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by rhl 16y ago
My recollection is that Max Levchin presented his vision for Slide under these exact terms about two years ago. Interestingly enough, Lance Tokuda, who had launched RockYou with an analog vision, publicly buried the potential for brand adve
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by rhl 16y ago
The analogy to a Ponzi scheme is actually pretty good: at a certain level a Ponzi scheme is any business that lives entirely off a positive and growing first derivative while heading faster and faster toward a certain death. If eventually (
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by rhl 16y ago
The next logical question that this kind of articles brings to mind is how do you 'treat' this -- or rather, what are the most efficient tools, tricks and behaviors to progress beyond this addiction, and control our urge to connect the hive
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It would be interesting to have figures backing these assertions. What sort of conversion performance did you see Joseph?
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by rhl 16y ago
Or rather 'make something people want' ;)
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by rhl 16y ago
Very interesting analysis, and nicely contrarian for those who, like me, wonder how stupid the banks who are claiming they didn't know there was a shorting counterparty think the public is. Credit goes to @jballanc on this thread: http://n
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by rhl 16y ago
This reminds me of an article I came across, praising execs working with an 'assignment mentality' rather than lifetime-employment seekers: http://hbr.org/2001/07/the-right-way-to-be-fired/ar/1 What's interesting in this debate is that Ma
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Must Read: Detailed Notes from Startup Lessons Learned Conference(docs.google.com)
1 points by rhl 16y ago|0 comments
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by rhl 16y ago
Longtime reader, never submitted... but this PBS documentary spreads out in so many directions that are congruent with the YC crowd -- personal productivity and multitasking, education for the digital natives, school computer access, privac
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Digital Nation: Life on the Virtual Frontier (PBS)(pbs.org)
1 points by rhl 16y ago|1 comments