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by wumi 18y ago
just in case some don't get it, it's a play on a Bible passage in Ecclesiastes Chapter 3.
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by wumi 18y ago
every company should have a blog, yeh? And most use it for advertising, but is anyone else tired with the incessant preaching (and linking to news.yc) of 37signals? I have great respect for their business, their founders and employees, and
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by wumi 18y ago
"Creating a new, successful product is like writing a book, creating a movie, or raising a child. It’s a fiendishly complicated task that requires great adaptability creativity. Rules can only get you so far. No amount of advice can guarant
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by wumi 18y ago
when I spent some time with the Maasai, I learned that even a Lion learns to fear the bright red cloth, because it often means death ...
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The ‘titans’ of venture capital: Entrepreneurs, we’re here to serve you(venturebeat.com)
13 points by wumi 18y ago|2 comments
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by wumi 18y ago
is it necessary to put your name before every post? we can all see the link with your name in it
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by wumi 18y ago
considering that TC employees regularly check news.yc it's plausible to assume they automatically upvote all TC stories.
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by wumi 18y ago
"the U.S. Government is often happy to pay for ideas that have no successful implementation, and may never have one." a lot of University research money comes this way.
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Sun adds support for Amazon Web services, targets start-ups(venturebeat.com)
14 points by wumi 18y ago|2 comments
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Valley-ho(sarahlacy.typepad.com)
3 points by wumi 18y ago|0 comments
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by wumi 18y ago
expecting MSFT to beat a company and expecting them to be competitive are two different issues. as you've said in another post about all that $$ their sitting on -- they should be competing in several different markets, but showing up with
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by wumi 18y ago
out of curiosity, with David being fluent in French, any reason you guys don't have a French version of Weebly out? (Pardon if I'm mistaken on this)
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by wumi 18y ago
"really caring" I think applies to not just start-ups but to life in general. so many of us ask "how are you" without "really caring" that it's startling to find someone who "really cares" and wants a truthful response when you ask. I'd als
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by wumi 18y ago
half of these arguments are of the Facebook vs. Myspace variety -- or the Yang should be outed argument as well 1. Same could be said for Yahoo vs. Google 2. Hotmail/Live mail has more users than Gmail (ditto with MSN messenger and Gchat, o
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Poll: What should Yahoo have done?
3 points by wumi 18y ago|0 comments
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by wumi 18y ago
Accept the original $29/share offer
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by wumi 18y ago
Accept the increased $33/share offer
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by wumi 18y ago
Accept a $37/share offer
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by wumi 18y ago
Threaten to make deals with Google and avoid a hostile bid (which is what happened)
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by wumi 18y ago
which is why we'll keep driving cars in the US until it makes sense not to, which will be several more dollars/ gallon.
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by wumi 18y ago
and Europeans have better public transport -- in the 200 miles it would take me to get a major city from where I live, even driving a 20 mpg car by myself, it'd be cheaper than public transport by a few dollars. and with myself + n, it beco
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by wumi 18y ago
I think there's a simple answer to this: the product doesn't suite you. That's OK -- I'm sure Xobni's not crying about it. Somehow you've translated Xobni not suiting you to Xobni not being worth $20 million. That's OK too, but at the end o
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by wumi 18y ago
this implies you consider the native Outlook search, message threading, and attachment handling better than Xobni's. i'd be surprised if you used Outlook for that long and really thought so.
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by wumi 18y ago
"'information' thrown up about email traffic." you clearly still consider just the analytics part of the email, which shows you STILL probably haven't really used the product if that's all you think it is. "While Xobni is focused for now on
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by wumi 18y ago
was surprised at the quality of the film. very entertaining.
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by wumi 18y ago
1. It's obvious that Xobni has more stuff planned, whether or not they're "features." I'm sure the "leak" just happened to be timed before the acquisition rejection. 2. "especially since there is no clear revenue stream opportunities with t
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by wumi 18y ago
unless it's a major mistake, most publications don't really publicize corrections (especially not with blogs being able to edit their content.) UPDATE
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by wumi 18y ago
seemingly, Starbucks only competes on "better coffee," which is , of course, subjective. This is why I believe Starbucks is like Apple in that regard, as it seems to be more about the culture and inferred status of the product, than the act
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by wumi 18y ago
true, but as the comment was reffering to schools, all the schools I've been, from grade school through University, only had Apple's computer products, so I believe he inferred the computer market.
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by wumi 18y ago
funny how most commenters strike down the person for asking, yet PG actually replies to 4/5 questions. why not either a) try to answer the questions or b) let PG answer them, because he seemed pretty willing.

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