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by spif 10y ago
Love this idea and also the execution looks well done. Kudo's on the launching customers (how did you land all of those?). Could this also work as a music curation for in our office? Would save the SONOS battles that can turn ugly pret
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The analytics you need to get into YCombinator(trendslide.com)
1 points by spif 14y ago|0 comments
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by spif 15y ago
As a startup founder that recently sold my company, I can totally relate. Right up till the moment I signed the final SPA I thought I would crash and go crazy. Some of the things that helped me through: 1) You are not alone. Most founders w
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by spif 15y ago
This type of fatigue is usually caused by selfishness and excessive thinking about yourself Why do you think this is true? You might be totally right, but it would be a more subliminal egoism, like feeling like a victim and being excessiv
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It's the browser makers' duty to get users to upgrade.(netmagazine.com)
1 points by spif 15y ago|0 comments
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by spif 15y ago
That's an incorrect overgeneralization. Not all startups are alike, as I'm sure you know. If the employees get screwed over, then it doesn't sound like they are valued. I see many startups where the employees are super valued assets, get a
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by spif 15y ago
Yeah, that's about right.
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by spif 15y ago
Your blog is brilliant. Thanks for posting it here. (I realize that's sort of unnecessary but in case you doubt plugging it in the future, don't. It's actually really good.) One of the cool side effects I'm expecting from christeen starting
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by spif 15y ago
Thanks. The original idea started in 2006 while I was working with Eight Media, which I had founded together with Daniel Spronk (spazmaster). After hacking away at a prototype for a while we presented our MVP to a live audience in London in
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by spif 15y ago
BTW FYI - I'm the husband. ;-)
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Dutch startup Soocial is acquired by LinkedIN competitor Viadeo (FR)(soocial.pressdoc.com)
8 points by spif 15y ago|0 comments
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Apple doles out $60 Million in Stock grants to executives(businessweek.com)
1 points by spif 15y ago|0 comments
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Company Customer Pact - Back online(ccpact.com)
1 points by spif 15y ago|0 comments
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Remapping the world: maps without political borders(time.com)
34 points by spif 15y ago|14 comments
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by spif 15y ago
Thanks.
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by spif 15y ago
There's Stikk (stikk.nl), de Balie, Singel 146, Rokin75, TNW crowd (incl thenextweb.com, twittercounter, paydro), de Waag and Pakhuis de Zwijger and of course Sofa just getting bought (they leave but still... ;-), not to mention all the dif
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by spif 15y ago
The startup scene _is_ growing into a hub actually, although some elements (e.g. capital) are hard, others easier (hiring, advice). That feels like an honor coming from you, thanks. Have you been in Amsterdam often?
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by spif 15y ago
Actually we are working right now on exactly the above described use case. Let us know if you want a private beta code to help test it (it's in currently in alpha). Email my username @ company name.
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Spreadable is shutting down (a few months after launching)(spreadable.com)
2 points by spif 15y ago|1 comments
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Richard Branson: When small-business owners think big(businessday.co.za)
2 points by spif 15y ago|0 comments
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Want to be happy? Stop trying to be perfect.(edition.cnn.com)
4 points by spif 15y ago|2 comments
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by spif 15y ago
Which is why for some reason's it's good to be an entrepreneur outside of California. Recently traveling to the US this was quite a revelation: being in Europe (Amsterdam) can also be a competitive advantage.
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Engineering vs design(jasonputorti.com)
8 points by spif 16y ago|1 comments
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How is this 'real-life' Escher waterfall done?(youtube.com)
8 points by spif 16y ago|1 comments
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Switch: How to change things when change is hard(fastcompany.com)
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by spif 16y ago
Of course you can go about outsourcing in many different ways. We've been baldy burnt with some freelancers and others have been a real blessing. I recently wrote a long history of developing an Outlook plugin here: http://24waystostart.co
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by spif 16y ago
I thought about mentioning that it's debatable whether or not it's an urban legend but decided the analogy would hold in anycase. If you can stomach frog torture then here's some more background: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling_frog
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by spif 16y ago
The way I interpreted PG's statement is that although (obviously) there are different ROI's for startups the main decision is not _how much_ ROI you make but _if_ you will be able to make any at all. It's much more important to understand t
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Imperative vs Declarative scenarios in user stories(benmabey.com)
2 points by spif 16y ago|0 comments
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by spif 16y ago
As Malcolm Gladwell states in (what the dog says): 'Self-conciousness' is the enemy of 'interestingness' (Yeah, I'm aware that Gladwell uses a lot of anecdotal evidence, still in this case I believe it's correct and exactly what the op sa

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