May 2010
20 posts
“Zuckerberg: I don’t know, it is hard to say. There certainly are a lot more...”
– Mark Zuckerberg: I Donated to Open Source, Facebook Competitor | Epicenter | Wired.com
Sawickipedia: OMG. LOL. Stop. Must. Make. Me. Stop. Laughing. I can’t believe Zuck said that with a straight face.
“Seattle needs: …more big exits from Seattle technology companies Picnik...”
– What Seattle startup scene needs? - A Sack of Seattle
Sawickipedia: A $100 Million exit is a tall order so we’ll see. But anyone who thought a crazy website of funny cat photos would even have a sniff of potential of being that successful back when it started is lying or nuts.
“Most fulfilling investment: “Cheezburger Network is pretty...”
– Q&A: Seattle angel Geoff Entress
Sawickipedia: Success is always obvious in retrospect.
I’m glad to have Geoff as one of the investors in Cheezburger and wish him a ton of success w/ Founder’s Co-op.
Fun Fact of the Day: Did You Know Newspaper Want...
equalitymyth:
Yup. When former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor graduated from Stanford Law in 1952, she couldn’t find a job—because no law firm would hire a woman. In 1968, the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission issued guidelines banning want ad segregation, but the EEOC had little power to enforce the law. It wasn’t until 1973, when a lawsuit filed against The Pittsburgh Press...
“There are a lot of players in the [ad] marketplace. It’s a complex value chain...”
– The Crowded Buy Side | Shift Market (via rafer)
Sawickipedia: @Rafer I know you know the answer but the reason is that agencies are to the advertiser business as labels are to the online music biz and carriers pre-Android/iPhone were to the mobile app business. They kill anything small and...
“My prediction– 10-20 years from now, environmentalists are going to look back on...”
– Climate Skeptic
“But the legislation also provides a significant competitive advantage to the...”
– So much for the little guy - Sen. Sam Brownback - POLITICO.com
Sawickipedia says: I just don’t get how Obama has fallen prey to the crony politics of Wall St. Sure R’s might be crony’s to a number of business interests but the D’s unfailingly loyal alliance w/ big content...
“The second thing that has to happen is that product and engineering resources...”
– A VC
Sounds a lot like the 2-pizza teams we had at Amazon. (via caterpillarcowboy)
Sawickipedia says: from what i think and if i am wrong i apologize but if Fred never coded I’m not sure what basis he has to comment on the structure of a product team. Sitting in a board room does not count....
“What Seattle startup scene needs?
Seattle needs:
…more big exits from...”
– What Seattle startup scene needs? - A Sack of Seattle
Great post. And once upon a time Seattle was the hot #2 to the Valley (and Boston before Seattle) whereas NYC seems to be getting more and more buzz as that #2. As someone who left Silicon Alley 1.0 in NYC (ie. the PseudoTV era) for Seattle for...
“As we depart the domain of extreme power density afforded by oil and the...”
– Battery Technology and Energy Transition | Gregor.us
Sawickipedia: Gregor MacDonald is a brilliant energy-analyst/blogger. A MUST READ for anyone who cares about the upcoming energy transition. Whether you are a energy reactionary thinking the world as-is is never going to change or a...
“We were valued at over a billion dollars last September, so we’re going to live...”
– Twitter COO Dick Costolo talking to Reuters (via parislemon) (via tedr)
Sawickipedia: And this is exactly the danger of raising big money - it forces a potentially unnaturally growth strategies to companies who know have to find ways to justify a crazy essentially made up number. Who knows whether...
Scott Rafer's Blog: Gilt Groupe, Groupon, and... →
rafer:
jryu:
Most interestingly, neither of Gilt nor Groupon uses SEO to push their offers. In fact, traditional product offer SEO would kill their businesses. One of the reasons that the merchants can offer lower prices via these services is that the prices will not appear in Google searches and therefore…
When you hear about SEO with regards to group buying/private sales, the popular...
Richard LaMotta, creater of the ChipWich dies →
rafer:
mattlehrer:amandalynferri:
Oh man, the ChipWich is without competition my favorite food. Three weeks ago I created a Google Map to track where you can get them in my neighborhood. I know there is only one location, but I realized that I am the only human gross enough need this site.
Rafer sez: The rest of the obit goes on to suggest that his relatively early death at 67 wasn’t...
Scott Rafer's Blog: Gilt Groupe, Groupon, and... →
Most interestingly, neither of Gilt nor Groupon uses SEO to push their offers. In fact, traditional product offer SEO would kill their businesses. One of the reasons that the merchants can offer lower prices via these services is that the prices will not appear in Google searches and therefore…
Sawickipedia: A few things:
- Gilt and Groupon aren’t focused on SEO since SEO...
“I used to think Europe had got it right. Let the US be a military superpower;...”
– InfoViewer: Europe is unprepared for austerity
“So the FCC has just handed the keys to specify drivers and components for...”
– FCC hands Hollywood the keys to your PC, home theater and future - Boing Boing
Sawickipedia says: Seriously makes me sick. I can’t wait for my generation (and Obama clearly isn’t my generation as he pre-dates modern web-savvy technology) to be in charge because we won’t stand for...
