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by pitdesi 15y ago
This is very interesting, and I LOVE that Google is doing it. I use google maps to make sure that a rickshaw/taxi driver isn't ripping me off by going the wrong/long way. It has come in handy for me several times in India. The real trouble
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by pitdesi 15y ago
It seems like it might be perfect for LivingSocial. Still far from a household name with a somewhat awkward domain name (what does living social mean?), and lots of cash. I think they'd be happy to rebrand as social.com.
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by pitdesi 15y ago
Cool product and I love the marketing story, but not as good as a whiteboard (too hard to get smooth) and VERY expensive: http://www.amazon.com/IdeaPaint-Sq-Ft-Kit-Whiteboard/dp/B002... $175 for a 50 sqft area - $3.5/sqft... a lot more ex
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by pitdesi 15y ago
I love Ender's Game and all of OSC's other books, but it seems like he might be a terrible guy... more on that in this very interesting interview: http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2000/02/03/card
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Rabois: 95% Chance Square Will Do Better Than PayPal Financially(techcrunch.com)
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How to Spy On Your Competition(businessinsider.com)
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GigaOm doubles down on research, raises another $6M(venturebeat.com)
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How Snake Oil Got a Bad Rap- It actually works(collectorsweekly.com)
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The entire Internet is Not making us dumber. (ritholtz.com)
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This is the most important star in the universe (io9.com)
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Square Register – The First Step in Going After Visa and Mastercard.(feefighters.com)
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90 Days Later, J.C. Penney Regains Its Google Rankings(searchengineland.com)
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Nook has 25% of ebook market, launches simple light E-Reader(fastcodesign.com)
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by pitdesi 15y ago
There was another good one too recently that I can't find, but here's one: http://blog.itlater.com/whats-the-best-time-to-post-to-hacke...
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by pitdesi 15y ago
I guarantee that you don't have 1.79% + 22 cents for all transactions. You've got tiered pricing, which is mostly a bait and switch scam. http://feefighters.com/blog/tiered-pricing-for-merchant-acco... If you'd like, you can email me your
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How Square's New Pay-With-Your-Name System Works w/ Pics(mashable.com)
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by pitdesi 15y ago
http://www.crunchbase.com/company/square Most crunchbase entries do come straight from the PR team... Users can edit them, so most companies do and Crunchbase says what you want it to. It's sort of like a moderated wiki.
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by pitdesi 15y ago
This is fantastic news for small coffeeshops etc everywhere.. This makes for a very compelling use case. It is now far cheaper than a merchant account or verifone for smaller merchants, when factoring in that you get a free POS system. Hope
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Fred Wilson wants to invest in the Internet-driven cultural revolution(venturebeat.com)
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Steve Jobs is a "corporate dictator"(theweek.com)
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by pitdesi 15y ago
Here's a good comparison calculator: http://feefighters.com/square-calculator It's not possible to go below 1% because interchange is higher than that... more details on that (what interchange is, why it exists, etc): http://feefighters
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How One Man and Half a Billion Honey Bees Help Feed America(spiritmag.com)
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Snake Oil? The scientific evidence for health supplements(informationisbeautiful.net)
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by pitdesi 15y ago
For those who are wondering about price - looks like it will be sold for $84,000... not bad! http://mavericklsa.com/FAQ.html
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by pitdesi 15y ago
This reminds me of the very cool class I took at Michigan. In 08, our design challenge was to design and build an easily shipped, carried and deployed station for disaster areas that facilitates bathroom functions, washing and showering. T
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by pitdesi 15y ago
It's a great tool for business development. Whenever I want to meet someone at X company I look at who I know there/who can introduce me there. Very valuable. You can't do that on facebook, it's too nosy/I'm not facebook friends with my bus
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Chinatown busses prices to go up; gov't to charge for curbside usage(wamu.org)
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Groupon launching biggest deal yet, with Quiznos(chicagobusiness.com)
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by pitdesi 15y ago
For those who commented on the age discrimination, Businessweek has this list of overall most promising startups: http://images.businessweek.com/ss/08/06/0627_fresh_entrepren...
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Amazon said to be Secret Bidder for Borders(benzinga.com)
3 points by pitdesi 15y ago|1 comments

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