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by samd 16y ago
I think there is something powerfully motivating about having such a limited amount of time and money to build your product. There probably is no ideal solution, different teams flourish under different conditions.
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It's not that simple though, funding comes in many forms and at different times. Maybe large amounts of money upfront without any product is bad, but large amounts of funding after having built something and gotten traction is good. If mone
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There are more than a few arguments that say more funding does hurt their chances of success.
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Cars and software bugs(economist.com)
4 points by samd 16y ago|2 comments
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You are severely oversimplifying people. There is nothing that prevents a software developer from writing poetry, or a poet from designing websites. Interesting people have a wide range of hobbies and interests.
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Exactly, and Facebook knows this. Real change will take competition, and competition will take years to grow.
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Right, I think there are many software niches that are still dominated by over-priced enterprise solutions, and the web is eventually going to destroy them. If you eventually want to compete with those guys though, wouldn't you rather have
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by samd 16y ago
It looks like you're targeting medical offices with that enterprise plan, but it just seems far too expensive for them. At that price your service is starting to cost as much as EMRs or practice management software.
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They gave her a large amount of stock so that she'd have a personal stake in making the company successful. It makes sense to have the people running the company personally intertwined with it. It's the same in startups, you don't want the
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Because it has worked so well for the music industry.
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by samd 16y ago
I can't recommend enough that people watch The Wire . It is especially illuminating on the subject of why politicians and bureaucrats do what they do.
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by samd 16y ago
That depends on whether you take the 37 Signals view of VC and the startup industry. Jason encourages the popular model for startups, which uses VC money to grow and tries to get acquired. If you think that model is flawed and ultimately de
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by samd 16y ago
The title is misleading, Wolfire made Lugaru, not the other games. Those other developers have independently chosen to open source their games.
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Typical garbage story trumping up the scourge of the welfare queen. There is basically no data about how prevalent this is, no analysis of the context or the cause. They are just quoting some business owners who say its happening and do som
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Perhaps another way of saying this is that Google's A/B testing has merely taken them to a local maximum, but they need a strong, coherent design discipline to reach the global maximum.
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They probably shouldn't put the average amount paid so far on the website. The idea is to get people to pay what they think the games are worth, not what other people think the games are worth.
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If philosophers can't solve any problems at least we can clarify them pretty well.
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As background: Charles Stross is a prolific science-fiction author. He's a smart guy with a lot of interesting things to say about the future of technology.
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by samd 16y ago
Adobe is basically saying that Flash will be available on competitor's phones and the market will decide; which is exactly the right response. I wish most tech bloggers would take this view and just shut up with the endless "analysis" of Fl
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The 2010 TIME 100 Most Influential People(time.com)
2 points by samd 16y ago|1 comments
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by samd 16y ago
"Everything is vague to a degree you do not realize till you have tried to make it precise." - Bertrand Russell
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by samd 16y ago
So do you have weekly meetings with Steve Ballmer where you all get together and cackle maniacally about new IE idiosyncrasies?
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Facebook & The Like Button: Capturing Human Intent(economist.com)
3 points by samd 16y ago|0 comments
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I think most people realize that the medical industry is highly regulated and that's why they overlook the opportunities there.
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There are opportunities for startups all over the place that are mostly ignored because your average 20-something hacker/founder has no idea these problems exist. Also, transcripts would be nice.
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Blippy is not for use with your everyday credit card, you're supposed to get a card specifically for Blippy purchases. Then when you buy something you want your friends to know about (like a new video game, tickets, etc.) you use the Blippy
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Calacanis' Side of the Resignation Story
38 points by samd 16y ago|34 comments
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It was decided by voters in a March Madness style tournament. Comcast beat out Ticketmaster in the final round. Here's the bracket: http://consumerist.com/2010/04/meet-your-worst-company-in-am... It's obviously biased toward consumer orie
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Comcast: The Consumerist's Worst Company in America(consumerist.com)
40 points by samd 16y ago|29 comments
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Earning your sword: the magical inner sanctum of Blizzard(arstechnica.com)
1 points by samd 16y ago|0 comments

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