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by mooders 17y ago
The Economist - required reading for global economic news and opinion. Prospect - Excellent array of current affairs articles, all of which are thought-provoking. Private Eye - Long-standing satirical magazine aimed squarely at the UK estab
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Intel's Rock Stars... (New Ad)(youtube.com)
2 points by mooders 17y ago|0 comments
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Why Motivation is Largely Ignored(motivationalmaps.typepad.com)
1 points by mooders 17y ago|0 comments
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by mooders 17y ago
Two things - the design is, well, okay but extremely simple.. It just doesn't have that finished look about it. And the app itself is incredibly simple, which makes me second guess myself as to whether it is too simplistic that users won'
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by mooders 17y ago
Back when text messaging capability was a rarity on mobile phones, which were themselves rare, I was testing an SMS-based weather forecast service that I had written on behalf of one of the mobile network operators. The testing worked well
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by mooders 17y ago
http://www.twitread.com Started to gain some traction, but beyond a (very) few amazon affiliate sales, I couldn't really see how to effectively monetise it.
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by mooders 17y ago
What does the user care about? In your example, I guess they care about bandwidth usage and personal data. So in that light, I would inform them that a small amount of game-specific, non-personal info needs to be sent to the website (server
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by mooders 17y ago
Could simplification be helpful? I'm thinking that in a conservative B2B industry, offering too much too quickly from an unknown probably gets your target's risk radar bleeping. I spent a lot of time consulting for, managing projects in and
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by mooders 17y ago
Three books that really show the good, bad and ugly about building businesses from scratch and scaling them to significance: 1. How to Get Rich ( http://bit.ly/xGdV8 ) 2. Small Giants ( http://bit.ly/WpvGa ) 3. The Knack ( http://bit.ly/OcK
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by mooders 17y ago
I really like the feel of the site. Agree with jjs - the sign-up form put me off. I want to get started now, and add info (eg Twitter, company name) later if I choose to do so. A little more info around the jargon would be appreciated - wha
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by mooders 17y ago
Thanks for the correction, voltageek! And Smashing Mag is an excellent resource indeed.
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by mooders 17y ago
I think where one's design skills can be considered lacking, as I very much consider my own, simplicity becomes increasingly important and attractive as a design philosphy. Plenty of white space, clear typography, showing only what is neede
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Financial Detail vs Team Capability(fourthirds.com)
1 points by mooders 17y ago|0 comments
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Shape Your Idea: How to Find a Business Idea and Tell if it's a Good One(fourthirds.com)
1 points by mooders 17y ago|0 comments
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Do You Know How Much Your Customers Want to Solve Their Problem?(fourthirds.com)
1 points by mooders 17y ago|0 comments
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Do You Know Why Your Customers Want to Solve Their Problem?(fourthirds.com)
9 points by mooders 17y ago|0 comments
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by mooders 17y ago
1. Go on a diet. 2. Open [web|desktop] app. 3. Select diet plan (atkins; south beach; XYZ etc). 4. Select number of people in household. 5. Select number of people on diet. 6. Select dietary options (eg gluten-free). 7. Select budget.
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by mooders 17y ago
It's a tough decision. You should not ignore where your passions lie, however as has been suggested elsewhere if you want this to be your core revenue stream you must understand the relevant metrics. I've written about this on my blog, wher
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by mooders 17y ago
Very much looking forward to being there! I don't have anything to pitch yet - just checking the scene out and expecting to meet some interesting people <looks pointedly at you guys>. No bright orange shirt but I shall be tweeting t
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by mooders 17y ago
Definitely - if you don't understand the market, the motivations for purchasing, the product development lifecycle and so on, how can you possibly sell anything beyond brute force and willpower?
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by mooders 17y ago
Geoffrey Moore's Crossing the Chasm Bosworth/Holland's Customer-Centric Selling
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Ask HN: How much documentation is enough?
6 points by mooders 17y ago|2 comments
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by mooders 18y ago
DO IT! I did exactly this after some soul-searching with my wife over xmas '08. We figured that with my energy, ambition, ideas and so forth I could make something good happen within a few months. Handed my notice in on 5th January. Left on
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by mooders 18y ago
It would also be pretty cool to try and bring in some professional service providers, like accountants; solicitors and bankers, to provide advice and access to services. BusinessLink has been mentioned, but I have yet to find the quality of
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by mooders 18y ago
I'm Southampton based and find I spend huge amounts of time scouring techcrunchUK, mashable and very few others for UK startup news. The Times online and The Guardian online are both good sources. The most fruitful is probably Twitter thoug
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by mooders 18y ago
GenX FTW!
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by mooders 18y ago
This may sound glib, but have you asked him? Have you explored with him, with you in a Coaching/Mentoring role, where he sees himself heading; who he sees himself being; what effects he sees himself making over the next year / 2 years / 5 y
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by mooders 18y ago
For the same reason that so very few people start businesses - the FUD of the unknown. Predictability is a great comforter for many risk-averse types, a category to which the great majority of engineer-types I have known belong.
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by mooders 18y ago
Hmmm. No Mac (or, I assume, Linux) version yet. Windows only. No official word on a release date...
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VC Malaise Grips Europe(redherring.com)
9 points by mooders 18y ago|0 comments

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