Abdullah Anwar

"You can’t just look at sales orders. You have to look at how you measure excitement."

Sun, 27 May 2012 19:45:00 -0400

“You can’t just look at sales orders. You have to look at how you measure excitement.”

- Fab.com and the Value of Online Word of Mouth - NYTimes.com (via betashop)

nickmcglynn: Real-Life Tony Stark Turns His Broken Down Car...

Thu, 24 May 2012 13:20:05 -0400

nickmcglynn:

Real-Life Tony Stark Turns His Broken Down Car Into a Motorcycle To Escape the Desert

"If you ever have a release with nothing left on your list of features to fast follow with, you..."

Thu, 17 May 2012 10:05:57 -0400

“If you ever have a release with nothing left on your list of features to fast follow with, you shipped too late.”

- @noah_weiss

Bijan Sabet: When the heart overrules the mind

Thu, 17 May 2012 08:13:42 -0400

Bijan Sabet: When the heart overrules the mind:

bijan:

There is often a lot of “heat” around a company that is growing very fast. There is most likely a lot of growing pain that comes with hyper-growth but generally that is a high class problem (assuming the growth is authentic).

Founders, employees, investors and press will look at the metrics and…

A few cool thoughts from @fredwilson.

Mon, 14 May 2012 21:31:49 -0400

A few cool thoughts from @fredwilson.

"Companies die from not being eaten by their competitors, but from self-inflicted wounds. They don’t..."

Tue, 01 May 2012 22:22:05 -0400

““Companies die from not being eaten by their competitors, but from self-inflicted wounds. They don’t have discipline. Their best people get frustrated. They chase all these shiny objects that aren’t core to the business. They become complacent because of early success.””

- Drew Houston, Dropbox (via sequoiacapital)

I put this quote on a slide at today’s foursquare company meeting. This is the last thing any startup founder wants to be associated with. And I feel that being self-aware, honest and transparent as a company, with everyone in the company - and letting that fuel an open dialog about what is and is not working within the company - is the best way to avoid this fate.
(via dpstyles)

Where's My Billion Dollar Check, I Wonder - AVC

Tue, 01 May 2012 11:47:00 -0400

Where's My Billion Dollar Check, I Wonder - AVC:

“So if you are doing the startup game for money, and lots of it, you are in for a plate full of frustration. It must be for more than that. It must be for the love of the game, a passion for what you are bringing to market, and for the chance that you will hit paydirt.”

What Your Klout Score Really Means

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 22:19:29 -0400

What Your Klout Score Really Means:

dpstyles: Jives nicely with the “fashion is never finished”...

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 08:09:33 -0400

dpstyles:

Jives nicely with the “fashion is never finished” quote from the Facebook movie (which I always found to be an insightful / accurate analogy for “product” mindset)
startupquote:

There is no finish line. So love the journey.

- David Weekly

Catch David Weekly at Echelon 2012 (11 &12 June)!

This Startup Quote is a joint collaboration between Startup Quote & e27.

fred-wilson: it was fun talking about The Academy For Software...

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 08:57:38 -0400

fred-wilson:

it was fun talking about The Academy For Software Engineering today with the Mayor and Chancellor Walcott

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"Did my position on this issue evolve over the last 12 months? I am not ashamed to admit that it..."

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 09:40:14 -0400

“Did my position on this issue evolve over the last 12 months? I am not ashamed to admit that it certainly did. The more I became educated on the realities of these issues, the more I came to the realization that a mandated technical solution just isn’t mutually compatible with the health of the Internet.”

- Former MPAA tech policy chief Paul Brigner speaking to CNET about SOPA. (via bijan)

The Education of Google's Larry Page

Fri, 06 Apr 2012 18:44:36 -0400

The Education of Google's Larry Page:

Page laments the tendency among technology companies to sue each other over intellectual property. “The general trend of the industry towards being a lot more litigious somehow has been a sad thing,” he says. “There is a lot of money going to lawyers and things, instead of building great products.” Google, he insists, has never aggressively enforced its own patents in search, and he blasts the aggressors engaging in warfare in the mobile arena. “I think that companies usually get into that when they’re towards the end of their life cycle or they don’t have good confidence in their abilities to really compete naturally.”

Bijan Sabet: Breaking up your app

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 09:29:08 -0400

Bijan Sabet: Breaking up your app:

bijan:

It can be quite seductive to try and stuff your entire website into
your mobile app.

And many companies do exactly that. Their mobile app is a functional
equivalent of the website.

And in some cases it works well. For example I can do everything with
Twitter’s iPhone app that I can do on…

"the New York tech scene has more of a “let’s stick together” ethos about it."

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 07:55:58 -0400

““the New York tech scene has more of a “let’s stick together” ethos about it.””

- i really enjoyed Josh’s rant about NYC. and I agree with it too.

Josh Miller, Co-Founder of Branch on moving his company back to New York (via nycgov)

"At one point it was like the Hatfields and the McCoys online,” says Joel Ewanick, GM’s chief..."

Sun, 04 Mar 2012 00:40:49 -0500

““At one point it was like the Hatfields and the McCoys online,” says Joel Ewanick, GM’s chief marketing officer, who gleefully monitored the action from a social media “war room” in GM’s Detroit headquarters. “That was our intent. We wanted to give people something to talk about, and Twitter helped us do that.””

- http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-03-01/twitter-the-startup-that-wouldnt-die#p3

nycdigital: “In New York’s Silicon Alley, General Assembly...

Sat, 25 Feb 2012 11:14:46 -0500

nycdigital:

“In New York’s Silicon Alley, General Assembly offers a home and an ideas exchange for startups.”

(Source: Forbes.com)

"“One of the really hard things to do as an entrepreneur is to not try and solve for too many..."

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:31:18 -0500

“

“One of the really hard things to do as an entrepreneur is to not try and solve for too many problems at once. I’ve found it is one of the first things I end up talking to early stage entrepreneurs about (twice today, actually). And something I struggle with myself.”

“Try picking just one thing. Try making sure you will knock out of the park in the next 1, 2, or 3 months. It’s incredibly hard. But I think we all intuitively know it virtually never “all comes together” — it happens by simply, clearly, solving things one move at a time.”

”

- http://nabeelhyatt.com/post/16880129002/startups-are-not-a-chess-game

"“The reason why gamification is so hot is that most people’s jobs are really freaking..."

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 23:12:32 -0500

“

“The reason why gamification is so hot is that most people’s jobs are really freaking boring….”

Gamification can motivate employees at many levels, especially blue collar workers, who as it is find their routine work redundant and boring.

”

- http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204294504576615371783795248.html

"Don’t let people tell you your ideas won’t work. If you have a hunch that something will work, go..."

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:56:05 -0500

“Don’t let people tell you your ideas won’t work. If you have a hunch that something will work, go build it. Ignore the haters.”

- Dennis Crowley

Find a muse, work hard, be principled, & edit every detail: everything else takes care of...

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:08:41 -0500

Find a muse, work hard, be principled, & edit every detail: everything else takes care of itself.
— Jack Dorsey (@jack) March 6, 2011