mbertrand

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by mbertrand 12y ago
I've thought the same thing since I encountered this trick a few years back. My guess is that most email providers don't allow the use of a "+" in the address and as a result its viewed as a fringe case and not accounted
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Here's What Happens When a School Pays Its Teachers a Lot, Lot More Money(fastcoexist.com)
2 points by mbertrand 12y ago|0 comments
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by mbertrand 12y ago
Totally agree, almost every one of the Uber's I hop in and strike up a conversation with the driver they end up being a struggling actor/comedian/musician. Seems as if it is a welcome alternative to getting a job as a server
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by mbertrand 12y ago
While I'm not overly impressed with the post I have to agree with the sentiment of it as Uber/Lyft has made living in LA without a car much easier. Coming from another major city my wife and I were dreading the idea of having to b
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by mbertrand 12y ago
This is very cool, nice work!
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by mbertrand 12y ago
Why? Why does apple allow them to do this?
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by mbertrand 12y ago
Really interesting to see them put their theory into practice along with real numbers. I'm currently reading the book and am finding it quite interesting. I'd recommend picking it up, pretty quick read and very helpful to put dist
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by mbertrand 13y ago
Agreed. Being from Chicago I think that its very natural for all the points listed above. The density of the city with the void of competition in the space (only Peapod comes to mind) make Chicago a great market to expand too. Chicago usual
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These 10 Companies Didn't Need VC Money - Business Insider(businessinsider.com)
1 points by mbertrand 14y ago|0 comments
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Food Genius Helps Food Industry Understand Trends with Big Data Tools(forbes.com)
1 points by mbertrand 14y ago|0 comments
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Tungle.me Closes Its Doors(thenextweb.com)
1 points by mbertrand 14y ago|0 comments
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by mbertrand 15y ago
Anyone have any insight into LinkedIn's strategy with this acquisition? Have seen them nab a few other companies in the space. Talent grabs? Curious to hear your thoughts.
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by mbertrand 15y ago
Don't see why they should/would disclose this to users. Does not affect the end users experience unless they are in fact adding their own affiliate links. I find the point the author made about bloggers disclosing the use of affiliate lin
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Getting Out of the Office(blog.cloudbot.com)
1 points by mbertrand 15y ago|0 comments
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by mbertrand 15y ago
Yes, email jobs@cloudbot.com with a resume and github profile.
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by mbertrand 15y ago
Cloudbot - Chicago, IL Engineering Interns Cloudbot is looking for talented and passionate interns to work with our diverse engineering team. You'll gain experience working on our platform and mobile apps. We have opportunities for own
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by mbertrand 15y ago
Very clean product. Love the shortcuts, and key at the bottom. Looks like a great tool for development and business teams. Took a look through the site and didn't see any future integrations (i.e. dropbox, github issues etc.). Does anyon
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Lightbank Backs All-In-One Cloud Services Aggregator Cloudbot(techcrunch.com)
2 points by mbertrand 15y ago|0 comments
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Notes from a Skillshare class on "Defensive Finance"(cdixon.posterous.com)
2 points by mbertrand 15y ago|0 comments
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by mbertrand 15y ago
Nice work on callinwith.us, have been looking for a sleek solution for conference calls lately. Assuming you built it with Twilio, how are you handling the random access codes?
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Netflix’s Qwikster Problem: Twitter Account Controlled by Weed-Smoking Elmo(mashable.com)
2 points by mbertrand 15y ago|0 comments
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Mark Peter Davis Named Partner At High Peaks Venture Partners (businessinsider.com)
1 points by mbertrand 15y ago|0 comments
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TripAdvisor acquires Chicago-based Where I've Been(chicagotribune.com)
1 points by mbertrand 15y ago|0 comments
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Mobile Industry is Now 2% of the World's GDP, Analyst Reports(readwriteweb.com)
1 points by mbertrand 15y ago|0 comments
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Twitter Engineer Talks About the Company's Migration from Ruby to Scala and Java(readwriteweb.com)
2 points by mbertrand 15y ago|0 comments
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Groupon Therapy(vanityfair.com)
1 points by mbertrand 15y ago|0 comments
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New Web Comedy Focuses on Startups & Entrepreneurship (mashable.com)
2 points by mbertrand 15y ago|0 comments
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by mbertrand 15y ago
I'd love to know this as well. Also, was their any specific criteria besides technical and that you got along with him when evaluating him as a co-founder? Are you located near each other (i.e. same city) or working remotely? Very cool s
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by mbertrand 15y ago
Interesting amount of negative feelings towards AirBnB, and as a disclaimer I am a big proponent of "Do, and ask for forgiveness". This is what startups are all about, using available resources to their advantage and getting out their and
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by mbertrand 15y ago
I'd be interested to see if we'll see similar models emerge from other manufacturers biz in the near future. Is an interesting concept and with a feature set and price point that will appeal to the masses.

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