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Early drafts of great work are encouraging(sivers.org)
32 points by sivers 17y ago|6 comments
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by sivers 17y ago
Yes yes yes! I can't emphasize this enough. My biggest regret in 10 years of building cdbaby.com was that when I wanted to make it multi-lingual, 7 years into it, I was screwed! All of the language was spread around so many little prin
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by sivers 17y ago
To get fundamentals and theory foundation, drop the "internet" part of your requirement. The internet is just another way to connect people. All successful marketing comes down to a fundamental understanding of people, how we like to be sp
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by sivers 17y ago
Good point. Thanks for the feedback. I wasn't feeling 100% certain of this little essay, and almost didn't add it to HN, but your feedback helps. Thanks again. -- Derek
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by sivers 17y ago
Two links that explain: http://mathforum.org/dr.math/faq/faq.birthdayprob.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthday_paradox
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Japanese addresses: No street names. Block numbers.(sivers.org)
57 points by sivers 17y ago|25 comments
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Customers given too many choices are 10x less likely to buy(sivers.org)
75 points by sivers 17y ago|34 comments
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by sivers 17y ago
My old version of that page had a blurb about how I've included the ISBN number for every book there, so you can use your local library, bookmooch.com, or any book-lookup service you want. I took away the blurb because it felt like a lot of
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Reading list for those who love to learn(sivers.org)
118 points by sivers 17y ago|88 comments
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by sivers 17y ago
It is just a useful summary of the many academic studies. The article's links point to the actual studies for those who want the details.
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Announcing your plans makes you less motivated to accomplish them.(sivers.org)
151 points by sivers 17y ago|58 comments
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That's version ∞. First launch version 0.1.(sivers.org)
87 points by sivers 17y ago|8 comments
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by sivers 17y ago
Yes! "Island" changed my life! That's the book that made me quit my job in 1992. Haven't had a job since. Read slowly and ponder.
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Why you need your own company(sivers.org)
161 points by sivers 17y ago|38 comments
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Does quantity + learning = quality?(sivers.org)
1 points by sivers 17y ago|0 comments
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How to make a movement. Lessons learned from dancing guy.(sivers.org)
75 points by sivers 17y ago|25 comments
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Are you future-focused or present-focused? The marshmallow experiment.(sivers.org)
1 points by sivers 17y ago|0 comments
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Some people like to pay. Let them. (sivers.org)
74 points by sivers 17y ago|20 comments
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by sivers 17y ago
Really? Do those "click here to share" things make any difference? Has anyone seen a measurable difference?
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Are fans telling friends? If not, improve, don't promote.(sivers.org)
67 points by sivers 17y ago|32 comments
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What do musicians and entrepreneurs have in common?(sivers.org)
4 points by sivers 17y ago|0 comments
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Talent increases. Resourcefulness decreases. Are you sustainable?(sivers.org)
1 points by sivers 17y ago|0 comments
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by sivers 17y ago
I have to disagree, from experience. CD Baby was a Nevada corporation, though I was set up in New York when I started and Oregon when I left. I never had to file anything in Nevada, and there were no "needless" hassles or expenses. Someon
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by sivers 17y ago
I've used Trident Trust : http://tridenttrust.com/jurisdiction_tbvi_companies.html - but I get the impression that all of these companies are similar : http://www.offshorebvi.com 1. Sign up and pay (about $1000 USD) 2. They incorporate
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by sivers 17y ago
It wasn't my dad that lent me the money - it was his company. So his company couldn't just pay me $3.3M for no reason.
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by sivers 17y ago
There are legal ("asset protection") reasons that many taxi companies have each car as its own LLC, or ski slopes register each slope as its own LLC. So if someone has a legal problem with one, and you can really show that you've been trea
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My $3.3M Mistake(sivers.org)
251 points by sivers 17y ago|44 comments
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by sivers 18y ago
From the book "How to Get Rich" - by Felix Dennis (worth about $1 billion): "To become rich, you must be an owner, and you must try to own it all. You must strive with every fiber of your being, while recognizing the idiocy of your behavi
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by sivers 18y ago
I love FreeBSD. I really have nothing interesting to say in my comment here except that I was surprised to NOT see a bunch of other HN fans glowing about it. I spent a good 1-2 years each with SuSE, Debian, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, Solaris, and U
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by sivers 18y ago
Those into this idea should read this great (encouraging) article: http://www.expatsoftware.com/articles/2008/05/laid-off-one-t... It inspired the hell out of me. It's more about NOT coding, and taking time to see the world cheaply, but l

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