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Crowds, Market Research, .coms, and Why Chef...
kickstarter: The NY Times Year in Ideas This past weekend, Kickstarter had the tremendous honor of being included in the New York Times Magazine’s annual Year in Ideas […] exemplifying Kickstarter’s potential. Having been involved in a “crowd-related” startup, I am fascinated by the potential for utilizing crowdsourced/group-buying mechanics for market research. ...
Dec 15th
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"Our newspaper issue, the San Francisco Panorama,... →
a followup to my post about Eggers & Newspaper industry.
Dec 14th
Tiger underwent major swing reconstruction - 2004 →
alexbain: Back around ‘03-‘04, Tiger, the #1 player in the world, decided to completely redesign his swing, costing him 1-2 years of tournament success. This used to be great fodder for analogies, especially in business, regarding fixing something that isn’t broken because you care about lasting success. Now, it’s hard to reference “Tiger’s swing” without it sounding like you’re referencing...
Dec 11th
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Dec 9th
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Dave Eggers' Challenge to Newspapers
“He’s the only person I know that will tell you an idea, and then will actually follow through.” At a lecture in 2005 given by writer Michael Chabon (the talk might have been at Vassar; it might not have been Chabon at all), I recall the above remark made about Dave Eggers. The context was this: Eggers said to Chabon, “I want to start a new type of publishing house for...
Dec 9th
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ListenMe! You! Dancing! by Los Campesinos
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