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New research indicates ‘Unicorns’ are overvalued
New research examines fair market value of startups worth over $1 billion and finds huge discrepancies in their purported worth.
Pricing Principles
Articles and Podcasts on Customer Service, AI and Automation, Product, and more.
Startup Metrics
We have the privilege of meeting with thousands of entrepreneurs every year, and in the course of those discussions are presented with all kinds of numbers, measures, and metrics that illustrate the promise and health of a particular company. Sometimes, however, the metrics may not be the best gauge of what’s actually…
Ford Tries to Shut Down Independent Repair Tool with Copyright
At EFF, we think people ought to be able to understand how their devices work and repair them without asking permission of the manufacturer. We also think independent repair companies should to be able to compete with manufacturers in the aftermarket. Simply put, you should be able to fix your...
How I manage customer feedback for my bootstrapped SaaS
I experimented with different ways to get customer feedback for my SaaS. This blog post is about what worked during launch and later stages.
Officially our best-ever cease and desist
Explore GameStops vast selection of Gaming Collectibles! Shop Funko Pops, action figures, and limited-edition merchandise to enhance your collection like never before.
Nokia made too many phones
TextQuery is a desktop app to import data file as a table, query it using SQL.
Update from Chef
IT Automation for everything from configuration management to continuous delivery.
Transitioning Google Cloud leadership after three great years
When I joined Google full-time to run Cloud in December 2015, I told my family and friends that it would be for two years. Now, after an unbelievably stimulating and productive three years, it’s time to turn to the passions I’ve long had around mentoring and education.
Programming Language Rankings: June 2016
With the spring and summer travel schedule drawing to a close, we finally have had time to sit down and run the numbers collected back in June. As always, aside from the fact that we run our own GitHub rankings now, the process used for our bi-annual programming language rankings remains the same as when
Reddit traffic doubles in less than a year, to 2 billion monthly pageviews
Get the latest product news, company announcements, and user insights from the official Reddit blog.
Stripe opens its Atlas program to US-based startups
We're excited to roll out a bunch of improvements to Stripe Atlas today.
How to Hire and Build a Remote Team
Since 2011, Zapier has grown from three founders cramped in a small apartment to a team of over 350 around the world. Read more
A Heretic's Guide to Deplatforming
[Update: Ironically, after ascending rapidly and fostering vigorous commentary over on Hackernews, this article has been "flagged" there . Update #2: A few hours later it was unflagged and is currently on the first page of HN ] The phenomenon of deplatforming in the internet age, which includes the component of…
Red Hat is discontinuing sales and services in Russia and Belarus
Red Hat shares it's response to the war in Ukraine and how it is supporting its associates.
Meta Accounts: A New Login for VR
Today we’re introducing Meta accounts: a new way for people to log into their VR headsets that doesn’t require a Facebook account. When we announced that we would start requiring people to log into Meta Quest using a Facebook account, we received a lot of feedback from the Quest community. We took that feedback into…
IBM: The cost difference is too great for business not to look for H1B workers
Read more on IBM and H-1BsWorkers from around the country send me examples of H-1B abuse that is taking place around them. I organize this data to decipher patterns. There is usually no legal action that can be taken due to the way the law is structured and the circumstances of the information provider. Generally, I…
Negotiators Lose Last Chance to Salvage the TPP by Caving on Copyright Extension
New reports indicate that Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiators have agreed to language that would bind its 12 signatory nations to extend copyright terms to match the United States' already excessive length of copyright. This provision expands the reach of the controversial US Sonny Bono...
OpenAI acquires Sky.app
OpenAI has acquired Software Applications Incorporated, maker of Sky—a natural language interface for Mac that brings AI directly into your desktop experience. Together, we’re integrating Sky’s deep macOS capabilities into ChatGPT to make AI more intuitive, contextual, and action-oriented.
Developers are attached to tools because tools encode trust
The tools themselves are new and their capabilities are in constant flux. If your kitchen knife kept changing shape, weight, and edge, you’d have to relearn it every time; that’s a hard tool to build trust in. But it also points to a flaw in how you use that tool, the process around it, and the way the tool reinforces…