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by patrickambron 14y ago
Fair enough
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by patrickambron 14y ago
It's a very fair point, and I think it's good to always err on the side of "not being shady". Just to play devil's advocate, many companies would never have broken through the clutter if they didn't break a few rules to be seen at first.
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by patrickambron 14y ago
I think SlideShare is one of the most underutilized tools out there. It's a great way to break up a lot of information (people enjoy clicking through) and they have a vibrant community. I post things up there and routinely get tens of thous
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by patrickambron 14y ago
I read about this in the past, and I think it's a really interesting conversation. Would you consider this spam? Personally I lean towards no. Yes, you are emailing a stranger, but in a relevant way and presumably only one time.
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by patrickambron 14y ago
That's a really interesting point. I think a big part of anything like this is how prepared you are. For example, Florida routinely gets hit with much stronger storms, but they are much better prepared. New York doesn't deal with many Hurri
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by patrickambron 14y ago
I'm not sure I'm following
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by patrickambron 14y ago
This is so awesome. One it's cool to see a company care so much about it's customers and its reputation. Two, it's amazing how much fuel they need to fun
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by patrickambron 14y ago
I actually wasn't aware of this. Sounds cool Can you elaborate?
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by patrickambron 14y ago
Yea that was really surprising to me. It's another reason I feel lucky to be in this industry. It became obvious people love what they do more than any other industry.
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by patrickambron 14y ago
This is such a good comment, and something I've wondered about too. I think there are three parts of the equation 1) StartUp people, especially founders, have a heightened appreciation of Time. Big organizations build in redundancy and shar
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by patrickambron 14y ago
Absolutely. It was pretty amazing to see how the whole city came together, especially leaders – from Obama to Bloomberg to Governor Christie to Sterne to many others.
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How Hurricane Sandy Reminded Me Why I Love the Tech Industry(patrickambron.me)
20 points by patrickambron 14y ago|19 comments
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by patrickambron 14y ago
Definitely agree. A few simple changes and you can make it really easy/fun to go through lots and lots of quotes :)
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by patrickambron 14y ago
Really cool idea (and nice design). I know it was a weekend project so I bet most of my feedback are things you've already considered, but here it is: 1) It's a little hard to tell the source of the quote from just the thumbnail, unless you
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by patrickambron 14y ago
Just started using Confluence. If you're willing to use their hosted version, it's one of the best project management softwares I've used. I would gladly use more products by them
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by patrickambron 14y ago
He's talking about the "jack of all trades, master of none" type person. Just because you are the absolute best at one thing does not mean you are incompetent in all other areas. To take your example: of course you wouldn't want to promote
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by patrickambron 14y ago
In this case it means that the first result is actually about them, and it's content they control
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by patrickambron 14y ago
That's a good point Danso. The BrandYourself software actually guides you through all of that. If you submit a LinkedIn for example, but haven't gotten your vanity URL, we guide you through the process until you have. If you submit a person
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by patrickambron 14y ago
That's a good question. LinkedIn ranking high makes sense but we were really surprised by about.me. Here's a high-level answer 1) LinkedIn tends to rank high because, not only is it a well structured page, but people tend to take the time a
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by patrickambron 14y ago
My impression was since he didn't have any college degrees, he was being turned away from jobs. He contemplated the idea of simply lying, but instead, thought of another way to draw attention to his credentials that would help people overlo
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by patrickambron 14y ago
You're describing a great CEO, not necessarily a great StartUp founder. In the beginning the founder's job is not to hire people (you're not ready for that yet). It's to execute and demonstrate some sort of traction--the traction you can us
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by patrickambron 14y ago
I've always thought the person running the development team should understand marketing, and the person running the marketing efforts knows how to develop. The two are so intertwined, but at the same time, it's important to separate the eff
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by patrickambron 14y ago
I fall right in the middle with the lawyer advice. You should not incorporate without seeking very good legal advice from someone who knows what they are talking about in your industry. Yes, incorporating a business is easy and standard
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by patrickambron 14y ago
Really good post. We're in the process of doing something very similar, moving from Upstate NY down to NYC. There are pro's and cons to each. Upstate was great when we were building product. It was good to be isolated from distraction and d
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by patrickambron 14y ago
That would definitely be interesting from a startup founder's perspective. From a purely consumer standpoint, I would use something like this to create my FB lists, if you made that easy. It's also useful when planning events. So, while I w
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by patrickambron 14y ago
I personally just don't like app invites. I don't use them, and I literally never pay attention to ones I get. That said, the clusters are really impressive. All of my clusters were basically just groups of people from different times/event
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Microsoft Throws Parade to Announce Birth of Windows Phone, Death of Iphone(businessinsider.com)
4 points by patrickambron 14y ago|2 comments
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by patrickambron 14y ago
I do think there is a big business there, but it's also crowded and more complicated. People don't realize how big the individual market is, and we want to be the ones who own it. But reach out to me, I'd be happy to show you how to use the
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by patrickambron 14y ago
Hey, email me at pambron[at]brandyourself[dot]com. I'll figure out why you can't log in
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by patrickambron 14y ago
My cofounder Pete, was being mistaken for a Drug Dealer and sex offender in college. It was where the inspiration came from

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