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by vm 14y ago
This judge and the legal system don't understand that SMARTPHONES ARE COMPUTERS![1] Now consider the mess that is patent law, and suddenly I'm terrified by the lack of tech-awareness in our judicial and legislative systems. [1] Two reasons
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by vm 14y ago
Little known fact: most funds pay back management fees with initial investment returns. Partners earn carry after the fund breaks-even. You can't jump into VC and make millions without delivering returns.
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No, Kauffman simply said returns were lower for big funds and generally higher for small funds. But it doesn't really matter - most funds actually pay management fees back to LPs before they're allowed to generate carried interest. For exam
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by vm 14y ago
Two reasons LPs do this: 1. Investing in the best funds is competitive for LPs. Top funds often have more demand for investment than the fund will accept, so the partners have greater leverage to dictate terms. It's like an entrepreneur hav
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by vm 14y ago
First, the OA's comparison is meaningless. It focuses on vanity metrics rather than engagement or retention. A lot is written on that topic, so I won't repeat (see Tim Ferris: http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2009/05/19/vanity-metri...
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by vm 14y ago
Nah, Github is a step in the right direction. They make publishing online easier which gets more people to do it. It's like how twitter grew the blogging world by making it easy to do. Sure, not everyone does it yet, but it's better than be
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by vm 14y ago
Context man! He was speaking at a media conference filled with traditional media co's, such as The New Yorker, Viacom, and ESPN. It was even run by WSJ. To that audience, his statement highlights the nuance of traffic referral vs. accumulat
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by vm 14y ago
Your quote is unfairly taken out of context. Here is the full quote: Costolo: We’re not a media company. We’re in the media business. We distribute traffic. We’re one of the largest drivers of traffic to all sorts of other media property. D
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IVP raises new $1 billion fund(techcrunch.com)
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VC Dumps 13% Stake in Habbo Over Dodgy Child Content(techcrunch.com)
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by vm 14y ago
It's a play on iOS notifications. They show a red number in the top right corner to signal how many notifications are unchecked. See: http://img.ehowcdn.com/article-new/ehow/images/a04/pb/9e/rem...
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by vm 14y ago
Seems like a nice fix for many cases, though it would parse emails like matt@xyz.com into m.t@xyz.com Separately, it seems like putting your email into an image is the obfuscate it against spam scrapers who can use tactics like this
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re: #1 - Pinterest has dramatically more users and potential users. Will it be able to monetize them as well as GitHub? Hard to say without knowing the details. The other factor is hype. Pinterest is the next hot social company and their co
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At what point is it wrong to engineer a product to be addictive? Tobacco companies are evil for doing this. But when it comes to things like fast food, gambling and games , I hear things like "everyone knows those are bad for you" so you s
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by vm 14y ago
Remember he sent this in a private note to Sequoia investors. Although you'd expect something like this to leak, it was still not public communication.
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Facebook has ads that people like your mother will think are from friends. If users can't tell the different between Google Ads and search terms (or between CBS and a random site), they're unlikely to distinguish between newsfeed updates fr
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Facebook roadshow video(facebook.retailroadshow.com)
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This article skims the surface of habit formation. For a great read on the topic, checkout the current bestseller: The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do In Life and Business. http://www.amazon.com/The-Power-Habit-What-Business/dp/14000.
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by vm 14y ago
Microsoft revenues grew 15% over the past 4 years. Large company, yes, but hardly a quick moving power like a tsunami. Google grew 85% in the period. Stellar for a company of that size but tsunami? Depends who you ask. Apple grew 190%+ duri
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by vm 15y ago
This is true of the entire practice of marketing & advertising. Every "innovation" is just a new way to break through the noise to capture consumer interest. (remember the first time you saw a URL on a truck? so cool! now even my credit
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by vm 15y ago
I love the creativity, though I have to admit, I'm a little confused. YC already does a great job of releasing great startup ideas (see links below in the off chance that you haven't read them already). And it seems like everyone I met who
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The most interesting part is in the NY Times link (reproduced below): so many companies are copying Warby Parker. Warby was first and at least FOUR other companies copy them, down to the marketing message, branding and products. There are s
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Dave Morin's (Path CEO) response: Arun, thanks for pointing this out. We actually think this is an important conversation and take this very seriously. We upload the address book to our servers in order to help the user find and connect to
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For The First Time Ever, Smartphones Are Outselling PCs(businessinsider.com)
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Andreesen Horowitz gets more credit than it deserves for venture investing. The group has only generated returns from its late-stage growth and PE investments (Skype, Groupon, Zynga). Let me explain. This article, for example, cites a16z's
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Facebook already solved mobile with News Feed ads. Today, the most effective FB ads are the ones that show up in the News Feed after your friends "Like" or take action on an ad or brand page. The ROI on these ads crushes that of traditional
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Focusing on my health has been my best productivity boost. For a few months, I didn't exercise and ate lots of cheap, unhealthy food, thinking that I was too busy and could work more with that stuff. The result? Great progress with work and
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Patent troll sues against Hadoop HDFS use(dbms2.com)
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Amazon sells the Kindle Fire at a loss because it makes so much money on media(venturebeat.com)
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by vm 15y ago
Cash and Revenues are two totally different things on financial statements, like the ones pictured in the article. jamesredman is completely right that the article is incorrectly titled. Cash cow refers to something that generates free cash

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