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by daveschappell 9y ago
It wasn't meant to be an ad -- I wondered about the differences myself, and figured other people may as well. But in reading about the alternatives, it became a little bit more clear why NSNG has worked for me where other 'diets&
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by daveschappell 11y ago
Any headline with 'dog' in it grabs my attention. In this case, I couldn't agree more -- had 1 or more dogs at TeachStreet for many years, and I know it kept things more casual and low(er) stress. As one of the key dog-owne
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by daveschappell 15y ago
This was a fun week's worth of work for Team TeachStreet. Felt good to get everybody working on a single project (we've spent many months working on lots of different areas of the site, and working with different partners). It was really
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Chris Pirillo’s CDN in a Box looks to make Web sites hum at ‘Google-like speeds’(geekwire.com)
14 points by daveschappell 15y ago|10 comments
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by daveschappell 15y ago
you mean, like an Amazon? or a Starbucks? :-) or, if you want to be cynical that Amazon's a long time ago... how about like an AWS, or a Kindle? The innovation's here -- we just need to get more commingling going on it's going to happen
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by daveschappell 15y ago
No, I don't think that's it (having lived here for 13 years). I think it's just more that people are focused on their own thing, by and large, vs. getting out with a small % of their time and building a community for the greater good. This
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by daveschappell 15y ago
I'm fired up by Mark's idea, to much more deeply engage with our local leaders (Amazon, Microsoft, Starbucks, Costco, etc) -- think every geography has these, and presenting it how Mark does makes it so much more compelling. Everyone benef
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by daveschappell 15y ago
People also forget that in short order there will be other people holding varying % ownership stakes, that makes 'control' much more about persuasion/consensus building. Plus, you can always start at 50/50 and allocate more to the person br
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by daveschappell 16y ago
This is awesome. When I was in college (1986-1990) internships were a pretty new concept. Then when in MBA (1997-1998) it obviously became a bigger deal. But now, the practice is very much becoming the norm. But, the tools for students
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by daveschappell 16y ago
It's been awesome to watch RowFeeder's progress -- nice to see the product(s) going post-beta, in a complete package. Onward...
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EveryBlock now includes Local Continuing Education Classes(readwriteweb.com)
2 points by daveschappell 16y ago|0 comments
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Mahalo Pivots to Focus on Video-Based Learning(readwriteweb.com)
2 points by daveschappell 16y ago|0 comments
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by daveschappell 16y ago
I think this has huge implications, not just in this space, but in others (which restaurant? which vacation? other facets of favoriting co-workers? ways a person could improve) -- ties in very well with Jon Bischke's article on Reputatio
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by daveschappell 16y ago
This is a great point -- this was originally (and still is) a deck geared to founders. The large issue is to try to find people (as employees) who would prefer less short-term salary for more longer-term equity. Not only because it saves
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by daveschappell 16y ago
i'm so taking this class!
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by daveschappell 16y ago
this is an awesome list -- we've been at this for almost 3 years, and while we had most of them, I just realized that we never set up Bing Webmaster Console -- given their continued rise in % (combined with Yahoo), it can't hurt. other grea
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by daveschappell 16y ago
great graph overlay/transpose -- i've found posterous to be much faster in my infrequent use of both tumblr and posterous -- also, i'm not a fan of the commenting mechanism (reblogging) from tumblr -- for folks who use it often, they love i
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by daveschappell 16y ago
I think the 'retire' desire is more of something that first-timers or non-wealthy (at some level) most aspire too. I've realized that it's more about getting comfortable to the point of being able to do things that you're passionate about,
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Add logs, pour fuel (VC money), light match (beta release day)(currentlyobsessed.com)
12 points by daveschappell 16y ago|1 comments
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by daveschappell 16y ago
I'm a big fan of lead-gen of late -- that said, I'm not such a big fan of what many of the higher-ed lead gen providers are focused on, which is volume for volume's sake. We'll be seeing the fallout of that approach in coming months & y
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by daveschappell 16y ago
I've seen so many "collaborative task managers" -- I doubt that the tool is the problem. More the fact that people don't like to do this type of tracking, reporting, etc.
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by daveschappell 16y ago
Yeah, it's a stretch/sketchy campaign, but at least they're taking the gloves off, right? I personally am frustrated by the quirky Tumblr features (after many tries, I still don't get the formatting of reblogging) and miss plain on comment
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by daveschappell 16y ago
I've tripled posted this already, but I don't like faces on resumes -- it can be practical (if it shows the person in a manner that resonates with your company culture), but the odds of that happening seem pretty remote, since it can't be a
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What Startups Must Know Before Signing a Lease(jasongrimes.com)
37 points by daveschappell 16y ago|6 comments
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by daveschappell 16y ago
I might be repeating myself too, but go check out who they market themselves to, and how they describe their product: http://basecamphq.com/buzz
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by daveschappell 16y ago
I disagree -- their value proposition on their BasecampHQ homepage says "the leading web-based project collaboration tool". That sounds like it should be pretty generic, and applicable to many different use cases, and definitely to the sma
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by daveschappell 16y ago
I've long been a fan of 'Getting Real' and now 'Rework' but I'm pretty sure I'm not their target customer -- I've found all of their products lacking in functionality. And, it just doesn't seem like they're listening to my customer type, o
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by daveschappell 16y ago
I think the most of the tips apply to price increases as well. Most of your loyal customers will understand that prices go up over time, but if you communicate with them and explain the changes, offer some grandfather'd benefits, etc. etc
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by daveschappell 16y ago
The problem with teacher paying with free classes is that many of the free classes are just ways to get a first meeting with a customer. And then future transactions between the student and the teacher happen without TeachStreet being part
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by daveschappell 16y ago
Thanks, Rishi -- and, I just checked out FlyingCart.com (saw you mention it in your HN About Me section). Looks great. Do you white label that for other sites, too?

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