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by mkoble11 13y ago
This went back and forth four or five times until I then reminded him that I had made it very clear that I was not available, and that he was losing my time and his own by sending these constant emails. The real problem is that you kept c
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by mkoble11 13y ago
Love this product and the story! Another company created out of Startup Weekend, they went on to Launchpad LA and most recently raised $1.1m in March: http://techcrunch.com/2013/03/18/web-app-interface-builder
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by mkoble11 13y ago
Mistakes like this really suck, but I have no doubt that Twilio will make it right.
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by mkoble11 13y ago
While on the subject of mturk, you might find this useful: "Running Experiments Online Using Amazon Mechanical Turk" https://sites.google.com/a/cognitivescience.co/knowledgebase... Found it the other day
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by mkoble11 13y ago
Best of luck to you, Swift - I know you'll be successful :)
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by mkoble11 13y ago
Swift is pretty awesome Yes, yes he is. Most developer evangelists are awesome people. :)
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by mkoble11 13y ago
I love when people put a lot of thought/design in their slide deck.... and then sprinkle in some humor. http://theycallmeswift.com/img/principle-philosophy/page0008...
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by mkoble11 13y ago
I first found out about V2MOM from a great post called "The #1 Mistake Entrepreneurs Make" by Michael Lazerow (Founder of Buddy Media, which sold to Salesforce for $689m): http://www.linkedin.com/today/post&#x
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The V2MOM Process: How SalesForce Went From Idea To A Billion Dollar Company(davidrosendahl.com)
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by mkoble11 13y ago
My advise is to send only a neutral written notice. If there is any verbal communication, keep it positive. This. The organization isn't going to care about your feedback. They're not going to change things. Best thing to do is just save
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Wise.io Debuts Machine Learning Service,Offers What Google Builds For Itself(techcrunch.com)
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by mkoble11 13y ago
3D printing today feels a lot like the early 80s did WRT to the PC.
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by mkoble11 13y ago
I've tried Trello & Asana but have always been looking for something a little more visual. This is great, thanks!!
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by mkoble11 13y ago
Ben Forta's Teach Yourself SQL in 10 minutes http://www.forta.com/books/0672336073/
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by mkoble11 13y ago
I've been excited about discourse ever since it was announced. If anyone knows how to build an infrastructure for online communities, it's Jeff Atwood.
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by mkoble11 13y ago
Probably depends on the reason for the delay. If he delivered his child to the hospital for example, I wouldn't want to be his priority. Totally agree. Common courtesy would dictate that he should take 1 minute to pick up the phone and sa
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by mkoble11 13y ago
The VC was seventy-five minutes late to the meeting. She refused to see him even though he was in the office and her calendar was clear. Later that week she raised money from someone else. He kept emailing her saying his partners were goin
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by mkoble11 13y ago
The story is the message. :)
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by mkoble11 13y ago
Techcrunch just announced Runscope raised $1.1 million from True Ventures & Andreessen Horowitz https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5752784
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Runscope: $1.1M From Andreessen Horowitz & Others To Address Broken API Plague(techcrunch.com)
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by mkoble11 13y ago
I really hope runscope will be successful - John Sheehan is an awesome guy!! Here's an interview he did with API economist that I posted a while back: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5683760
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by mkoble11 13y ago
Great advice! Dharmesh from Hubspot seems to use similar strategies if you're part of "OnStartups" on Linkedin.
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by mkoble11 13y ago
He speaks at a rapid clip and, often, for minutes without stopping Aaron Levie seems to speak this way as well. I'm not sure what it stems from - but many founders/entrepreneurs have this trait. Has anyone else noticed this?
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by mkoble11 13y ago
David pushed me to do amazing work that I didn’t think was possible. A quality of a great leader. Phenomenal post, thanks so much for sharing this.
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Sprint Acquires Mobile Dev Shop OneLouder (TweetCaster, etc)(techcrunch.com)
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The Story Of A Boy Whose Tempter Tantrum Led To A Venture-Backed Food Startup(businessinsider.com)
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by mkoble11 13y ago
I really hope they succeed somehow. Internet could use some more competition. When they announced Marissa as taking over, I just wasn't sure anyone could steer that company in the right direction. Perhaps maybe it was just better left f
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by mkoble11 13y ago
Almost any article worth reading from the big tech sites will find its place Also, journalists find stories here . I've seen Show HN's that turn into news stories - even journalists that give the hat tip to OP within the originating thre
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by mkoble11 13y ago
He worries that Hacker News will become what he calls “an old crumbling building.” I hope not. This is one of the best & brightest online communities I've ever seen. I learn so much every single day from the content & insights pos
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by mkoble11 13y ago
Because people learn differently. Agreed. Online schools are fantastic, because anyone anywhere can work through them at anytime. At the end of the day, some people need a little more interaction. There are in-person mobile programs like

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