pchristensen

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   by pchristensen 19y ago

   Why is this an either-or question? They're both factors, but probably minimal compared to simple economics. Small businesses are experiments, and big companies are experiments so successful that they've become formulas. Big chains know t
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   by pchristensen 19y ago

   Interestingly, the "Contact Us" page doesn't give any to indicate that the page was blocked in error. I had to report abuse as "Other" and hope someone read my message that it really wasn't bad. Looking at the archives, I was reminded of t
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   by pchristensen 19y ago

   PG answered this a while ago. I actually found it referenced in a thread from the last time someone asked. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38704
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   by pchristensen 19y ago

   Anyone know what this was about? No pornography, not hateful content (well, except towards Perl), not violent, not impersonation, unlawful use, or spam. Maybe copyright for some Amazon stuff he had there? I'd like to make sure Stevey get
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   by pchristensen 19y ago

   And don't forget that most of the "ridiculous valuations" come from acquisition or investment by a few companies that make huge piles of real money in the real economy. If Google, eBay, Amazon, or Microsoft want a company, it might be wort
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   by pchristensen 19y ago

   Amazon adds value compared to a physical bookstore because they have many times more titles, including many obscure books that aren't profitable to house in a retail bookstore (the long tail). Unless there are desirable, differentiated pet
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   by pchristensen 19y ago

   From what PG has said (can't find the thread), most of the companies are still intact and the success rate is much higher than the average for VCs.
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   by pchristensen 19y ago

   There will always be advertising dollars available for: 1) companies that can increase sales by investing in ads 2) big companies where bad advertising can't be effectively measured
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   by pchristensen 19y ago

   Sounds good. Do you have a timeframe for adding those pieces? It'll probably be early next year when I'll be ready for the front end of my app, and everything I've read about Weblocks makes me think it'd be a good match. I'd be interest
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    by pchristensen 19y ago

    I've taken a good look at Weblocks and I think I like what I see. Has anyone (besides CoffeMug) worked with or have any other feedback? Also, how mature/complete is Weblocks? I know it's new but that doesn't mean it's not ready for use.
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    by pchristensen 19y ago

    peter at pchristensen dot com. It's in my profile too
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    by pchristensen 19y ago

    This is kind of like the difference between walking and driving. Yes, the car/e-book is better in basically every way, but in order for it to be a good general solution, you have to design the entire environment around it. Cars don't work
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    by pchristensen 19y ago

    Injured wife and sick baby. Try reasoning your way out of that one!
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    by pchristensen 19y ago

    I'd be interested in hearing more about what you're doing. Send me an email or post back here.
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    by pchristensen 19y ago

    I think he included that because some people just won't listen and they really really want to pick stocks instead of invest in index funds. I think he had to acknowledge that those people exist, but try to mitigate that desire by writing t
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    by pchristensen 19y ago

    I have referred to Google as "The Google" for a long time now.
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    by pchristensen 19y ago

    I'm glad someone else mentioned this. Was he an intern, or can you work on NASA robots w/ a B.S., or what?
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    by pchristensen 19y ago

    I have most of these characteristics, but I'm also confident in my social skills and well-roundedness. I just use "nerd" as a convenient word to describe those aspects of my personality, and people who know me just add that to their alread
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    by pchristensen 19y ago

    I'm so terrified I didn't even click through
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    by pchristensen 19y ago

    I started to reply to this on Mike's website, but there was just too much to say. Check out this link where I, a parent, go through the same point-by-point competition: http://www.pchristensen.com/blog/2007/11/09/re-29-years-old-... "So
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    by pchristensen 19y ago

    I'm in Chicago. Could you email me the company name?