March 2011
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robgo.org: Concerns About the JP Morgan Fund →
robgo:
I have to say, I’m puzzled by the JP Morgan Digital Media Growth Fund. I’ll admit, I don’t know anything aside from what I read in the news. But three things stand out. 1. They are playing in arguably the frothiest part of the market, where valuations are really very high. 2. I don’t see where JP…
Smells like fools who have realized they can sell to even bigger fools. And when the...
“Microsoft has taken an unusual step. It has relaxed a strict rule and will let...”
– Microsoft’s Effort to Build Apps and Reward Engineers - NYTimes.com (via interestingsnippets)
I’m surprised the best app they could find to feature is an Instagram ripoff. Is there no innovation left?
“Don’t be a google bitch”
– Fred Wilson - http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2011/02/marketing.html (via bijan)
Another great quote: “Marketing is what you do when your product sucks.”
“Don’t Mistake Activity For Productivity. False Urgency Is Even More Destructive...”
– The Startup Daily (via malcolmong)
Don’t mistake work for progress.
Sleep? or Starcraft?
rubenesquewaitress:
shovelbum:
texnessa:
caterpillarcowboy:
This pancake contains sausage. Sweet n’ savory! (Taken with Instagram at Brownstone Diner & Pancake Factory)
not entirely sure i approve of this. i like my sweet and meat separate but i am open to persuasion.
Umm, hello? Maple syrup
Maybe if it were made with bacon…
You can order it with bacon, ham, or sausage. And...
“In the rambling, sometimes incoherent address, he said those challenging his...”
– Qaddafi’s Grip Falters as His Forces Take On Protesters - NYTimes.com
Holy shit. This guy is INSANE.
New Explore Feature... Not a Fan AT ALL
ladyofthehouse:
I just watched my page hits on the other thingy drop to zero. Congratulations. Tumblr has created a way to ensure that no new people find me. I hope it’s not simply so stupid a reason as that the editors (perhaps curators is a better term) don’t follow it. I’m not going to follow stalk an editor in an attempt to promo posts. That’s insincere and probably ineffectual.
I’ll...
Twitter’s a business first, a social platform... →
marksbirch:
messel:
The background UberTwitter was cut off from Twitter’s information pipeline yesterday and it impacted many users. There were three key violations of Twitter’s terms of service by UberMedia, all…
Spot on and this is what everyone should have expected ever since the rumblings last year about Twitter’s focus on better native clients and adding their own link shortener. ...
Someday My Prince Will Come - Miles Davis, Someday...
The difference between hiring and recruiting (via...
khuyi:
<from Seth Godin’s blog…(November 2009). But so dead-on.
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Addendum: Every one of the five local community managers we’ve hired for HowAboutWe (@howaboutweBOS, @howaboutweDC, @howaboutweLA, @howaboutweNY, @howaboutweSF) either came through referrals or by being superfans in contests/promotions/etc.
And I’m really proud of that.
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“Hiring is what you do when you let...
It’s Not a Bubble, People; It’s a Pyramid Scheme →
Mark Cuban says that early VCs are selling to later VCs, and later VCs are hoping to sell to “investors” on the secondary market like JPMorgan’s social media fund - “investors” who have no understanding of the fundamentals, and who will be making Billions of dollars worth of transactions. That scares me.
bryc3:
pretty much the best description EVER of the kinds of investing we do @oatv http://bit.ly/hZnGW2
Thanks for the shoutout!
Posterous by the Numbers: 12.3M Blogs and 9.2M... →
I read this as: Posterous’ current plan is fucked, time to pivot or return investor money and go home.
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Between last week and this week, I'm averaging 6...
#Exhausting.
Fear : Hot Sauce :: Discouragement : Molasses
heykurt:
I’ve made this discovery in the few short months that I’ve been working on Koopla.
Fear, like hot sauce, can be great. It spices stuff up. Small amounts of fear can get you energized, pumped up, and overall to feel the need to get up and do something.
Contrast this with discouragement, which is just like molasses. Discouragement is like a sticky syrup that you pour over everything...
Mark Birch. Strong Opinions.: The 2011 Epic... →
marksbirch:
Here is the list of restaurants on this year’s dumpling tour and a chance to taste the best of what NYC has to offer when it comes to Chinese dumplings! My friend Matt Shampine put together a great tour last year, so we are going to check out some old favorites and try out a few new places.
Oh shit. YES.
Advertising With a Venture Edge: Darren Herman's... →
evangotlib:
Did someone say bubble?
Sure, but this stuff doesn’t worry me. If he ends up blowing $1.5M by losing every investment he makes, it won’t have the slightest affect on the ecosystem as a whole. It’s not like 1999 when billions of dollars were flushed down the drain.
My #1 golden rule
alinutzav:
My number one rule in building awesome products is to challenge rules; bending, challenging and ignoring conventional wisdom. Creating long-term value for the customer is what ultimately matters. Shareholders & profits should be secondary. If you take this as the paramount rule and you trust your convictions then go ahead and break the rules. You will not have an easy path -...
fionchadd asked: Just pimped out Postling to our PR guy at work - he's doing a lot of stuff on Twitter for different companies at the moment :D
Once I start with my social networking thing properly I'll definitely get an account. Thinking of buying a month anyway just so I can get my head around the interface.
Hope you're doing well! x
Once I start with my social networking thing properly I'll definitely get an account. Thinking of buying a month anyway just so I can get my head around the interface.
Hope you're doing well! x
gchats
refreshinglyconfident:
Dave: you know, I’ve decided that raising money from investors is a lot like dating
me: play the game, baby!
Dave: if you lay out your boundaries and your goals early on, the right people will be more attracted to you and you won’t waste time with the rest
me: and when you’re honest and keep the communication open, you build trust, which is the rock that holds the...
“The iPhone nano will have no memory for onboard storage of media, our source...”
– More Detail On Apple’s iPhone Nano [Exclusive] | Cult of Mac
This is all rumors based on a “source”, but a fascinating idea. Sell iPhones to sell MobileMe subcriptions…
Product Managers & Engineers
alinutzav:
The relationship between the product managers and the engineering team is a critical one - and unfortunately most often the tie between the two is broken. The product manager is responsible for defining the solution while the engineering has to deliver it but none is a subordinate of the other. And they complain about each-other all the time, in a kinder garden fashion. If you do...
