November 2010
October 2010
“It doesn’t matter how personalized anybody makes advertising targeted at us. Who...”
– Doc Searls Weblog · The Data Bubble II
“I’ve never seen a company so focused on avoiding the Dunbar number,” says Adam...”
– Why Evan Williams of Twitter Demoted Himself - NYTimes.com
“The teams that are engineer heavy and creative light have not worked nearly as...”
– A VC: The Creative Phase
“The digital technology revolution was, from the day the transistor was invented...”
– A VC: The Creative Phase
“That I find a lot to like in that idea is probably unsurprising, given how much...”
– The Challenges of Do-It-Ourselves (DIO) Government » Code for America
“Now, after six years of writing about Wall Street — including two lengthy books...”
– On Wall Street: All Reward, No Risk - NYTimes.com
“When we promised during the campaign change you can believe in, it wasn’t change...”
– Obama, Jon Stewart and Change - NYTimes.com
It’s not about the length of time President Obama, or the effort needed, it’s about your approach during that time, which I’d say was definitely not aligned with what you said during the campaign.
If you had accomplished half as much...
“In its simplest (and best) form, preferred stock is simply the option to get...”
– A VC: Employee Equity: The Liquidation Overhang
Just reserved “brooksjordan” in @aboutdotme … looks cool.
“For me, marketing is about values. This is a very complicated world, it’s a very...”
– Steve Jobs’ best quotes - Quora (via superamit)
“Most of the revenue of the Times’ online business is generated through display...”
– cdixon.org – chris dixon’s blog / Online privacy: what’s at stake
“This year, the online version of the New York Times will generate about $200M in...”
– cdixon.org – chris dixon’s blog / Online privacy: what’s at stake
“Now let me address how we compare to Zen and SalesForce and why we believe we...”
– How can Assistly get traction at price points higher than ZenDesk and comparable to Salesforce? - Quora
“Community management is anything but a science. But, more and more startups are...”
– How 7 Startups Are Building Their Online Communities
“The word “blog” is, I think, on its way out of the lexicon....”
– Jason Pontius on Blog Themes - Articles - Dwell
Basic Maths →
Umair “that guy tells the truth” Haque on marketing: http://bit.ly/doS0Ff
“You might gain a little bit of empathy. You might smoke out your own weaknesses...”
– Marketing Can Do Better - Umair Haque - Harvard Business Review
“On September 29th, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed legislation...”
– BikePortland.org » Blog Archive » Guest Article: ‘Peer to peer’ car-sharing and its potential in Oregon
RT @psaffo: Ray Ozzie is free at last! Never understood why he went to Msoft or why he stayed so long, but can’t wait to see what he doe …
How about a west coast party @hypem ? http://bit.ly/a63O9R
“iPhone and iPad have been amazing products that have opened new markets. But I...”
– A VC: Android
RT @alevin: OH Facebook is the PowerPoint of the social web
… using the “new” Twitter.
“As an entrepreneur, the way I think of this is if both my investors and an...”
– Ideal first round funding terms cdixon.org – chris dixon’s blog
“So I’ve become fond of an approach where the company pays management...”
– A VC: Bonuses
“But until we get some sort of liquid market for secondary shares, it is...”
– A VC: Bonuses
“So it’s very possible that Craigslist’s annual costs are around...”
– A VC: When Talking About Business Models, Remember That Profits Equal Revenues Minus Costs
“If you want to unleash more creativity in your company, you need to allow for a...”
– A VC: Contaminated Labs
“I’ve seen this in startups. If you look at our thirty something portfolio...”
– A VC: Contaminated Labs
“Walk into Best Buy today and you walk into design desolation, aesthetic aridity,...”
– The Gap Logo Debacle: A Half-Brained Mistake - Umair Haque - Harvard Business Review
“Now, I’m not here to pass aesthetic judgment. That’s already been...”
– The Gap Logo Debacle: A Half-Brained Mistake - Umair Haque - Harvard Business Review
RT @kosmix: RT @FortuneMagazine Twitters @ev steps down as CEO http://bit.ly/cvdhhE via @tweetbeat
“Every valuable human being must be a radical and a rebel, for what he must aim...”
– Niels Bohr (via robot-heart)
“I once worked for a guy who was literally the best “deal” guy I have...”
– A VC: Let’s Go To The Videotape
“What we did 3 years ago is no longer even relevant to what we do today.”
– A VC: Let’s Go To The Videotape
“For social networks to get hyper-popular it’s important that the trust and...”
– Apple’s Ping is a Tainted Community Offering » Dogster Inc. Company Blog
RT @fastcompany: The Facebook Drama “The Social Network” Won’t Show You by @ellmcgirt http://bit.ly/b88fkA
