January 2011
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Idea to Market in 5 Months: Making the Glif →
Great entrepreneurial story…
russianpencil:
On July 11th, 2010, Tom Gerhardt and I had an idea for an iPhone accessory: a tripod mount that doubled as a stand. Five months later, customers began to receive our product, the Glif, in the mail. This turnaround, from idea to market in five months by two guys with no retail or manufacturing…
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Jobs at Apple
The timing of this announcement speaks volumes - sent to Apple employees in the middle of the night prior to a stock market holiday. Something is likely very wrong with the health of Steve Jobs. His strength through pancreatic cancer and a liver transplant have been nothing less than extraordinary. I hope he is able to turn his remarkable vision inward. And prevail.
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schuylerdeerman.com: Just do it →
Here’s to all the things that someone else probably could do, but that we have chosen to do because it’s in our blood, it’s in our soul, it makes us who we are.
schuylerdeerman:
One of my favorite quotes from [Facebook CEO] Mark Zuckerberg is, “If we didn’t do this, someone else would have done it.”
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“Decisions are being made right now. The question is: Are you making them for...”
– Just one of many thought-provoking questions in a blog post titled, 50 Questions That Will Free Your Mind.
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Go Miso!
The idea of a ‘check in’ a la Foursquare and Gowalla finally arrived in 2010. Foursquare raised a bunch of money and surpassed 5 million users.
At the same time, the idea of what a check in actually is produced some interesting ideas. Companies like Whrrl and GetGlue are a couple of nice examples. One of my favorites over the last six months, however, is a little iPhone app called...