0 comments
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by mathewgj 16y ago
This also helps: "In 1999, Nguyen sought to catch the burgeoning unified messaging movement by the tail by founding a company to develop an Internet-based solution. Onebox.com was a hit with host service providers and users, and within two
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Ask HN: Thinking_Sphinx help needed this weekend (Bay Area)
1 points by mathewgj 16y ago|0 comments
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by mathewgj 16y ago
The pro move for non-technical founders who have financing before a technical co-founder is to hire an employee as a 'technical founder' - but with a comp package that has more (greater than 0) salary and less equity than a pre-financing co
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by mathewgj 16y ago
effective trial strategy does not involve any super-secret coca-cola formula strategems - the secret is exactly as described in steveblank's post: this lawyer is very effective b/c he manages to apply strategy at all in a trial setting and
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by mathewgj 16y ago
working backwards from your goals is the best advice i've heard in a while. in the particular case where you've raised a lot of outside capital it can be pretty easy to forget how big you are supposed to get and how quickly you are supposed
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by mathewgj 16y ago
Susan Koger, Modcloth Also - an awesome interview would be Anu Shukla (ex-Offerpal, among other companies)
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by mathewgj 16y ago
several of my pakistani friends say that their parents used to go to kabul in the 70's for a break because it was much more cosmopolitan and progressive than pakistan. it's important to remember that the more recent troubles are modern, not
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by mathewgj 16y ago
I immediately wondered how the Rodney King case would have been different if it was affected by a law of this kind. Does anyone know if the video footage would have been inadmissable? On a different note, I have spent a lot of time in devel
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by mathewgj 16y ago
I learned from this (surprisingly interesting MSFT history) that Bill & Paul didn't formalize even a simple partnership between the two of them, let alone incorporate for about the first 2 years, during which time MSFT was operating and
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by mathewgj 16y ago
WRT buying out: get to a point where you both agree it's a bad fit, and that he has better prospects elsewhere, then 'buy him out' for a token - seriously, like $1.
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Do we expect too much from our data? - John Allen Paulos(nytimes.com)
6 points by mathewgj 16y ago|0 comments
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by mathewgj 16y ago
J.F.D.I.
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by mathewgj 16y ago
independent of this article making a very good point, i appreciated the grouping of 'java applets' with html5 as an example of 'cutting edge' tech on the web!
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by mathewgj 16y ago
Thanks for posting - it only took about 2 minutes on the site before I clicked through and bought it on Amazon!
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by mathewgj 16y ago
yes, that is what it means
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by mathewgj 16y ago
By far the most important aspect of this potential deal has been totally overlooked in the articles and comments I've read so far. ITA powers Kayak & Bing/Farecast and has the direct relationship with the airlines. ITA is foundational t
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Liberaltarianism and social security(economist.com)
4 points by mathewgj 16y ago|0 comments
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by mathewgj 16y ago
i find a very helpful concept here is the 'appropriate level of abstraction'- when making some assertion, make sure that the language you use and the claims that you make are specific enough to be compelling, but abstracted enough to be 'no
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by mathewgj 16y ago
A real benefit I have found in not tracking bugs is that the constraint makes you much less cavalier about introducing complexity in the first place, which is totally a good thing.
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by mathewgj 17y ago
Among many other things, I thought it was interesting to 'anchor' the fashion vertical around $40CPM as a comparison to LinkedIn (business/recruiting vertical), reportedly around $80CPM.
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Polyvore in-depth (fashion vertical: $40CPM)(newyorker.com)
2 points by mathewgj 17y ago|2 comments
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by mathewgj 17y ago
The best thing about this post was the case-study description of the full, 'first principles', customer development-type approach to landing page optimization including lessons learned from face to face selling, and a handful of very specif
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NYT Corner Office CEO interview index(projects.nytimes.com)
1 points by mathewgj 17y ago|0 comments
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by mathewgj 17y ago
yeah, instinctively i was expecting to be prompted to 'share my bracket' or the like.
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by mathewgj 17y ago
Just revoked Twitbet access to my account after it autosent a Tweet for me without any [edit: enough] warning or pause for approval. Please don't do that.

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