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"If you are not paying for it, you’re not the customer; you’re the product being sold."

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:39:27 -0400

“If you are not paying for it, you’re not the customer; you’re the product being sold.”

- blue_beetle on metafilter

I frequently think about the part before the semicolon but the part after is more important. (via @bryce)

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Convertible? Equity? What kind of coin should you use to scratch off a lottery ticket?

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 02:26:53 -0400

Convertible? Equity? What kind of coin should you use to scratch off a lottery ticket?:

what he said…

"We will either find a way or make one."

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 00:11:12 -0400

“We will either find a way or make one.”

- Hanibal

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Sun, 08 Aug 2010 14:59:15 -0400

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Fri, 06 Aug 2010 19:00:37 -0400

Banjos. Check. Harmonizing. Check. I’ve been sleeping on...

Fri, 06 Aug 2010 18:56:52 -0400

Banjos. Check. Harmonizing. Check. I’ve been sleeping on Great Lake Swimmers for a few years. Not anymore. Enjoy.

Your Rocky Spine by Great Lake Swimmers

startupquote: Money is like gasoline during a road trip. You...

Fri, 06 Aug 2010 01:10:03 -0400

startupquote:

Money is like gasoline during a road trip. You don’t want to run out of gas on your trip, but you’re not doing a tour of gas stations.

- Tim O’Reilly

"Innovators are followed by imitators followed by idiots."

Thu, 05 Aug 2010 21:26:09 -0400

“Innovators are followed by imitators followed by idiots.”

- Warren Buffett

"Before if you were making a product, the right business strategy was to put 70% of your attention,..."

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:13:26 -0400

“Before if you were making a product, the right business strategy was to put 70% of your attention, energy, and dollars into shouting about a product, and 30% into making a great product. So you could win with a mediocre product, if you were a good enough marketer. That is getting harder to do. The balance of power is shifting toward consumers and away from companies…the individual is empowered… The right way to respond to this if you are a company is to put the vast majority of your energy, attention and dollars into building a great product or service and put a smaller amount into shouting about it, marketing it. If I build a great product or service, my customers will tell each other”

- Jeff Bezos

"Check-ins were an evolution of the status update, but they lack mainstream appeal, have privacy..."

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:01:00 -0400

“Check-ins were an evolution of the status update, but they lack mainstream appeal, have privacy related issues, and are limited in scope (you have to move to check-in to a different location).”

- Ok, I actually LOL’d at this one. Checkins lack mainstream appeal because they force people to actually push away from their computers and move to a different location? That’s kind of the point.

Oh, and to answer this dude’s question as to why Q&A services are the hotness a) SEO and 2) SEO.

"In God we trust; all others must bring data"

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:02:24 -0400

“In God we trust; all others must bring data”

- W. Edwards Deming

"If I could do it all over again, I would have made Tribe a platform to test many ideas of social..."

Sat, 24 Jul 2010 00:35:54 -0400

“If I could do it all over again, I would have made Tribe a platform to test many ideas of social networking. We tried just one. I would’ve made Tribe a platform to test every configuration because that’s what is so beautiful about the consumer Internet is that it is about repeatable formulas and once you find a formula that works it seems to stay that way forever.”

- Mark Pincus

"When any sincere individual or group of people asks for my assistance in pursuit of their business..."

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:58:03 -0400

“When any sincere individual or group of people asks for my assistance in pursuit of their business dream, I will strive to help them in any way that I can, be it small or large.”

- Rajeev’s Rule

tristanwalker: super hot commercial spot from our friends at...

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:00:39 -0400

tristanwalker:

super hot commercial spot from our friends at vh1. Spot will be airing ALL summer (and then some). “unlock it to rock it” - lucky winner gets unlimited free access pass to any live show (hint: Live Nation participating venues) of his choice for a year!

This seems like such a natural move. Great work team Foursquare!

"Our original goal as founders for the company was just to earn as much money as our friends were..."

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 03:47:57 -0400

“Our original goal as founders for the company was just to earn as much money as our friends were earning working for soul destroying consulting companies like IBM or PriceWaterhouseCoopers”

- Scott Farquhar bootstrapped Atlassian from $0 to $60M in revenue.

Domino’s Pizza has reported a 29% surge in pre-tax profits...

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:13:00 -0400

Domino’s Pizza has reported a 29% surge in pre-tax profits to £17.5m, buoyed by a strong performance from e-commerce sales and attributed its link-up with Foursquare as key to its recent performance.

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Mon, 12 Jul 2010 10:46:00 -0400

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Please listen to this piece closely. We, at OATV, are big...

Wed, 07 Jul 2010 11:40:29 -0400

Please listen to this piece closely. We, at OATV, are big believers that we’re on the cusp of the next Industrial Revolution and many principles that can guide entrepreneurs in that area are contained in this video clip.

nav-chatterji: Tina Fey

Wed, 07 Jul 2010 01:56:21 -0400

nav-chatterji:

Tina Fey

"Tomorrow, in a very real sense, your life — the life you author from scratch on your own..."

Tue, 06 Jul 2010 01:03:00 -0400

“

Tomorrow, in a very real sense, your life — the life you author from scratch on your own — begins.

How will you use your gifts? What choices will you make?

Will inertia be your guide, or will you follow your passions?

Will you follow dogma, or will you be original?

Will you choose a life of ease, or a life of service and adventure?

Will you wilt under criticism, or will you follow your convictions?

Will you bluff it out when you’re wrong, or will you apologize?

Will you guard your heart against rejection, or will you act when you fall in love?

Will you play it safe, or will you be a little bit swashbuckling?

When it’s tough, will you give up, or will you be relentless?

Will you be a cynic, or will you be a builder?

Will you be clever at the expense of others, or will you be kind?

I will hazard a prediction. When you are 80 years old, and in a quiet moment of reflection narrating for only yourself the most personal version of your life story, the telling that will be most compact and meaningful will be the series of choices you have made. In the end, we are our choices. Build yourself a great story

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- Jeff Bezos to the 2010 graduating class of Princeton University.