October 2011
71 posts
“The Internet is the real revolution, as important as electricity; what we do...”
– The Web Is Dead. Long Live the Internet | Magazine
Steve Jobs on Startups
daslee:
“I hate it when people call themselves ‘entrepreneurs’ when what they’re really trying to do is launch a startup and then sell or go public, so they can cash in and move on. They’re unwilling to do the work it takes to build a real company, which is the hardest work in business.”
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-10-30) →
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Kasabian vs. The Stone Roses (1)
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“Within five years, Morgan Stanley projects, the number of users accessing the...”
– The Web Is Dead. Long Live the Internet | Magazine
“Today the content you see in your browser — largely HTML data delivered via the...”
– The Web Is Dead. Long Live the Internet | Magazine
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“Producers and consumers agree: The Web is not the culmination of the digital...”
– The Web Is Dead. Long Live the Internet | Magazine
the godfather approves
“Over the past few years, one of the most important shifts in the digital world...”
– The Web Is Dead. Long Live the Internet | Magazine
“You’ve spent the day on the Internet — but not on the Web. And you are not...”
– The Web Is Dead. Long Live the Internet | Magazine
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Claire Pelletreau: Your startup: part-time or... →
clairepelletreau:
Night sweats and (more) sinking feelings. That’s what you imagine’s in store for you if you leave the day job to focus on your startup more than just during off-peak hours. More time should invariably lead to more profits, but the thought of dramatically cutting down your source of steady income…
The business of brown M&Ms →
Clever system.
bobulate:
The list of Richard Stallman’s speaking requests includes:
If I am quite sleepy, I would like two cans or small bottles of non-diet Pepsi.
And much more.
While quite different, the list seems reminiscent of the business value of the Van Halen brown M&Ms.
Van Halen shows were complex. So complex that they would arrive at venues with several tractor-trailers’...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-10-23) →
Metronomy (5)
Cansei de Ser Sexy (4)
Beirut (2)
Benjamin Francis Leftwich (1)
Clare Burson (1)
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Batman Ice Cube Tray from thinkgeek…(Read…)
Hace un tiempo, publiqué el post:
Si yo fuera presidente
donde comentaba lo que quisiera hacer si fuera presidente de mi país, Argentina. Alguien comentó:
Definitivamente no sos K no?
Para dar contexto: acá en Argentina se dice K al movimiento político (y al ejecutivo) liderado por Cristina Kirchner, actual presidenta de mi país, viuda del anterior presidente Néstor Kirchner. ¿Soy anti-K?...
bijan sabet: Believers vs non-believers →
bijan:
“I’d shut down Apple” - Michael Dell, 1997.
That line is from one of the most memorable quotes ever.
Today Michael Dell said it was a misunderstood quote. Maybe, but my gut says it wasn’t. Why clarify it 14 years later. It doesn’t make any sense to me.
Here’s the way I look at it.
You have believers and non-believers.
Believers will do whatever they can to make it work. They are...
This is the third entry in my very slow series on customer development anti-patterns. Previous ones were on the novelty anti-pattern and the big name anti-pattern.
The meeting anti-pattern is the tendency to relegate every opportunity for customer discovery into a calendar block.
The narrative goes like this:
Enthusiastic founder (EF) meets a potential customer (PC) at an event
EF wants to...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-10-16) →
Metronomy (6)
Silver Swans (3)
Ace Reporter (2)
Lady Gaga (2)
Cansei de Ser Sexy (2)
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Claire Pelletreau: Lean Marketing →
“Try out small, controlled experiments, and see what works. “
clairepelletreau:
While working with a few Buenos Aires startups over the past few months, I picked up a few tips that, compiled together now, feel like they could have come right out of the Lean Startup handbook.
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