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by qeorge 12y ago
Thank you so much Brian! I'll start reading it right away. The class sounds great as well, and I hope you enjoy it. If you find yourself compelled to share anything in particular, I'd be very interested to hear it. Maybe you could
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by qeorge 12y ago
That's a great book too - I like Seth's writing style. I believe he calls this "finding a edge". TSATOP is different because teaches you to actually quantify the value delivered to the customers. i.e., how much, in real
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by qeorge 12y ago
Here's the thing: they don't want to run SiteSucker. That's only slightly more helpful than telling them to just run wget! They want to write a check and get back to business, not become a web developer! (I think that tool is
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by qeorge 12y ago
I have the 4th edition (2005 update), which is only $8 used on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Strategy-Tactics-Pricing-Growing-Profi... But honestly any edition is great - its sold as a textbook[1], so they seem to make peri
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by qeorge 12y ago
This reminds me of The Strategy and Tactics of Pricing [1], in a funny way (bear with me). In pricing, if you have features in common with other vendors then those features are commodities and basically valueless. But the features you have
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by qeorge 12y ago
Another way to read this is that every generation gets braver, and more willing to stand up for their privacy. (The proportion of people in the 'protection over privacy' camp consistently goes down with age). I hope its a generati
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by qeorge 12y ago
Yes! It would be like the Wayback machine as a service, but with some key differences: 1) The intention is that you replace your dynamic site with the static copy, but your visitors are none the wiser. All URLs are the same, as well as the
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by qeorge 12y ago
Startup idea, free for the taking: create a service that "ossifies" dynamic websites into static HTML. (By ossify, I mean to take something dynamic and make it static). For example, that WordPress site you commissioned for a movie
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by qeorge 12y ago
$12/yr - not bad at all. I might recommend this next time a friend asks how to buy a domain. Namecheap takes great care of me at $10/year though, so I'm not very compelled to switch.
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by qeorge 12y ago
+1 - I would be extremely interested in this as well. great idea!
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by qeorge 12y ago
That is a great service! Thank you for the link! However, its not quite what I want - its really focused on tiny jobs, They won't do anything if it takes over 30 minutes, and I don't think they'll create anything (e.g., a ban
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by qeorge 12y ago
A VA service, like TimeSvr.com or myriad others, but for graphic design. I need little graphics made all the time (banners, logos, etc) and right now I have to interact with Fiverr/Elance more than I want to. Not looking for Picasso,
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by qeorge 12y ago
I agree, and am reminded of the quote from Thomas Watson (IBM) on this: “Recently, I was asked if I was going to fire an employee who made a mistake that cost the company $600,000. No, I replied, I just spent $600,000 training him. Why wou
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by qeorge 12y ago
Another upside is forcing the company to learn to run without its founders or other key employees for a meaningful period of time. This forces good processes to be put in place, and is an excellent fire drill in general.
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by qeorge 12y ago
+1 - I ran into the same issue. FWIW, I am logged in and you have my payment issue on file, but I was also not able to increase the donation amount. No big deal, and obviously I was able to just make another donation, but I wanted to mentio
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Do you need programming skills to learn Linux?(opensource.com)
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by qeorge 12y ago
That's an excellent breakdown, thank you for doing that. I think Uber's current pricing advantage over standard cabs relies on their driver's not being aware of these costs (especially Taxi insurance). That said, I think they
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by qeorge 12y ago
If you're looking for a good place to donate, try Greensboro Housing Coalition: http://greensborohousingcoalition.com GHC is a non-profit in Greensboro, NC that my stepmother founded 25 years ago. They dedicate their lives
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by qeorge 12y ago
Android is a great place to jump in. There's a lot of work for mobile developers and Java is a very marketable skill even outside Android. The tooling (Android Studio) is also relatively accessible, and you don't need to know 4 di
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Linux Distros for Kids(opensource.com)
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by qeorge 12y ago
I was once bilked into buying some scraped content as original work by this method. It passed copyscape, and my test of Googling a a random sentence in quotes didn't bring anything up. I let it go because I had already accepted the wor
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by qeorge 12y ago
You may be right, but its still clear that Emil Michael is toxic and not suited for a leadership position of anything larger than a shoebox. He should be fired.
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by qeorge 12y ago
Chik-fil-a lost at least one customer for life - me. I have not eaten their food since the story broke, and I never will again. Uber just came to Raleigh, NC where I live, and I was pretty stoked to try them out. Not gonna happen now - I&#x
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by qeorge 12y ago
Here's something easy you can do at your company, that will help everyone, but especially women: let everyone choose any username they want, and make it easy to change if needed. Personal example: I'm recently married, and you wou
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by qeorge 12y ago
RE:documentation, Stripe does an awesome thing where they inject your API key and secret into the examples, so you can just copy and paste their example and go. Its brilliant, and should be copied everywhere! I'm also a big believer
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by qeorge 12y ago
Same story here. Have had T-Mo for ~3 years, wouldn't ever switch to one of the other big carriers (I would move to Republic Wireless if I was going to change). My wife moved from Verizon -> T-Mobile last year after finally getting
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by qeorge 12y ago
Airlines literally have no option but to compete on price. Airlines that try to compete another way will inevitably fail. How do you explain JetBlue? They're not usually the cheapest, but I always choose them over e.g., USAirways or
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by qeorge 12y ago
Mr Money Mustache has a great take on this: http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2012/01/13/the-shockingly-sim... Simple rule of thumb: 25x your yearly expenses is enough to live off your savings.
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by qeorge 12y ago
But wouldn't you and your friend have to exchange bank account numbers? An advantage of Square Cash is it uses email as a proxy, and you probably already know your friend's email.
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by qeorge 12y ago
I think "AAA for X" makes more sense than "Uber for X" "AAA for Massage" is very meaningful - I just book "a massage", I don't care from whom as long as they are qualified, and this company makes

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