March 2010
HackNY - the first hackathon organized by NYC...
leora:
Dear Tumblr,
This would be 1000% more awesome if people could see this in their dashboard.
Love,
Dave
kmaverick:
“Julia Allison has been called “The View for the Facebook generation.” MarketWatch called her “one of the most media-savvy twenty-somethings in New York.” As Julia says, “The web is uniquely suited to both wannabes and has-beens. You don’t need online experience — just savvy, some work ethic and tenacity and of course, all the tips you will get in this information packed class. You’ll...
J wrote about her relationship with me. →
Based on something that happened this morning.
WatchMy co-founder Chris and his girlfriend Kelly are fostering 5 kittens. Kelly took a video of the kittens nursing. (via)
“If the relationship between money and well-being is complicated, the...”
– Op-Ed Columnist - The Sandra Bullock Trade - NYTimes.com
The last sentence is for Carmen :)
datainsightsideas:
SeatGeek Exclusive: 2010 New York Yankees Tickets
On March 30, 2010, Cupid’s arrow struck SeakGeek and Scoop St. fell deeply in love. To celebrate their new found romance, these online start-ups decided to offer New Yorkers a deal of a life-time. Synthesizing Scoop St.’s group-buying penchant and SeatGeek’s mathematical genius of ticket…
Hot. So hot.
...
“I’m sentimental this week, and thinking about the past, because I have seen the...”
– Marc Benioff (via soupsoup) (via mikehudack)
I’m a believer.
Check out Jeff Heuer's awesome comment!
This was in response to my reblog of bobulate’s post about subscription / membership models for industries that typically are a la carte:
An added psychological dimension of the “subscription effect” is the timing of the customer’s payments. When your subscription/membership payment is vivid, you will be more likely to use a service, to convince yourself that you “got...
We're already catching on...
snacky-snacky:
Sooooo gooood.
Princeton researchers find that high-fructose corn... →
fishy:
HFCS is evil!
bobulate:
Office in motion
Andy Polaine recently emailed, noting a work habit I wasn’t familiar with:
Some of my Swiss colleagues even take the train somewhere for a couple of hours just to use it as an office. They have lunch in their destination city and then come back again, work done. There’s an interesting aspect to this — they all have a General Abonnement, which is like a...
The Surrogate Life →
inkyeagle:
I’m 23. I have a fresh liberal arts degree, $50,000 in student loans, and I can’t find a job. In the past, I’ve gotten through money-thin months by subletting my apartment or selling my personal possessions on eBay. But newly homeless and with my car, bike, and dressy trousers under new titles, I’ve nothing of worth left to proffer. Except, of course, myself.
Bit of a rant here:
...
Tonight's Dinner: Catfish Tacos with Guacamole... →
Photos will be taken.
WatchSean Ellis at Lean Startup Circle Meeting on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
Always worth listening to Sean Ellis.
How Mint.com Acquired 1.5M+ Users
putorti:
Recently on Quora, my friend Brit posted a question:
How did Mint acquire 1.5m+ users without a high viral coefficient, scalable SEO strategy, or paid customer acquisition channel?
Since the Quora community found my response helpful, I’m posting it here for everyone:
The Product. Maybe we didn’t have a high viral coefficient but we had a great net promoter score. People loved Mint,...
Four VC Firms Battle For Foursquare, Valuation... →
jryu:
rafer:
Rafer sez: @denniscrowley Get the winner to give up their presumed pro rata rights, board seat, and preferences entirely, and cut them a break on valuation. You won’t regret it.
Totally totally agree with Rafer. The marginal benefit of an increase in $ valuation diminishes faster if you hold everything else constant. You’re better off negotiating for the other points. There...
“The competitor to be feared is one who never bothers about you at all, but goes...”
– Henry Ford
This quote was referenced by Jason Fried of 37signals in an interview with Leo Laporte. (via scotth)
Who am I in 3 words?
Amber Rae has asked me to describe myself in 3 words. Which 3 words would you use?
“Don’t write a business plan; start building something with no capital and see if...”
– Dave McClure Keeps it Real on Boston Startup Panels | bostinnovation.com (via brooksjordan)
Hell yes. Of course, thinking hard about it for at least a few hours can do wonders.
Reading my dashboard for the first time in about 3...
LETS DO THIS.
Our family is growing!
As you may know, Postling was started by myself (Dave Lifson), Chris Maguire, and Haim Schoppik. You can read about our story on our About Us page. In January, we hired our first employee, Alexis Lamster, to be our VP of Customers. Here is her story.
Today, I’m thrilled to announce our newest employees, Sarah Cooley & Josh Scherman. Sarah will be helping us with Community Management...
Sorry, folks.
The Tumblr hiatus will be ending soon. In the last 10 days, I have:
Travelled from Bayonne, NJ -> Austin, TX -> Seattle, WA. Tomorrow, back to NJ then driving to Waltham, MA.
Been a groomsman in my friend’s wedding.
Made a significant pivot in the vision of our company.
Raised $150,000 from some amazing and well-known angel investors as a result of the new vision, causing our...
AOL Sets Up $10 Million Venture Fund To Back Local... →
soupsoup:
(via andrearosen)
Ahem.
I can hook you up with Jon Brod if you wish. Keep in mind he came to AOL via their acquisition of Patch, so he already has pretty clear opinions on how hyperlocal journalism will work in the future.
My big question, broadly, is what affect corporate investment will have on early stage startups. The accepted wisdom is that it’s not a good idea so early,...
“There are only two priorities for a start-up: Winning the market and not running...”
– The Case for the Fat Start-Up | Ben Horowitz (via bijan) (via viiv)
This whole blog post is phenomenal. I mean, despite the whole misunderstanding of Lean Startup, it’s important not to generalize that cheap = good. Cheap when you don’t have product market fit is good, as long as your...
The importance of investor signaling in venture... →
Read every word of this post by Chris Dixon if you’re an entrepreneur. Definitely something high on my mind right now.