lawrence

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Show HN: Ambient: AI Chief of Staff(ambient.twine.us)
1 points by lawrence 3y ago|2 comments
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by lawrence 13y ago
Bingo. If I were selling on premise software, this would be in my deck. Selling fear is one of the oldest sales tricks in the book. I do believe however that enterprises act more rationally than consumers. So while consumers seem to be f
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by lawrence 14y ago
It didn't make me laugh.
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by lawrence 14y ago
I would downvote this story if I could. Color operates in a parallel bizarro world that most of us will, thank god, never know. $40M in funding and no users? Check. Three months off to Hawaii as founding CEO? Check. CEO who says he wo
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An Introduction to Chronofencing(thenextweb.com)
1 points by lawrence 14y ago|0 comments
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by lawrence 14y ago
I find platitudes backed by data pretty useful and interesting.
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by lawrence 14y ago
I'm not sure the author is a basketball player: "Aiming for the center of the basket increases the chance of hitting the front of the rim and having the shot drop straight down." Has anyone ever seen a free throw drop straight down after hi
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by lawrence 14y ago
Well, I think if it were about the money he would have lawyered up, and not gone public. My understanding of his post was that the decision to go public meant he cared most about warning others.
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by lawrence 14y ago
You may want to consider putting the $10K towards a good cause (if Miso eventually steps up), to show it was never about the money. Thanks for sharing. Sounds like Miso may have made a business decision, and you are reminding them of the c
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by lawrence 14y ago
Talk about taking transparency to the next level. This post has revenue, freemium conversion data, cap table breakdown, valuation, vc negotiation detail, and how Rand and his co-founder / mom amicably decided to part ways. Amazing. Has t
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Having Fun with the Company About Page(eng.doubledutch.me)
4 points by lawrence 14y ago|0 comments
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by lawrence 14y ago
I haven't really noticed the pall. LinkedIn and Jive are doing very, very well on the public markets. As far as the private markets, valuations and acquisition prices don't seem to be, ahem, slipping too much.
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by lawrence 15y ago
Oh man, I couldn't disagree more. Not only is Foursquare still relevant and presumably growing, but there are a whole bunch of cool services building on Foursquare location data in interesting ways (Instagram, Path, Sonar, Banjo, etc.).
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by lawrence 15y ago
I find myself talking about Rapportive a lot as one of the better executed examples of the contextual delivery of relevant content. Glad these pioneers got rewarded for their work.
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by lawrence 15y ago
You might be right. But dropping one giant startup in there will almost certainly mean new coffee shops, restaurants, and more courage for other startups to move in.
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by lawrence 15y ago
The area to watch right now if you want central location, access to Bart, and an up coming startup scene is around Civic Center, between 6th and 10th and market / mission. It's still VERY sketchy there, but not for long - Twitter is coming
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by lawrence 15y ago
Agree, but not sure what that has to do with execution. More passion? More expertise? You think that's why 4sq won?
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by lawrence 15y ago
Yeah, this is an interesting topic. Why did Foursquare win? Was it anti-cheating provisions that were too strict in the early days? New York vs. Austin? Better PR? Simpler product? Dodgeball users as jumpstart? Who knows. One thing
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by lawrence 15y ago
pattern recognition? My favorite investors were entrepreneurs once, but those that can at least identify attributes of companies that tend to wine can add value.
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by lawrence 15y ago
Rand, I wouldn't be surprised if this post gets you that round, and at better terms. Neil will be kicking himself at some point.
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by lawrence 15y ago
In my 10 person company, stuff like finance / cash management, distribution, statistics, operations, marketing, and sales are pretty crucial. Probably more so than the cleaning of the office (which is handled by the building). Maybe we are
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by lawrence 15y ago
Well said. I think you need a little swagger to handle the overwhelming odds against you as a startup. What you don't need are assholes.
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by lawrence 15y ago
I'm not sure about that. Many startups are either creating markets, or going after brand new markets. Expanding / educating the market is more important than destroying your competitor in these cases. I find it ridiculous when two tiny s
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by lawrence 16y ago
glympse? Ish, would like to connect with you. we build geo apps, and work out of the mission (in the us bank building on 22nd and Mission).
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by lawrence 16y ago
It probably comes down to personality type as to whether you are comfortable with this sort of message wrapped in self promotion. I thought it was an effective piece, but it would have been more effective if someone else had written it abo
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by lawrence 16y ago
By going to jail, this guy will likely get even more inbound links. It's extreme SEO.
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by lawrence 16y ago
Hopefully this is PR spin. If it's not, it's pretty disturbing that allegations of one mean merchant can cause an algo change. How many businesses will be collateral damage of this update? How many fake negative review campaigns with thi
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by lawrence 16y ago
Yes, we used it. 15 very high quality leads (funds and angels) within 48 hours.
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The Quiet Rise of AngelList(thenextweb.com)
2 points by lawrence 16y ago|2 comments
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by lawrence 16y ago
DoubleDutch ( http://www.doubledutch.me ) has three internship positions open: bizdev, engineering, marketing. Based in the Mission District of San Francisco, close to Bart.

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