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We couldn’t live without them. But when misused, overused or abused they can diminish your personal brand, consume your valuable time and waste time of the relationships you value the most. I would like to make the case for being judicious with your introductions. I would like to encourage you to closely guard your most cherished relationships.
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Conventional wisdom among smart technology entrepreneurs says not to hire people with Masters in Business Administration (MBAs) into startups. Aaron Patzer, founder of Mint, expressed the sentiment well when he said: “ When valuing a startup, add $500k for every engineer, and subtract $250k for every MBA.” My friend Peter Thiel once warned a young entrepreneur: “Never ever hire an MBA; they will ruin your company.” I chimed in myself with this Quora answer .
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I came here looking for you, but much to my surprise you couldn't be found. I don't know where you went, but I want you back. Did you leave me for that other website?
Earlier this week there was a post about an entrepreneur losing 4 million dollars in sales due to his reliance upon Google as their primary sales+distribution channel. The same problem faces Demand Media with their IPO, Zynga with diversifying beyond Facebook, and many other startups that are primarily platform plays dependent upon the mercy of the platform overlords. As an entrepreneur I find it very important to have a large diversified distribution channel for customer acquisition. The goal of this article is to outline the plethora of distribution channels that exist for startups. Public Relations
16 Ways Your Startup Needs To Be Getting Customers | Jason L. Baptiste
You’ve probably heard the cliched phrase “ If you build it, they will come. ” More importantly, I would like to counter that with an even more important cliched phrase “ If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? ” In the web and entrepreneurship community there’s this misconception that “launching” a product ensures long term success. It doesn’t. Launching is really just a small period of time where a lot of initial attention is drawn to the product. You should certainly be proud of getting yourself to the point of launching to the public, but the real battle is won before and most certainly continuing the marathon race for years after your initial launch.
If You Build It, They Won’t Come. | Jason L. Baptiste
Fred Wilson Dot VC
reblog of the week goes to my partner Andy for this new song from Spiritualized. its longer than what I would normally post to fredwilson.fm but it is worth it, especially the last few minutes A typical gentle, searching song from Jason. Typical too in that it takes it time before raging, I always found Spiritualized has the most patience of any band.
FrenchWeb.fr: Actualités internet, business, marketing, tech, design
Annoncé le 26 janvier dernier, le nouveau site de Direct matin, le titre gratuit du groupe Bolloré, est en ligne depuis quelques heures. En effet, jusqu’à présent, le quotidien tiré à plus d’1M d’exemplaires, ne proposait sur internet qu’une simple version PDF de chaque numéro. Doté d’un investissement de près d’1M €, et d’une rédaction regroupant 10 journalistes, le site vise 1M de VU mensuels d’ici trois ans. Au menu : les rubriques que l’on retrouve dans la version papier, mais également des partenariats conclus avec l’AFP, l’agence Magnum ou encore avec Idé, société spécialisée dans les infographies. Plus étonnant, le nouveau site devrait également proposé à court terme une rubrique permettant de faire remonter tous les sujets les plus publiés sur les autres sites d’informations.
(ok folks, i've gotta take the kids to basketball practice in a few hours, so will try to power through this -- that means limited crazy fonts, profanity, wild pix... sorry little monsters, next time ;) 3 major points i plan to cover in this post: 1) Angel List Fucking Rocks. Period . it's the single greatest innovation in our industry in the last 5 years (aside from LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, & Quora) and it's great for almost all participants. and while social proof can be abused / misused, so can gasoline... doesn't mean you shouldn't fill up your gas tank and go back to riding horses. if you want to effect change, either Engage Fully, or Compete. inaction/boycotts are rarely useful & should be largely be ignored.
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Do Not Rub Me - web, web-mobile et gestion de projets
L’objectif de ce billet est d’aider les créateurs d’entreprises (surtout de très petites entreprises) à comprendre et se débrouiller avec leur comptabilité, dans les premiers temps de leur activité. L’idée est aussi d’aider en amont, les futurs créateurs d’entreprises qui n’y connaissent pas grand chose en compta. Je gère la comptabilité de mon entreprise depuis plus de 2 ans de cette manière. Je ne vois mon comptable que pour mon bilan, compte de résultat de fin d’année. La compta c’est quoi :