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Tags: entrepreneurship   social networking   internet   web  
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Sep
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m.twitter.com Vs Mobile Apps

On the unfortunate “Web is dead” meme, interesting stats from twitter.

Tags: twitter   online   internet   web   apps  
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Oct
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Causal Fallacies Exposed

Sometimes, products are successful despite their features, not because of them. Sean Parker of Founder’s Fund says it best:

Parker also talked a bit about why it’s not always the best products that win. Craigslist, MySpace, AIM and eBay all were poorly designed or executed, yet they did well. This was because of their networks were strong enough to overcome their bad products, Parker said.
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Aug
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However all this time I was also pushing my own silly web dreams on the side. I tried about a dozen different ideas, some made money, some never even got off the ground. I affectionately called these $12 startups because I essentially launched them for just the cost of the domain name itself. Once the site started to generate revenue I’d roll some profits back into it, growing the property further.
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We believe the web has won and over the next several years, the browser, for economic reasons almost, will become the platform that matters and certainly that’s where Google is investing.
Tags: mobile   google   iphone   app   web   entrepreneurship   browser   development  
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