brothe2000

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by brothe2000 12y ago
I am thrilled to see the term "Punctuated Equilibrium" used in regards to language evolution! Very interesting!
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by brothe2000 12y ago
Excellent write up. What I find in a lot of these sort of Agile process stories is what comes before and after the process is almost more important. Developers and companies in general are there to build new things and push out new feature
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by brothe2000 12y ago
If what you are building has a credibility and validity engine built into it (versus just crowdsourced upvoting), this could be a valuable tool for gamblers and fantasy sports fans. What was interesting to me was that I thought this was whe
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by brothe2000 12y ago
Its real tough to be a solo founder and you need somebody with different skill sets to augment your own and to keep you on track. The various founder dating sites and events are a means to an end. A lot of it depends on your pitch and idea
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by brothe2000 12y ago
Did you try Import.io?
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by brothe2000 12y ago
mailbox had their signup that showed you where you were in line to get the app which was pretty cool because it ticked down every day and you could see the number of people behind you. Gmail was pretty awesome too.
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by brothe2000 12y ago
Leadpages is a great company and provides a ton of content and training on best practices.
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by brothe2000 12y ago
Nice. Clean, staightforward, and will probably drive some money your way. It will be a great lead into other services and requests from customers.
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by brothe2000 12y ago
If their goal was brand awareness they achieved it as I had never heard of them until now. That being said I want nothing to do with them.
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by brothe2000 12y ago
Revenue is increasing but their cost of revenue is increasing while their earnings per share stays stagnant. I actually like what Microsoft is doing to try to adapt to the new world but they are losing money on Xbox One (it appears Sony may
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by brothe2000 12y ago
In the case of the App Store, Apple is perhaps missing a lot of revenue opportunity due to the raise of the in app advertising platforms that have been built to generate revenue. They take 30% on the sale through the store but if it's
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by brothe2000 12y ago
I think that each person is their own variance. So somebody might rate on a 1 - 10 scale at an average of 7 while others rate at an average of 9 so you have to apply context. I wouldn't mediate between the two of them, I would simply
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by brothe2000 12y ago
McDonalds had to compete with coffee shops, places with Wifi, installed RedBox to get people to walk into the place, and the general move toward healthier foods and locally grown food. That's part of the reason they bought into Chipot
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by brothe2000 12y ago
I think some times startups say "I know this is the law but it's outdated and let's see what happens..." Sometimes it's bad: Aereo Sometimes it's controversial: Uber / Lyft But for the most part I think pe
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by brothe2000 12y ago
True... I guess the point is that the claim that startups haven't disrupted corporations is true in bulk but when you pick each company it is easy to see an impact a startup has had in changing how they operate. Flickr definitely contr
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by brothe2000 12y ago
I think the author of the article went looking for stats to support a title. Corporate America has been disrupted however I think this article was looking for financial failure versus adapting to the market pressures. The corporations below
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by brothe2000 12y ago
We have a 2 month old and it's not. It takes discipline to focus on what you NEED to get done versus what you WANT to do. I would recommend a checklist of things (like mowing the lawn and cleaning) and figuring out how long those thin
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by brothe2000 12y ago
Execution is hard if you focus on the big end result of the idea. Break the big idea into small concepts or components. By breaking it down to all the individual steps you do two things: 1. Create a feeling of progress as each step is comp
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by brothe2000 12y ago
You can get a long way without a product or user base. Look at Kickstarter for examples of ideas that generate money. I'm not saying they are good examples but they are examples. The real question is what are you looking to create an
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by brothe2000 12y ago
One thing that I always find with the "rating" sort of systems is that negatives can always sink a site or reputation so instead of allowing negative postings, perhaps allowing people to post the deliveries and then rate them up i
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by brothe2000 12y ago
Any startup takes time to get traction, regardless of whether it is unique or a different way to do what other sites are doing. Google AirBnB 1000 days and you will see that what is perceived as overnight success is in all reality years of
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by brothe2000 12y ago
Read a ton of different sites and then mentally filter for hype. Also, depends on what you are looking for. If you want to work at a "hot" startup, by the time you heard of them you are probably out of the really good equity oppo
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by brothe2000 12y ago
If you are interested in Surveys based at a location, I'd like to recommend my company: www.RoomPoll.com It's free as well!
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by brothe2000 12y ago
I'd recommend Weebly.com. It's fast and easy.
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by brothe2000 12y ago
Forgot to add that the site is free to use and if we did charge it would be a flat monthly subscription like $10.
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by brothe2000 12y ago
Chief Innovation Officer always struck me as odd. Sort of says 1 person heads up innovation. Chief Techie Startup titles should be jobs, not titles. Sales, Marketing, Development, QA.
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by brothe2000 12y ago
Depends on how you define rich. It's all about income and expenses. The millionaire next door typically doesn't live in a massive house with extravagant cars. Salary plus commissions can get you $250,000 a year as a sales person
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by brothe2000 13y ago
If money isn't an object, I would post the problem you are looking to solve and put a bounty on it. $1 million dollars for the team that solves X. Worked for Netflix...
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by brothe2000 13y ago
Got it. I started out as a salesperson on Salesforce and become an admin and then branched into development from there. The user groups are incredible and if you are in the bay area you should attend dreamforce and the ISV groups to learn

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