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by mediaman 17y ago
I don't think Christensen claims that big companies can't generate disruptive innovation, only that there are immense organizational forces that gear it toward incremental improvements rather than disruptive improvements. The exceptions s
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by mediaman 17y ago
It would be nice to be able to vote without clicking on a specific category.
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by mediaman 17y ago
Peoples' minds do not function like your computer. The reference you cite was part of a study that was properly sourced in the book, so yes, it is true. If you look more broadly and read introductory psychology books, you will discover the
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by mediaman 17y ago
This also violates federal securities laws and could earn you a C&D from the SEC.
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by mediaman 17y ago
Adrian, to your last point -- how would you suggest the site encourage polite responses such as your examples? I agree with you that having them makes a huge difference to the character of the site, and others seeing that will take them as
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by mediaman 17y ago
I agree with you -- decades of psychological research show that people acclimate to what they have, and then want more. Imagine cavemen postulating about what we'll do when we have these big machines that can carry us around at great speed,
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by mediaman 17y ago
The feature is powered by TrueSwitch, a product that as its name implies makes it easy to switch from one provider to another. More abstractly, I think business models which are predicated on reducing switching costs of customers in a given
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by mediaman 17y ago
It seems slightly different than the orange incident. There, it was a highly visible symbol: either the poster's name was orange, or it was not, and it turned into a status symbol. A number however is far more opaque, because it masks two d
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by mediaman 17y ago
Clayton Christenson's book, The Innovator's Prescription , is very good. It outlines the processes of business disruption that are beginning to affect the health care industry status quo, including these quick medical clinics against the G
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by mediaman 17y ago
I agree with you that hiring that talent at that level of EBITDA will take a big chunk of your profits. But there are one of two types you'll hire. One is if your business is not going to grow much (say, <9% a year). I'm not sure that r
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by mediaman 17y ago
It depends on how you manage it -- there are people who chain themselves to the business, but if the business is really worth $10mm (and not just because of inflated hope, let's say it has $2-3mm in sales and maybe $500k-$1mm in ebitda) you
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by mediaman 17y ago
I'll bet you're right about it being for Bradford & Reed -- I've seen some people who feel slighted because they're young try to overcompensate with glamorous office space, even when they're only trying to impress their employees.
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by mediaman 17y ago
I live in Chicago currently, which has a decent public transit system (although there's no shortage of complaints about it). I'd be interested in your experience being carless in Seattle. I might move out there at some point and it would be
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by mediaman 17y ago
I posted this because I've lived without a car for seven years, and I never would have realized how relaxing it is not to have to worry about it (though I do use the ZipCar service). And ultimately, as we reach peak oil and energy costs ris
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Human-sized cities: Cutting cars from our urban fabric(nytimes.com)
21 points by mediaman 17y ago|57 comments
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by mediaman 17y ago
The author takes a popular claim and lambasts it without ever actually addressing it. First is that the greater fool theory suffices as a valid business model--that the fact that founders can get rich by pawning off an overvalued asset to a
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by mediaman 17y ago
The reason Facebook became so popular, initially, was its exclusivity. I remember being on campus when it first became big -- and at first it was an Ivy League social network created out of Harvard, and it created a sense of exclusivity amo
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by mediaman 18y ago
What sort of business have you started? I like hearing about non-tech businesses.
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by mediaman 18y ago
Part of it is because of the cost of capital. It's very high for startups and much lower for others, particularly busines customers, although the concept also applies to consumers who buy things like magazines. Clever startups can capitaliz
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Bypassing the VC: Funding Your Business with Deferred Revenue(markenomics.com)
35 points by mediaman 18y ago|11 comments
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by mediaman 18y ago
It would seem rjurney's point is that more options may have lower utility. Suppose there are two viewers. Both are fans of Family Guy. One viewer is exposed to one episode and the other viewer is denied all access to Family Guy. The first v
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by mediaman 18y ago
Subject to liquidity constraints. If you have a product that has regular payments from a customer, and customers stay customers for a long time, creating a high lifetime value, then it is likely that there are many marketing activities that
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by mediaman 18y ago
My experience in talking with people who have successfully grown startups to medium to large sizes is that they almost universally regret their former belief that the degree to which they worked hard was necessary to get the company to that