bbaker

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by bbaker 10y ago
I love how this came out....
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by bbaker 13y ago
android
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by bbaker 13y ago
Look back at every social network success, and you'll see this kind of confused, dismissive condescension, before, during, and even after the product is adopted by millions of normal humans.
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by bbaker 13y ago
Everything is suddenly an app because the world is rapidly moving to mobile, and mobile web is shitty.
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by bbaker 13y ago
There's 8 thousand startups trying to 'help you meet people.' Few, if any, work out. It's just not a burning need for real people. Navigating the physical world around you? Huge set of opportunities.
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by bbaker 14y ago
...sorry, it's hard to hear you through that massive chip on your shoulder.
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by bbaker 14y ago
Saw this in Singapore a month ago. Clever and interesting, though I thought the commentary alongside the work wasn't very deep. Worth checking out if it's easy and affordably priced.
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by bbaker 14y ago
Instagram, and other social networks, are fundamentally different than wordpress sites in a number of important ways. 100 million users didn't join because it was an alternative to a blog. Their funding didn't dry up. They raised a substant
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by bbaker 14y ago
Even a hit rate of half that is pretty solid. 30% close rate on pitches is ridiculously high. Keep rocking.
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by bbaker 14y ago
Love how clean this app is.
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by bbaker 14y ago
True for harder drugs, yes, but not marijuana. Canada (and BC specifically) produces billions of dollars of marijuana per year. It's a fairly well known fact.
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by bbaker 14y ago
A little UI weakness is not going to allow disruption of a strongly networked, community-driven product like SoundCloud.
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by bbaker 14y ago
The Canadian auto industry (as well as the American one) feels that the friction caused by the current congestion is slowing down their industry enough that it's worthwhile, even to pay for it in full. The gov't feels the same way. At this
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by bbaker 14y ago
Lower cost of talent (than large tech ecosystems in US), rebates on R&D talent, delinking of health care and employment, etc. There are also advantages to living in the US of course, where this Canadian is currently working.
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by bbaker 15y ago
I think it's great. Obviously it'll iterate as you work with more users, but it's already quite clean, and and serves a real but until now hidden need.
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What if our learning matched ourlives, and our lives matched our learning?(brendanbaker.tumblr.com)
1 points by bbaker 15y ago|0 comments
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by bbaker 15y ago
Yes. This is a great point. I've been involved in a startup and advisory capacity with a handful. The good ones are clearly working for their startups. They gain success through their startups. In the bad ones, it feels like the reverse - t
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by bbaker 15y ago
good call
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by bbaker 15y ago
It's a great start. Keep rocking it.
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Buiding Data Science Teams(cdn.oreilly.com)
8 points by bbaker 15y ago|0 comments
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by bbaker 15y ago
Perfect. You communicated it much better than I could. Thanks.
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by bbaker 15y ago
You've touched on a challenging question. Daniel and I spent some time trying to figure that out. Studying additional startups would help. Our guesses: - The connections are able to and do make a large number of intros. The distribution was
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by bbaker 16y ago
Love it. This, plus user-created apps, could be powerful.