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Help build Brooklyn’s free wifi network

Fon is launching a program to make free wifi available all over. Be part of it if you are in Brooklyn. Get a free fon router and help make Downtown Brooklyn the most connected neighborhood in NYC. Downtownbrooklyn.fon.com

Help build Brooklyn’s free wifi network

Fon is launching a program to make free wifi available all over. Be part of it if you are in Brooklyn. Get a free fon router and help make Downtown Brooklyn the most connected neighborhood in NYC. Downtownbrooklyn.fon.com

@cdixon makes the most rational argument re: Bitcoin

The most rational few paragraphs on bitcoin I have read. The main argument is NOT – no government – no printing money – no “control”/NSA The argument is – the distributed design of the Internet, for money flows – all

@cdixon makes the most rational argument re: Bitcoin

The most rational few paragraphs on bitcoin I have read. The main argument is NOT – no government – no printing money – no “control”/NSA The argument is – the distributed design of the Internet, for money flows – all

Never let them fly business class

The number one thing I notice and dislike about big companies is the self-rationalizing process of the executives as they waste their company’s money. Some perks are so absurd that we all know them — fancy executive cars, dining rooms

Never let them fly business class

The number one thing I notice and dislike about big companies is the self-rationalizing process of the executives as they waste their company’s money. Some perks are so absurd that we all know them — fancy executive cars, dining rooms

How to sell

Amazing lessons from Lango CEO 1. Do it – 13k outbound calls, 3k webinars, then a live followup call, then sign. 3k subscription customers. 2. Key tool: CRM – use Nutshell 3. Must staff: Sales organization – no part time

How to sell

Amazing lessons from Lango CEO 1. Do it – 13k outbound calls, 3k webinars, then a live followup call, then sign. 3k subscription customers. 2. Key tool: CRM – use Nutshell 3. Must staff: Sales organization – no part time

Quant self madman.

http://www.gwern.net/Zeo

Quant self madman.

http://www.gwern.net/Zeo

Two massive problems the first time they use your product

1. The empty restaurant. A product that is meant to be interesting and social is empty when you start. 2. The empty notebook. Full of promise, like a Moleskine, but essentially blank. The user must do “the work”. Solution: suck

Two massive problems the first time they use your product

1. The empty restaurant. A product that is meant to be interesting and social is empty when you start. 2. The empty notebook. Full of promise, like a Moleskine, but essentially blank. The user must do “the work”. Solution: suck

Mobile second

Scary story from the front lines. Cool hacker startup builds their v1. Friends dig it. Goes to PG and does YC. Everyone at YC starts using it. A very handy web app that’s right on time. 2012. I am using

Mobile second

Scary story from the front lines. Cool hacker startup builds their v1. Friends dig it. Goes to PG and does YC. Everyone at YC starts using it. A very handy web app that’s right on time. 2012. I am using

The Amazon drones piece on 60 Minutes

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gcXoj_UBXv8 Brilliant brilliant PR. So good.

The Amazon drones piece on 60 Minutes

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gcXoj_UBXv8 Brilliant brilliant PR. So good.

The Myth of Laziness

Catching up on some 2013 reading. Today’s victim, the classic “Myth of Laziness” by Levine. A text for educators (and motivators). Some people don’t deliver or seem to try. We call them lazy. But it isn’t a natural state. They

The Myth of Laziness

Catching up on some 2013 reading. Today’s victim, the classic “Myth of Laziness” by Levine. A text for educators (and motivators). Some people don’t deliver or seem to try. We call them lazy. But it isn’t a natural state. They