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Steve Jobs Understands Team Building
Richard Bejtlich's blog on digital security, strategic thought, and military history.
You Should Self-Publish
Your experience has been an inspiration to me, Joe, as I've noted on my own blog . I've always believed that self-publishing was the mark of permanent amateurism. Now, I've self-published my own book, Dead Furst . I've sold... next to nothing. But I'm obscure, and patient, and have a lovely Carl Graves cover. So…
“Merry Christmas" vs. "Happy Holidays" - nearly double the conversion rate.
The current system of cancer research has failed us. It's time we begin funding the "renegade" blue-chip scientists whose research shows real promise.
Restaurant Menu Pricing
Restaurants are great test labs for testing neuromarketing techniques. It's easy to change offerings, menus, and pricing, and one gets immediate feedback on what's working and what's not. Today, many eateries are employing sophisticated menu psychology to maximize sales and profits.
What Microsoft gets for $2 billion
As a follow up to my post on Microsoft and Creative Destruction, it’s worth looking at this chart (from Silicon Alley Insider). It shows the quarterly operating expenses for Microsoft’s…
Emotional Rescue
To discount the emotional appeal of Apple’s products is to ignore the entire point of Apple’s products.
Day in the life of a Googler (Matt Welsh)
I was thinking recently about how different my workdays are now that I'm at Google, compared to the faculty job at Harvard. The biggest diff...
BYTE, the most beloved computer-magazine brand of all, is coming back.
What's the most-loved computer magazine of all time? There's really only one contender: BYTE, which was founded in 1975 and ceased print publication a dozen years ago. If you worked in computer magazines, as I did, you got used to old-timers comparing your publication unfavorably to BYTE. (And actua
Skype brief post-mortem
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How New Ideas Almost Killed Our Startup
Vinicius Vacanti is co-founder and CEO of Yipit. Next posts on how to acquire users for free and how to raise a Series A. Don’t miss them by subscribing via email or via twitter .
Paul Buchheit: Four Reasons Google is still Awesome
My recent predictions about which Google products will succeed (and which won't) are causing people to think that I'm anti-Google, which mak...
Startup Fundraising is a Time Sink
"Which one of you is going to be doing the fundraising?" queried a calm and collected Tom Robinson while in a loud venue one Saturday evening at a Startup School after-party. Tom had good reason to be relaxed that evening. His startup, 280 North, had been acquired by Motorola for 20 Million a few mo
Why Facebook never happened in the UK. The case of FitFinder.
Update: FitFinder has been Relaunched as Floxx with Doug Richards as an Investor. Good luck Rich! Back in April this year, I heard of a little UCL based startup (FitFinder) that was gaining ‘Facebookearlydayslike’ traction in some UK Universities. It was a location based public/flirting service. The founder pitch
Startup Blogs To Make You a Better Entrepreneur
As an aspiring startup founder, I’m always on the lookout for blogs that will help me become a more adept entrepreneur. Fortunately for me and for the startup community there’s a lot o…
Paul Buchheit: The Cloud OS
My recent remark about the future of ChromeOS generated a surprisingly passionate response . Some said that my prediction was obvious and b...