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35,456 | nickb | 2007-07-20T01:35:00 | Valleywag on Facebook's Parakey acquisition | http://valleywag.com/tech/acquisitions/facebook-buys-a-star-engineer-and-another-billion-dollars-in-valuation-280468.php | 5 | 1 | [
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35,458 | drusenko | 2007-07-20T01:35:42 | What if Facebook loses my data? | http://david.weebly.com/1/post/2007/07/what-if-facebook-loses-my-data.html | 19 | 26 | [
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35,461 | rchambers | 2007-07-20T02:01:55 | Plaxo With Sauce: PIM Site Now Supporting OpenID And Microformats | Plaxo is the latest high profile web service to announce support for OpenID, the standard for online identity management. | http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/07/plaxo-with-sauc.html | 2 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
35,477 | bmaier | 2007-07-20T03:35:26 | How to operate before incorporation? | What is the best way to run your startup before incorporation? For example if I were getting a startup ready for Y combinator and you recommend not incorporating beforehand, how do you recommend handling any business transactions that would occur in the meantime? | 4 | 1 | [
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35,483 | holdenk | 2007-07-20T04:23:30 | How to fix Copyright, RMS' views | Copyright developed in the age of the printing press, and was designed to fit with the system of centralized copying imposed by the printing press. But the copyright system does not fit well with computer networks, and only draconian punishments can enforce it. | http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/media/Copyright%20vs%20Community%20in%20the%20Age%20of%20Computer%20Networks.html | 4 | 1 | [
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35,485 | garbowza | 2007-07-20T04:34:53 | Investors Digg Kevin Rose | http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19710140/ | 3 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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35,488 | mmpcse | 2007-07-20T04:54:40 | What problems does Marketing solve? | http://hitechstartups.wordpress.com/2007/07/20/what-problems-does-marketing-solve/ | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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35,493 | benhoyt | 2007-07-20T05:05:29 | How does PayPal calculate fees for international and cross-currency transactions? | PayPal has about 12 different fee help pages for the different countries, and reading them makes me confused. Specifically about international and cross-currency payments.<p>If I'm a seller with a US-based PayPal account and I want everything in USD on my end, the base rate is 2.9% + $0.30 USD. If the payment is coming from outside the US, the fee is 3.9% + $0.30 USD.<p>And it looks like there's an extra 2.5% put on top when there's currency conversion involved. But when is that 2.5% added? Another related thing I don't get: PPCalc says that "fees are calculated in the sender's currency", see <a href="http://www.ppcalc.com/faq.html#faqlink05" rel="nofollow">http://www.ppcalc.com/faq.html#faqlink05</a><p>Do I have to know what country the user's in and what currency he pays with to determine the fee? In other words, will I only know the exact fee afterwards when PayPal tells me what it is? Problem with that is ... we want to show our users something like "To top up your account by $100.00, you'll be paying a total of $103.30 including PayPal fees. Go ahead?"<p>Anyone know how this all works, or know a nice, simple page which explains it?<p>(Yes, I know about PayPal Sandbox, but the sandbox user profiles have limited options, and I'm not sure I'm getting all the country/currency options.)
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35,499 | mmpcse | 2007-07-20T05:25:22 | VC Model, How to Fix it? | http://hitechstartups.wordpress.com/2007/07/19/vc-model-how-to-fix-it/ | 2 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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35,501 | omouse | 2007-07-20T05:35:15 | Perfect Timing Doesn't Exist. Stop Waiting For It | http://www.lifereboot.com/2007/perfect-timing-doesnt-exist-stop-waiting-for-it/ | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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35,522 | edward | 2007-07-20T08:22:43 | Online Desktop - future of GNOME | Havoc Pennington says in his GUADEC keynote that the future of GNOME is the Online Desktop | http://online-desktop.org/ | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
35,525 | staunch | 2007-07-20T08:40:20 | Loopt Raises Series B Financing | null | http://www.pehub.com/article/articledetail.php?articlepostid=6335 | 12 | 0 | null | null | null | http_404 | 404 Not Found | null | null |
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35,527 | staunch | 2007-07-20T08:42:07 | Video Podcast CalacanisCast #30 With Angel Investor Ron Conway | http://www.calacanis.com/2007/07/19/calacaniscast-beta-30/ | 7 | 2 | [
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35,531 | sigma3dz | 2007-07-20T09:06:33 | Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) - a classic case for disruption | null | http://www.ventureitch.com/?p=344 | 1 | -1 | null | null | true | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
35,534 | ivan | 2007-07-20T09:17:23 | PR 4/10 in 5 months | http://ivansuchy.blogspot.com/2007/07/pr-410-in-5-months.html | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | no_article | null | null | null | null | 2024-11-08T07:39:56 | null | train |
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35,537 | StStartup | 2007-07-20T09:43:05 | A Zero-Cash Case Study | Bootstrapping the startup | http://www.foundread.com/view/a-zero-cash-case | 2 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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35,539 | thinkingserious | 2007-07-20T10:03:50 | Free Statistics to Help Your Business | One key step in creating any business is understanding your market and competition. For those who don't have the big bucks to buy the marketing data you need, this is the resource for you. | http://blog.thembid.com/index.php/2007/07/20/free-statistics-to-help-your-business | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
35,540 | rchambers | 2007-07-20T10:03:59 | Tech Startup USA: 27 Web Companies in the Northeast | Because of the virtual ease of accessing information and services from anywhere on the planet, it's sometimes easy to forget that web companies are real entities tethered to Earth-bound locales. | http://mashable.com/2007/07/19/tech-startup-northeast/ | 2 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
35,541 | terpua | 2007-07-20T10:04:28 | Test your startup idea here | null | http://www.spigit.com/homepage | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
35,542 | jamongkad | 2007-07-20T10:11:29 | Man I hate captchas! | Do you guys think captchas are necessary? I think they just ruin the whole look of the website + they annoy users to high hell. Is there any way around the implementing of captchas? | 9 | 24 | [
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35,545 | mmpcse | 2007-07-20T10:23:38 | Stanford: Top 10 Enduring Elements of High-Technology Entrepreneurship | http://hitechstartups.wordpress.com/2007/07/18/standford-top-10-enduring-elements-of-high-technology-entrepreneurship/ | 2 | 1 | [
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35,547 | mmpcse | 2007-07-20T10:52:19 | Startup: Zero Cash, Zero Experience but Created Product | http://hitechstartups.wordpress.com/2007/07/20/startup-zero-cash-zero-experience-but-created-product/ | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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35,549 | anjamerret | 2007-07-20T11:26:15 | 10 questions venture capitalists and angel investors are going to ask | When raising money from venture capitalists or angels, you'll want to meet as many as possible. They won't all invest, but each time you pitch, you get better. Each time you pitch, you get asked different questions, get different opinions and ideas. It's worth it to pitch as many people as you can, as often as you can. Wil Schroter says it perfectly, pitch everyone, all the time.<p>Some questions will get asked over and over. And you'll discover those patterns quickly enough and adjust your pitch accordingly. If you have a less-than-stellar answer to a question that gets asked once or twice, it's not a big deal. But if your weaker answers are to the most common investor questions, you've got a problem.<p>With that in mind, here are some of the more common questions investors will ask:<p><pre><code> 1. So what's your business all about? The wording of this question will change, but this is the classic "elevator pitch" question. Translation: "In the shortest amount of time possible, grab my interest by the proverbial you-know-whats." Sell them quick, with something simple and powerful they can remember; and keep reiterating that message throughout your presentation.
2. What's the barrier to entry for competition? For Web 2.0 startups this can be tough. The question comes from VCs and angels that might not be as familiar with the overall industry and the ease with which many web applications can be built. They're looking for a real technological barrier that might not exist. Some answers that might help you skirt this topic: launching big, building a devoted community, key partnerships and/or customers (before launch), we're cooler than everyone else (this won't work.) None of these answers are great (for a host of reasons.)
3. What's going to stop big monster company in your space from copying you? This is almost identical to Question #2 but it's more commonly asked because there's always competition. And, it's usually from the "big bad wolf" company that's got tons of money, lots of market share, a huge staff and years of experience.
For starters, don't say, "What competition? We don't have any". There's always competition.
Secondly, this is a tough question to answer. What is stopping "big bad wolf" company from copying you instantly and smashing you like a bug? Generally, you can argue:
* We can move more quickly.
* Big bad wolf is too busy managing what it's doing to innovate.
* They'll acquire us rather than copy us (if you have examples, use them.)
4. Why are you raising the money you want to raise? The amount you're asking for is critical. Make sure you've done your financial homework. Don't tell them your numbers are conservative, just explain to them how you arrived at them.
5. How far does that money get you? Have a good answer to this question. Couch this in product and financial terms, i.e. "It gets us 6 months past launch, when we expect to be cash flow positive." The best way to think about this is to calculate how long the money will last if you earn zero revenue. Count backwards by 4-6 months and that will tell you when you need to start the process of raising more money. If the money is only going to last you 4-6 months, you need to start looking for more money almost immediately (which isn't a pleasant thought.)
6. Do you have any customers? Have you spoken to potential customers? Investors are looking for traction, or at least the inkling of traction. As soon as possible, try and get a few potential customers to say, "Sounds interesting." You might even use them as references. This raises the comfort level for investors and helps answer the question, "What's the market?"
7. What's your marketing strategy? For early stage companies this is a very tough question. Chances are "just getting to freaking launch" is what you're thinking, but that's not good enough. And "launch big" is equally uninspiring. Think about presenting a timeline of events and customer acquisition numbers that you're anticipating, tied to marketing. Throw in a variety of strategies that you're going to do or researching. Marketing will be critical to your success, so you better plan for it sooner rather than later.
8. What are you coding in? Investors do want technical details. This is an easy question to answer at least (assuming you know!)
9. How are you handling the technological infrastructure for scaling? Like I said, investors want technical details. They want to know that you've thought about the behind-the-scenes technology to support your system. When you get on the front page of TechCrunch, will the server hold up? When customers are signing up faster than you can process their credit cards (don't let that happen!), will the system stay running at a reasonable speed? The further you get along in the process with investors, the more technical details they'll want.
10. What's the team look like? What are your backgrounds? Investors want to know the backgrounds of the founders. If you've got people on staff, they'll want to know who, why you hired those people, and who else (and how many) you need to bring on board. They'll want to know how quickly you expect to grow the team over time as well.
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Although there are common questions you'll get from venture capitalists and angel investors, what's more fascinating is that each investor will ask different questions. You can't be prepared for every question, but even if you get new ones, the more comfortable you are pitching (because you've done it so many times), the better. | http://www.instigatorblog.com/10-questions-venture-capitalists-and-angel-investors-are-going-to-ask/2007/07/20/ | 9 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
35,561 | drm237 | 2007-07-20T12:34:18 | Carlsbad company helps send TV to cell phones | MaxLinear, which has operated in stealth mode since it was founded in 2004, says it has done just that...The company expects to ship a couple million of its radio-frequency TV tuners to cell phone makers in Japan this year, where mobile TV is more available than it is in the United States. | http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/20070720-9999-1b20tech.html | 2 | 0 | null | null | null | cut_off | San Diego Union-Tribune | null | null |
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35,563 | drm237 | 2007-07-20T12:40:09 | Startup Tips Month Extra! | Some interesting points. | http://www.centernetworks.com/startup-tips-month-extra-patricia-handschiegel | 2 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
35,564 | jcwentz | 2007-07-20T12:40:27 | German government puts up $165 million to start Google competitor | http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/20/eu-google-competitor-gets-165million-cash-injection/ | 9 | 44 | [
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35,565 | jcwentz | 2007-07-20T12:46:30 | BlinkCart Lets You Create An Online Store Plug-In for MySpace | null | http://mashable.com/2007/07/19/blinkcart/ | 1 | 1 | [
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BlinkCart is an online shopping cart tool that works with existing blogging tools and social networks.The service allows you to add particular items to your own website, blog or social networking profile. An "add this to cart" button will show beneath the item, and site visitors can purchase products from you directly through this tool. With BlinkCart you can accept multiple payment methods, including PayPal, or offer product-specific discounts, have shipping calculated for customers, and manage your online orders and inventory. The service will cost you between $12 and $59 per month.This service has found a way to become integrated with existing networks. With its MySpace integration, it circumvents certain aspects of the discussions currently taking place between the social network and PayPal, which would offer users a way to turn their profiles into e-commerce without the use of a third party widget, such as Flogd or Nimbit. This makes us wonder whether MySpace would block a service like BlinkCart, or be more accepting, considering the popularity of Facebook's open platform.
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35,571 | eastsidegringo | 2007-07-20T12:57:50 | Give Me 30 Seconds and I'll Give You Control Over Your Thoughts | I recently traded my car for a bus pass and I'm getting a lot of reading and writing done on my commute. The only problem is that sometimes when I read in a moving vehicle I start to get car sick. When I start feeling bad I put the book up and immediately start to feel better. Yesterday I went to pull my book out at the bus stop and the very sight of it made me feel ill.
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35,578 | dawie | 2007-07-20T13:34:57 | Facebook acquires Parakey | null | http://www.foundersatwork.com/1/post/2007/07/facebook-acquires-parakey.html | 2 | 0 | null | null | null | missing_parsing | Facebook acquires Parakey | null | null |
Facebook announced its first acquisition today.Congratulations Blake and Joe!
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35,582 | ivankirigin | 2007-07-20T13:48:15 | Startup FastSoft could speed up the transfer of video and voice files over the Internet. | http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=19073 | 2 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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35,585 | yubrew | 2007-07-20T13:54:32 | Setting the record straight (Seth Levine's response) | In response to the statement in USA Today, "...6% is a huge amount of equity to give up for such little money..."
Seth Levine says that he was misquoted in the USA Today article, and will never do a phone interview again.
For the article: <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/2007-07-17-ycombinator_N.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/2007-07-...</a> | http://sethlevine.typepad.com/vc_adventure/2007/07/setting-the-rec.html | 25 | 10 | [
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35,599 | joshua8883 | 2007-07-20T14:25:10 | Day One of The Second year of your Startup | <p>Remember Day One of your new startup?<p>You jumped out of bed, kissed your wife on your way to work, and ran into the office ready to conquer the world.<p>That seems like a long, long time ago doesn't it?<p>It's now Day One of Year Two. Today you didn't jump out of bed because you were sleeping at your desk. You responded (3 hours later) to a text message your wife sent you asking if you were going to make it home tonight. You're not worrying about conquering the world today anymore, you're worried about how you're going to pay your mortgage tomorrow. <p>What the hell happened?<p>The Road is Longer than it Appears<p>The first mistake you made was convincing yourself and those around you that it would only be tough for a year. Startups take a long time to become successful, and even though you may read about one that grew quickly, most do not. <p><pre><code> You need to recalibrate. Set your horizons for a 3-year window, not a 12 month window.
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Realize that it may be longer than that. It's a startup career, not a startup project.<p>Spend Less Now<p>If you were like most, you tried to maintain your lifestyle while you eased into your startup world. That doesn't happen. That's like trying to go camping and bitching about not having Air Conditioning in your tent. You're in the wild, you need to rough it.<p>To do that, you need to cut every last expense you have, and then cut some more. <p><pre><code> If you haven't figured it out by now, I can tell you first hand that things are going to get worse (financially) before they get better.
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It's time to trade down into a cheaper car, refinance the house (think: "interest only"), and put the kibosh on any idea of a vacation. It's not in the cards.<p>Remember Why You're Here<p>You're not giving up your social life for a paycheck. When you started this company it was about more than just a big check (right?). <p><pre><code> You started this company because you were passionate about blazing your own trail. You're doing it right now, and it's hard. But don't forget why you made this decision.
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Remember today that you're not listening to your idiot boss make horrible decisions and hide in his bureaucratic bunker. You're not working like a slave to make some CEO who doesn't even know your name. You're taking control of your own destiny, and guess what - sometimes that's a very rocky road. | http://www.gobignetwork.com/wil/2007/7/20/dealing-with-the-second-year-funk-of-a-startup/10178/view.aspx | 3 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
35,600 | farmer | 2007-07-20T14:27:40 | ONLamp.com -- The Power of Google Gears (Part 2) | null | http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2007/07/12/the-power-of-google-gears-part-2.html?page=1 | 4 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
35,606 | dpapathanasiou | 2007-07-20T14:49:48 | Has Google Hired Too Many People? The Food Line at the Googleplex Did Seem Rather Long | http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/07/19/the-food-line-at-the-googleplex-did-seem-rather-long/ | 8 | 14 | [
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35,607 | jslogan | 2007-07-20T14:51:33 | The message you want your prospective customers to receive | http://www.businessleadercentral.com/content/view/489/65/ | 2 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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35,624 | jsjenkins168 | 2007-07-20T15:16:19 | Loopt secures $8M of a $12M Series B round | http://www.moconews.net/entry/419-mobile-social-networking-location-service-loopt-gets-8-million-funding/ | 1 | 0 | [
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35,636 | dawie | 2007-07-20T15:41:43 | Microsoft Startup Zone | null | http://microsoftstartupzone.com/ | 1 | 1 | [
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35,639 | dawie | 2007-07-20T15:44:06 | TechStars in Boulder | null | http://dondodge.typepad.com/the_next_big_thing/2007/07/techstars-in-bo.html | 3 | 7 | [
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35,651 | nickb | 2007-07-20T16:34:53 | Joel: Learning from Dave Winer | null | http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2007/07/20.html | 9 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
35,653 | nickb | 2007-07-20T16:37:16 | What the non-Lisper sees | http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/1397/lispnd7.png | 8 | 6 | [
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35,655 | nickb | 2007-07-20T16:41:00 | A Subversion User Looks at Git | http://speirs.org/2007/07/19/a-subversion-user-looks-at-git/ | 2 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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35,657 | nickb | 2007-07-20T16:42:40 | PG's Arc Lessons | http://www.paulgraham.com/arclessons.html | 10 | 13 | [
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35,660 | dawie | 2007-07-20T16:45:26 | 10 Ways to be Productive with Your Blog | null | http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/07/20/10-ways-to-be-productive-with-your-blog/ | 3 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
35,661 | eposts | 2007-07-20T16:45:58 | Spectrum auction could revolutionize US telecoms | Google to bid. | http://www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/afx/2007/07/11/afx3902218.html | 5 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
35,671 | pg | 2007-07-20T17:12:01 | Own the laptops that built reddit.com ("luck not included") | http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=ADME:L:LCA:US:11&item=140139991952 | 22 | 15 | [
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35,677 | acgourley | 2007-07-20T17:40:47 | ICFP Programming Contest 2007 (just started, ends monday) | The contest looks interesting. The task is to convert one picture into another and you must do so by using a string of DNA-like tokens as input commands. There is a complex set of rules dictating this process. <p>I have only skimmed it so far, but it looks like a constraint satisfaction problem, and it looks like a lot of hardware would be a bonus. Lisp might actually be a good tool for this although I'll stick to something more comfortable if I decide I want to take it on. | http://www.icfpcontest.org/ | 10 | 2 | [
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35,682 | horatio05 | 2007-07-20T17:59:44 | 2 Pennies and a Tootsie Roll | null | http://www.codesqueeze.com/2-pennies-and-a-tootsie-roll/ | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
35,684 | smg | 2007-07-20T18:02:36 | The True story of Ooma | http://cerdafied.typepad.com/cerdafied_voip_mobile_web/2007/03/for_the_record.html | 1 | 1 | [
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35,687 | drm237 | 2007-07-20T18:08:07 | Google Invests in 3G Startup | ...A femtocell is a home base station, a low-cost, low-power 3G cellular radio system that sits in the home or office, feeding calls and data sessions back to mobile operators' core networks via broadband connections... | http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=129581 | 2 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
35,689 | aston | 2007-07-20T18:11:00 | Blake Ross on the Facebook acquisition | http://www.blakeross.com/2007/07/19/facebook/ | 18 | 7 | [
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35,695 | drm237 | 2007-07-20T18:20:05 | Startup Weekend In Hamburg 22nd/23rd September | An idea for a Startup Weekend got huge amount of support in the German sphere in a short time and will happen in Hamburg on September 22nd / 23rd. The goal is to bootstrap a business idea in just one weekend. If this succeeds, the organizers would like to expand this to other German cities as well as other European places. | http://detech.blognation.com/2007/07/20/startup-weekend-in-hamburg-22nd23rd-september/ | 2 | 0 | null | null | null | fetch failed | null | null | null | null | 2024-11-08T09:28:21 | null | train |
35,702 | davidw | 2007-07-20T18:37:43 | Economics according to Google | http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2007/07/19/economics-according-to-google/?mod=blog | 6 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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35,706 | crxnamja | 2007-07-20T18:40:37 | The True cost of an iPhone and others... | Being smart with your money is about fully understanding the financial choices you make and seeing the entire picture - the true cost and total cost of ownership when you commit to a device, transportation, pet, or even a child.
| http://www.mint.com/blog/finance-core/the-true-cost-of-an-iphone-and-other-things-you-dont-know-about/ | 9 | 3 | [
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35,716 | nickb | 2007-07-20T20:18:08 | Open Library goes online with public domain book collection | http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070720-open-library-open-for-business.html | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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35,725 | rchambers | 2007-07-20T21:05:51 | Could Facebook Become The Next Microsoft? | Amongst all the noise today over Facebook's acquisition of Parakey, little has been said on what the acquisition means for Facebook in the broader sense. | http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/19/could-facebook-become-the-next-microsoft/ | 5 | 3 | [
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] | null | null | no_error | Could Facebook Become The Next Microsoft? | TechCrunch | 2007-07-20T05:28:49+00:00 | Contributor | Amongst all the noise today over Facebook‘s acquisition of Parakey, little has been said on what the acquisition means for Facebook in the broader sense. Robert Scoble says that Facebook is the new data black hole, noting that many of his favorite apps are now appearing on Facebook. Facebook is starting to become the one stop shop for content and interaction, be it through feeds, blog creation, image uploading and just plain ol’ social networking. Although it’s not the market leader yet, there is no argument that Facebook is rapidly growing and more and more people are using it.
Facebook v Microsoft: the early years
If you’re a member of Generation X, you’ll know the history; if you are younger you may not. Once upon a time the Microsoft Borg was not as almighty as it is today. Back in the 80’s consumers had a smorgasbord of choice; this was a time when PC’s ran DOS and were not in every home. Platforms ranged from the Commodore machines, through to Atari (which at the time dominated the music creation business), through to Apple. Operating systems were as diverse as the computers that ran them. Then somewhere in the 1990’s this changed. The reason was Microsoft Windows. Windows was a proprietary platform for which you could build things on, and developers did just that. What was once a fairly niche offering evolved into a platform that provided something for everyone. By the mid 1990’s, aside from a small number of Apple fans, Windows PC’s simply killed most of the competition.
In 2007 the computer wars are now nothing more than a footnote in history. Most people access the internet by PC’s running Microsoft’s Windows platform. The web itself though provides more choice than was ever available in PC’s and operating systems. Competing systems power millions of web pages.
In May 2007 Facebook launched F8, the Facebook Platform. In a market place that was rich with choice, Facebook offers a platform from which interactive applications can be run exclusively from Facebook itself. Although today it’s far from becoming a dominant platform, in little over 2 months 1000’s of new applications have been offered to Facebook users, with many, many more to come. The richness of the various applications on Facebook is driving user growth; simply people flock to where things are happening. In many ways the growth is similar to the growth rates in the early days of Microsoft Windows.
Facebook as a Web OS
Facebook’s acquisition of Parakey says one thing loud and clear about Facebook’s intent: Facebook wants to become the No. 1 destination on the web. The growth strategy is two fold:
1: use third party developers to create compelling applications/ content
2: acquire other companies and incorporate their offerings into Facebook to provide more compelling applications/ content
Although Web Operating Systems lack wide user uptake to date, the amount of venture capital flooding into Web OS startups is a clear indicator that smart people believe that Web Operating Systems will eventually be a huge hit. Facebook knows this; what buying Parakey does is provide Facebook with a base from which it can not only become a Web OS provider, but leverage it’s user base to become THE Web OS provider.
Imagine
Imagine that in 2-5 years time Facebook has become the No. 1 destination on the web. Facebook as a Web OS is the leader in online storage, online applications, email, blogging and of course social networking. How people interact with Facebook has changed; Facebook OS has absorbed Facebook F8, all previous Facebook applications work under Facebook OS, but they work more like Windows does today; Facebook has become your desktop and not just an internet site. The Facebook Paint application substitutes Photoshop, Facebook Email is a superior offering to Outlook, Facebook Office (Facebook having acquired either Thinkfree or Zoho) provides the market leading word processing and spreadsheet platform.
It might sound far-fetched, but this is exactly the position Facebook wants to be in and the direction they are headed.
The Google comparison
Facebook’s direction isn’t new; it’s the same direction Google has been heading in for years. Google has long since abandoned its original premise of being a search company alone in a quest to become the No.1 destination of all things to all people. Gmail, Google Docs, Google Calendar, Google Desktop…this list goes on and on. The difference with Facebook will be how the various applications are glued together, and this is where Facebook already has the advantage: Facebook’s origins as a social networking site means that everything they launch is linked in to that central core. Google has great products, but very little to tie them all together. People use Gmail or Reader as stand alone offerings, by comparison everything in Facebook is interlinked.
Conclusion
It’s difficult to be against Facebook at this time. The platform strategy and now the move into Web Operating Systems are fairly lauded as being smart business moves, and of course the Facebook product itself is constantly improving. From a users perspective, a centralized one-stop shop of applications has great appeal, particularly in a marketplace where choice can actually be overwhelming.
Yet Facebook is a closed shop; there’s no open source in Facebook and every app built for it will not work with other sites. Facebook could easily become the Microsoft Windows of tomorrow. Microsoft will tell you how better the world is for having their product, and little doubt that Facebook will spin a similar line; yet it’s not unreasonable to question whether uniformity and centralized control ultimately delivers better outcomes for everyone. Of course Facebook isn’t at Microsoft’s level yet, but we are better asking these question today and tomorrow rather than 2-5 years time when by that stage it may well be too late.
| 2024-11-08T05:15:38 | en | train |
35,727 | mmaunder | 2007-07-20T21:12:18 | Brand Authority and the Milgram Experiment | ...The experiment found that few people have the resources needed to resist authority, even when the authority figure is telling them to do something in violent opposition to their moral judgment. Brands carry a level of authority. Take a startup for example... | http://markmaunder.com/2007/brand-authority-and-the-milgram-experiment/ | 5 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
35,731 | danw | 2007-07-20T21:25:27 | In Search of the Silver Bullet | null | http://www.mobilemarketingmagazine.co.uk/2007/07/in-search-of-th.html | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
35,732 | blored | 2007-07-20T21:36:37 | Three things every entrepreneur must know... | 1) Lists like these are just link bait.<p>2) Working won't get you girls.<p>3) It's hard. | 10 | 7 | [
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35,735 | blored | 2007-07-20T21:53:13 | What do we think of Tandem Entrepreneurs... | An incubator that invests more money than ycombinator but takes much more equity. They are supposed to follow you through to a liquidity event and put sweat and knowledge into your app. Good deal? | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | invalid_url | null | null | null | null | 2024-11-08T16:37:59 | null | train |
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35,736 | danw | 2007-07-20T21:55:28 | Facebook's Secret Plan: Help people be lazy | http://simeons.wordpress.com/2007/07/20/facebooks-secret-plan/ | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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35,742 | bmccarthy | 2007-07-20T23:46:29 | Qualitative Before Quantitative Research | null | http://www.userdriven.org/blog/2008/4/13/qualitative-before-quantitative-research.html | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
35,743 | bootload | 2007-07-21T00:06:41 | Email is dead? (kids use Facebook, MySpace) | null | http://news.com.com/Kids say e-mail is, like, soooo dead/2009-1032_3-6197242.html | 1 | 1 | [
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35,744 | bootload | 2007-07-21T00:07:24 | Collaborative writing, collaborative production | null | http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/07/collaborative_w.html | 2 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
35,745 | bootload | 2007-07-21T00:08:03 | The Birth of myYearbook (youth up-front, suits behind, outsourced tech) | http://www.myyearbook.com/our_story.php | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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35,753 | drm237 | 2007-07-21T01:02:56 | Startup Epicenter -- rumbles with the latest start-ups | Eighty entrepreneurs, angel investors and venture capitalists gathered yesterday at Silicon Valley law firm Fenwick & West's headquarters for Startup Epicenter to hear funding pitches from ten early stage startups. | http://venturebeat.com/2007/07/20/startup-epicenter-rumbles-with-the-latest-start-ups/ | 5 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
35,754 | amichail | 2007-07-21T01:28:04 | Why don't most web 2.0 startups use sophisticated algorithms? | Lack of knowledge/ability? To avoid infringing patents (even accidentally)? Most users won't care? Not important in the problem domain? | 1 | 17 | [
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35,763 | farmer | 2007-07-21T02:07:57 | Google To Launch AdSense for Games | null | http://mashable.com/2007/07/20/adsense-for-games/ | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
35,774 | gibsonf1 | 2007-07-21T03:11:33 | Google open to wireless spectrum bid to become fully fledged wireless operator | http://www.ft.com/cms/s/80b57ede-36fd-11dc-9f6d-0000779fd2ac.html | 2 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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35,784 | swhnorton | 2007-07-21T03:44:13 | A better software development process | I recently joined a growing company that, among other things, builds web applications. <p>The development process boils down to:<p>1) Determining Requirements<p>2)Building exact specifications complete with descriptions of functionality and mockups<p>3) Developing the software to match the specifications<p>4) Creating a QA test plan to break the SW and ensure that it matches the specification exactly<p>5)making necessary changes to both the specification and software<p>6)Rolling out the product to users<p>Being a loather of redundancy and having a personal project/startup background, this process strikes me as antiquated and arcane. Surely there must be a better way to develop software. What are some of the workflows that work for you to create great features when you've got more than just a couple people hacking? What can startups teach scaling companies in this light?
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35,789 | nickb | 2007-07-21T04:27:34 | Facebook in legal trouble: A brief history of Mark Zuckerberg's legal woes | http://valleywag.com/tech/facebook/a-brief-history-of-mark-zuckerbergs-legal-woes-280901.php?autoplay=true | 6 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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35,800 | sharpshoot | 2007-07-21T05:32:17 | 50 reasons why people aren't using your website by Scott Heifermann, founder of Meetup.com | null | http://scott.heiferman.com/notes/2006/03/50_reasons_why_.html | 12 | 4 | [
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35,803 | pg | 2007-07-21T05:46:53 | Newspapers rapidly losing real estate ads to web | http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=aRv7CnxPEWcc&refer=home | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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35,804 | nickb | 2007-07-21T05:50:18 | Blocking IE users is not a solution - here's how to easily fix most common IE rendering errors | http://www.chriscampbellwaterloo.com/?p=5 | 3 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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35,805 | nickb | 2007-07-21T05:56:25 | A Quickstart to Common Lisp - wanna finally learn Lisp? | http://www.builderau.com.au/program/soa/A-Quickstart-to-Common-Lisp/0,339024614,339280188,00.htm | 3 | 1 | [
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35,807 | dawie | 2007-07-21T06:05:12 | RustyBudget: Multi-Author Blog Management | null | http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/20/rustybudget-multi-author-blog-management/ | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
35,808 | nickb | 2007-07-21T06:07:19 | Google uses Lemon to find holes in apps | http://www.builderau.com.au/news/soa/Google-uses-Lemon-to-find-holes-in-apps/0,339028227,339280287,00.htm | 3 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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35,824 | jamiequint | 2007-07-21T09:19:23 | San Francisco news.yc Meetup - Friday, July 27th | We have somewhat limited space so RSVP soon. Looking forward to meeting some fellow news.yc-ers | http://up.facebook.com/event.php?eid=2449811475 | 19 | 13 | [
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35,831 | mmpcse | 2007-07-21T11:17:04 | The Future of Facebook | FaceBook Founder Interview on Future of FaceBook by Time.com
| http://hitechstartups.wordpress.com/2007/07/21/the-future-of-facebook/ | 2 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
35,837 | dood | 2007-07-21T13:16:02 | Connections: an alternative view of change [documentary] | http://youtube.com/view_play_list?p=422338074061C0E0 | 6 | 5 | [
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35,843 | dawie | 2007-07-21T14:30:22 | Google Acquires ImageAmerica | null | http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/21/google-acquires-imageamerica/ | 3 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
35,844 | dawie | 2007-07-21T14:33:59 | Reddit on Information Architects 2007 Web Trend Map | http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/20/information-architects-2007-web-trend-map/ | 2 | 0 | null | null | null | missing_parsing | Information Architects 2007 Web Trend Map | TechCrunch | 2007-07-21T06:41:08+00:00 | Contributor | Information Architects have released their Web Trend Map for 2007, a subway map of the 200 most successful websites on the web, ordered by category, proximity, success, popularity and perspective. In theory it demonstrates the relationship between various sites and ideas, with a strong focus on Web 2.0.
I’ve always found these sorts of things clever, in a geeky sort of way, but it’s not recommended that you try reading this with a hangover or whilst on certain prescription medications. Click the image for a larger version or click here for the pdf version.
| 2024-11-08T05:20:50 | null | train |
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35,846 | paul | 2007-07-21T14:43:47 | The Dilbert Blog: Career Advice | null | http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/the_dilbert_blog/2007/07/career-advice.html | 7 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
35,848 | farmer | 2007-07-21T14:47:05 | Tufte: A New Style for Mint | http://www.robgoodlatte.com/2007/05/21/tufte-a-new-style-for-mint/ | 14 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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35,849 | farmer | 2007-07-21T14:53:01 | Bebo To Follow Facebook and Launch Developer Platform | null | http://mashable.com/2007/07/20/bebo-developers/ | 2 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
35,852 | tiki12revolt | 2007-07-21T15:57:40 | Craigslist Google Maps Mashup | As it says on the website, perl, google maps, and craigslist | http://mullinslab2.ucsf.edu/craigstats/ | 7 | 5 | [
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35,857 | joshwa | 2007-07-21T16:47:09 | C.E.O. Libraries Reveal Keys to Success - New York Times | http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/21/business/21libraries.html?ex=1342670400&en=f19d91baf1d045e9&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss | 6 | 1 | [
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35,863 | mmaunder | 2007-07-21T18:36:19 | Who else thinks VCs are dinosaurs? | John Cook, one of my favorite Seattleites, has a post on his blog about yet another home office no money startup that got bought out for a few million. There is a growing realization that getting funding if you're a developer building a consumer web application is a very bad idea. | http://markmaunder.com/2007/who-else-thinks-vcs-are-dinosaurs/ | 4 | 9 | [
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35,868 | rchambers | 2007-07-21T19:03:34 | Should Newspapers Become Local Blog Networks? | Chicago Tribune just relaunched its website with, of course, more blogs -- A LOT more blogs -- news, entertainment, sports, living, business travel, with multiple blogs in each category. | http://publishing2.com/2007/07/20/should-newspapers-become-local-blog-networks/ | 5 | 4 | [
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35,875 | danw | 2007-07-21T19:25:27 | Inline Messaging: Broken Interaction Means More Money? | null | http://www.personalinfocloud.com/2007/07/inline-messagin.html | 2 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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35,887 | szczupak | 2007-07-21T20:21:15 | First mover effect is vital for startups. Do you want to know why? | That's not the only thing to rely on, but it's still very useful to know about. | http://www.businesshackers.com/2007/07/21/first-mover-effect-is-vital-for-startups-do-you-want-to-know-why/ | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | fetch failed | null | null | null | null | 2024-11-08T07:32:45 | null | train |
35,898 | mcxx | 2007-07-21T23:21:28 | Lisp: Closures + Lambda | http://sean-ross.blogspot.com/2007/07/closures-lambda-clos.html | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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35,899 | andres | 2007-07-21T23:22:36 | Three Minutes with Steve Wozniak | http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,134826/article.html | 15 | 1 | [
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35,902 | farmer | 2007-07-22T00:20:41 | The Wealthiest Americans Ever | null | http://www.nytimes.com/ref/business/20070715_GILDED_GRAPHIC.html# | 4 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
35,904 | 9898123912837 | 2007-07-22T01:09:49 | startup advice: take a shower! | so many geeks smell so bad, yet they wonder why people don't like them.<p>learn to get people to like you. it's the first step towards learning how to build products that people will like. | 1 | -1 | null | null | true | invalid_url | null | null | null | null | 2024-11-08T16:37:59 | null | train |
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35,905 | nickb | 2007-07-22T01:10:57 | Ask.com gives users what they want: won't keep data from searches | http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/324564_askprivacy21.html | 4 | 1 | [
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35,908 | bootload | 2007-07-22T02:13:17 | The Interface of a Cheeseburger | null | http://www.informationarchitects.jp/the-interface-of-a-cheeseburger | 4 | 1 | [
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35,909 | bootload | 2007-07-22T02:18:01 | Realitycheck: What Works on the Web | http://www.informationarchitects.jp/realitycheck-what-works-on-the-web | 2 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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