February 2012
“You done good.” He said. And then he added, “Those bastards.” I knew he was...”
– Anatomy of an unsafe abortion « Dr. Jen Gunter
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“There are crazy days and then there are days like yesterday. Kickstarter has...”
– 24 Hours » The Kickstarter Blog — Kickstarter
This is an amazing achievement. I love the what the Kickstarter guys are doing, and their play-by-play blog post is one of the best examples of community building and celebration to date.
(via joshuanguyen)
Story of the week. Big applause for the...
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“They’re now publishing a third fewer stories, but have increased traffic...”
– Salon testing so you don’t have to
Salon cuts post count by a third, gets 40 percent increase in readers - Boing Boing
“The best feature is that it works”
– @kevin - via Inside Instagram: How Slowing Its Roll Put the Little Startup in the Fast Lane (via bijan)
Great quote. Reminds me of another one that has been used by many different people:
“Speed is a feature.”
“A young man wrote to Mozart and said, “Herr Mozart, I am thinking of writing...”
– This reminds me of the best entrepreneurs I have met!
Malkavian Quotes
(via roelofbotha)
“And this community wasn’t imported from another network like a facebook’s graph....”
– This answers the One Network To Rule Them All question for me. I’ve always said that I like keeping my “graphs” separated (SoundCloud, Instagram Tumblr, Twitter, Foursquare, etc) and for that reason I find myself participating in a variety of other networks, ten times more than I...
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Eric Wiesen's Ideas: How to Make an Introduction →
garychou:
wiesen:
It wouldn’t have occurred to me to write about how to make introductions, but I’m surprised at how many people get it wrong. The most common error is making a connection between two people when at least one of them doesn’t actually want to be connected.
VC’s tend to receive a lot of…
Eric explains why you should almost always do the double-opt-in intro.
I try to live by...
“Regardless of what happens, huge kudos to Tumblr for having the balls to try...”
– This.
Caterpillar Cowboy: I Paid, Now What?
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fiN | Once In a Lifetime (Orig. by The Talking...
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“Story Wheel is the brainchild of SoundCloud’s Vice President of Platform Henrik...”
– For some reason I missed this article when it first came out. It’s the story behind Story Wheel.
Fun fact: today, someone applied for a job opening on my team using Story Wheel.
The Sound And The Photos: A Look At SoundCloud’s Story Wheel | Co.Create: Creativity \ Culture \ Commerce
January 2012
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Bijan Sabet: Weekly All Hands Meeting →
bijan:
I worked at a number of startups and big companies before becoming a venture capitalist.
I’ve brought with me a number of lessons I try to keep in my brian so I remember what it was all about. But often I learn the best things from our portfolio companies.
An example of something I’ve learned…
Love these. Our All Hands are monthly are just like what Dens said, Alex walks us...
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“I don’t think about how can I extract as much value out of this platform as...”
– Dick Costolo at the D:Dive Into Media conference.
I remember reading this in a great book I read during the holidays called Good Strategy/Bad Strategy, which I highly recommend.
Twitter CEO: Google has all the data they need — Tech News and Analysis
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betashop: Hiring: Chief Merchandising Officer Fab... →
betashop:
Fab.com — the world’s leading design website — is actively recruiting for Chief Merchandising Officer for Fab Europe for our upcoming European launch.
Based in Berlin, the Chief Merchandising Officer for Fab Europe will be responsible for setting the design aesthetic and direction for Fab…
Berlin! Take note.
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“With only 5% of its liquidity, Apple could spark a complete resurgence to...”
– Interesting take from Brad over at The Next Web. Click through for an attempt at breaking down the numbers. What are the odds of Apple actually considering this?
MG?
How Apple Can Solve a PR Nightmare