January 2012
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December 2011
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September 2011
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August 2011
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July 2011
2 posts
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June 2011
3 posts
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“The sad truth is: quants were the eunuchs at the orgy. We were the ever-present...”
– Adgrok in a great piece on startups vs real jobs.
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“If you only show up when you want something, we’ll catch on.
If you only...”
– Lately it seems as if Seth Godin is starting to writing good stuff again.
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“Apple is now more clearly than ever betting that will not be web software, but...”
– “It just works” over at Techcrunch.
May 2011
3 posts
“”Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds...”
– Eleanor Roosevelt
“Aggregators show how much better you can do than the channel. The New York Times...”
– Paul Graham on what business can learn from open source.
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“Another acquaintance told me this story. He has a son about 8 years old. They...”
– KK on being Born Digital.
April 2011
5 posts
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“Beyond the empirical sciences of revenue optimization, behavioral targeting,...”
– Data trades inversely to liquidity.
martner: The Media is the Message - lost in... →
In swedish, but so good it might be worth learning the language. Or use Google Translate magic. Whatevva.
martner:
“The Media is the Message” är en av reklambranschens mest slitna klyschor. Den myntades av en författare och tänkare som hette Marshall McLuhan. Han är död nu. Men redan under hans livstid började mediamänniskor som ville vara slagkraftiga slarva runt rätt friskt med hans teorier,...
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March 2011
3 posts
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Seed and early stage fundraising on the fringes
So I was interviewed by a newspaper the other day (waiting for the article to see how misquoted I get) on seed and early stage fundraising in the Nordics, but it might as well have been “anywhere except for the US”.
There’s a misconception that fundraising is a simple binary issue, in the sense that either you get funded or you don’t. And that in markets (such as the...
February 2011
7 posts
“The secret of all effective originality in advertising is not the creation of...”
– Leo Burnett (via theadventuresofadgirl)
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“The analytical apocalypse: Companies must develop non-cookie-based analytic...”
– The Analytical Apocalype, the best online advertising piece I’ve read in a long time.
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WatchOn being lean when creating great user experiences. Best deck I’ve seen for quite some time when it comes to ”lean”, “startups” etc.
January 2011
2 posts
“Einstein once said, “insanity is doing the same thing over and over and...”
– Cogblog on insanity and the most critical question in any early stage startup. (via burtcorp)
December 2010
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November 2010
5 posts
“No one but a fool would suggest that the internet is not a popular and...”
– As usual, the Ad Contrarian sets things into perspective.
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“Some of the worst mistakes of my life have been haircuts.”
– Jim Morrison
“So, no matter where you are, if you have a radio, you can tune into the local...”
– Overheard at the excellent Music Machinery blog.
October 2010
13 posts
“Entrepreneurs, though, are all screwed up. They don’t need to be rewarded for...”
– The excessive introspection on the startup scene usually annoys me somewhat, but here’s a gem from Michael Arrington on Entrepreneurship. A very good post, but sometimes I think there is too much emphasis on the founder aspect of startups. The “adventure” piece is something that...
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WatchMike Maples does a brilliant, crystal clear presentation on startups, pivots, customer development and business models.
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“My time is more valuable than a gold plated unicorn horn. Earn it.”
– Techies vs MBAs, a never-ending battle.
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Product development and the moment of truth
So there’s an interesting article at Quora on Amazon’s process for product development, and a link to another great piece on the same subject. It goes a little something like this:
Come up with a new product/feature.
Express the suggested product/feature in the form of a press release.
Test the press release on prospective customers (and I assume, press) to see if they get excited.
...
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“All online advertising is display. The rest is jargon.”
– Me, having a Twitter moment.
“He wants his writers to file once a week under one collective voice, like the...”
– Jason’s new tech publishing venture will be very interesting to watch.
September 2010
11 posts
“Sometimes things fall apart, so better things can fall together.”
– Marilyn Monroe (via coffeeanddreams)