October 2010
4 posts
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Why Startup X Lost to Startup Y
I read two very interesting recent articles last week. They are unrelated but serendipitously talk about the same topic: why some startups succeed over their competitors. The first one is written by Wesabe co-founder, Marc Hedlund. Wesabe is an online personal finance service which launched in 2006 and closed in 2008. Although Wesabe was early to the market, it eventually lost to its competitor,...
Oct 4th
Oct 3rd
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The Short Lifespan of a Tweet →
The report about the short lifespan of a tweet made the news earlier this week (click on the above link to go to the Read Write Web article). In summary, the conclusion is this: If you’re looking to get retweeted and nobody picks your tweet up within the first hour, chances are that nobody ever will. This short tweet lifespan is also the reason why I still get most of my news from Google...
Oct 1st
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Giving birth
The title of this post refers to the availability of FunCrowds for public download. I can’t tell you how proud I am of this baby. Please check out http://www.funcrowds.com to know more. They say you can’t learn to swim by reading a book. Similarly, you can’t learn to build a company by reading startup blogs. I am blessed.
Oct 1st