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No, that is not a competitive advantage
Listening to first-time entrepreneurs talk about their competitive advantages is as predictably invalid as the local weatherman's 10-day forecast. Here's the top, invalid competitive advantages startup founders like to claim.
Out Of Nowhere, The iPad Has A Real Competitor
Oh, it’s not an iPad. Not even close to the smoothness and sleekness of one. However, consider these points: 1) It’s less than half the price of the least-expensive iPad. That’s $…
Lessons from 150 startup pitches
After reviewing several hundred startup pitches for Capital Factory, I found several extremely common problems. You're probably making the same mistakes -- I did have too ten years ago -- so let's get that fixed.
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Get the latest product news, company announcements, and user insights from the official Reddit blog.
Flattr, and Why It's Brilliant
Flattr is an exciting new social networking / micro-payment service that allows you to set a donation amount that gets divided among all the different content y
It’s not that seed investors are smarter – it’s that entrepreneurs are
programming, philosophy, history, internet, startups
The difference between iPhone + Android: Great since day one
The original iPhone was great on day one. It couldn’t do as much as today’s iPhone, but it performed its feature-set extremely well. There were almost no rough edges or unpolished areas in its hardware or software, and nearly everything seemed justifiable, well conceived, and well executed.
Translation From Apple's PR-Speak to English of the Letter Regarding iPhone 4
Take your class action suits filed four days after we released the goddamn thing and stick them up your fucking asses.
Apple letter about iPhone 4
The official source for news about Apple, from Apple. Read press releases, get updates, watch video and download images.
Why Enterprise Software Sucks
Khoi, who’s consistently one of the best writers on the web, recently took a swipe at enterprise software. Who can blame him? We agree. If you work at a big company and you’ve ever had to do something that should be simple, like file an expense report, make changes to your salary withholdi…
Google agrees to buy ITA Software for $700 million
Insights from Googlers into our products, technology, and the Google culture
Two Weeks Vacation is only a Recommendation, not a Rule
How much vacation time did you take last year? If you're like most workers in the States, it was probably less than 3 weeks. That's all your...
IPhone 4
A review of the iPhone 4.
Google update on China
Insights from Googlers into our products, technology, and the Google culture
What I would do if I was in charge of Windows 8 - Miguel de Icaza
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