This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 17, 2013

'So Shopkick is apparently profitable , driving hundreds of millions of new sales to merchants--remember them? The in-store retail check-in app? And Belly? T hey just had their millionth Point of Sale loyalty check-in. What do they have in common? They''re making real business progress towards bringing retailers together with customers. In the face of " software eating the mall " they''re helping make the retail shopping experience better for the hundreds of millions of humans who still walk aro

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2013

'Just back from 2 solid weeks on the road in Boston, New York & Philly. I spent countless hours with VC firms, startups & LPs (the people who invest in VC firms). I find these trips invaluable both from a relationship-building perspective as well as stretching my mind about our industry. I ask questions, test theories, debate topics of the day and then reflect upon what I’ve learned.

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Tomasz Tunguz

APRIL 15, 2013

We’ve all had a great idea for a product that would solve a pain we feel directly. It used to be impossible to convey that insight to anyone who might be in a position to act upon it. But that’s all changing because of the Internet. Of late, it’s becoming increasingly easier for consumers to share their ideas for great products and bring them to market.

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Derek Sivers

APRIL 13, 2013

The word “inspiration” usually means “something that mentally stimulates you.”. But “inspiration” also means to breathe in. The meanings poetically combine when you think of yourself breathing in thoughts, filling your body with ideas. But don’t forget to breathe out. People surf the web, reading pithy articles, looking for inspiration. People listen to hours of podcasts, looking for inspiration.

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creativity 41

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APRIL 16, 2013

'Your grand plans. The best you could ever hope to achieve. A failure. A failure to strike fear. We are unafraid. A failure to change our way of life. Future marathons will undoubtedly have record sign ups. I wish I was running NYC tomorrow, in fact. A failure to deliver any kind of message. We are loud. You are silent. A failure in execution, as loss of life was so much less than it could have been given the crowd numbers.

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Tomasz Tunguz

APRIL 17, 2013

Feedback loops are essential components of every person’s role within a startup. The most recent and celebrated feedback loop is the viral coefficient or k-factor which Facebook applications optimize to grow their user bases. The [k-factor]( [link] , a borrowed concept from the study of biological viruses, measures the rate at which an application spreads through the network.

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abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 17, 2013

'In a casino, the term “rake” refers to the commission that the house earns for operating a poker game. With each hand, a small percentage of the pot is scraped off by the dealer, which in essence becomes the “revenue” for the casino. While casinos use the term “rake,” a plethora of interesting word choices exist which all describe the same thing – keeping a little bit of the revenue for the company that is running the service.

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strategy networking disruption sustainability 101

This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 15, 2013

'For almost ten years, I''ve been volunteering on New York City''s waterfront--introducing lifelong New Yorkers and tourists alike to kayaking. It''s a reminder that a) they live on an island and b) that NYC''s waters are usable. In fact, the more you come up with creative recreational uses for our waterfront, the less likely the city will be to do things like park garbage trucks on it or simply fence it off as a passive shoreline balcony for some wealthy waterfront condo.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2013

'I’m sure you’ve all heard saying derived from Voltaire, “don’t let perfect be the enemy of the good” which in a way is encapsulated in the lean startup movement and the ideology of shipping a “minimum viable product” (MVP) and then learning from your customer base. Or to borrow a simple life lesson from Gretchen Rubin , “The 20-minute walk I take is better than the 3-mile run I never start.

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Tomasz Tunguz

APRIL 14, 2013

As a founder, you’re always selling. You’re selling yourself, your team, your product, your company. But your pitch is likely missing one of two key components. A pitch needs to accomplish two goals to be effective. Most pitches solve the first, but omit the second. First, the pitch must convince the audience who might be investors, employees, recruits, or customers of some premise.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 18, 2013

'How many of us have “hired” independent contractors over the years, a bit worried over the gray area between employee and contractor as defined by the IRS? I’ve experienced the results of a wrong decision, and the IRS and state agencies are not forgiving in their pursuit of penalties, interest and most damaging, assessing a company with the on both employer and employee taxes when reclassifying the person as an employee.

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Tomasz Tunguz

APRIL 16, 2013

At first glance, SMB SaaS companies, those who sell Software-as-a-Service to small to medium businesses, may seem like any other software company. But they are quite a different breed. Successful SMB SaaS companies have reinvented their businesses eschewing the expensive enterprise sales model in favor of end-user centric marketing, support and product development.

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