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2 FaversShareViewed: 13 TimesQuoted: I have a picture in my head of what the average entrepreneur is like. I’d guess pretty young (think Facebook, Twitter, Google, etc.) living the red beans and rice lifestyle and working 80+ hours a week and sleeping under their desk. On some parts, I’m probably right — but on many, I’m flat-out wrong.
The NYT says RescueTime is the "epitome" of personal time tracking software.
1 FaverShareViewed: 7 TimesWhat a bizzare state of affairs. It's legal for me to make a copy of my media, but illegal for anyone to sell me product that will allow me to do so.
1 FaverShareViewed: 4 TimesQuoted: it may well be fair use for an individual consumer to store a backup copy of a personally-owned DVD on that individual’s computer, a federal law has nonetheless made it illegal to manufacture or traffic in a device or tool that permits a consumer to make such copies
1 FaverShareViewed: 22 TimesQuoted: Every six months I rethink the optimal startup go to market approach based on new insights gained at recent startups.
Faves is being tracked as a "startup" on "you noodle".
1 FaverShareViewed: 4 TimesQuoted: Faves, formerly called BlueDot, is a bookmarking site with a uniquely anti-social approach
11 FaversShareViewed: 2 TimesQuoted: TheFunded.com allows entrepreneurs to research, rate, and review venture capital sources worldwide.
2 FaversShareViewed: 3 TimesQuoted: But overall, as a contarian (AND as a resident of Washington State– the big winner by a nice margin), I was pleased by the results. The bottom line? It’s hard to quantify the COST of moving to a startup (months of distraction, expense, stress, loss of social network, etc), but my gut says (as it always has) that if you live in a technology hub like Seattle, NYC, Boston or Austin– hunker down and start building value- your success is based on how much value you can give versus how much you take.
2 FaversShareViewed: 3 TimesQuoted: Look at any Web site and you're bound to see one common attribute: white space. Most people completely ignore these unused spaces in the left and right margins. But David Parkinson -- the founder of emptyspaceads -- thinks there's opportunity to show advertisements in these underutilized areas. And he's not alone. Second Avenue Partners' Nick Hanauer and Mike Slade -- two online advertising veterans - are backing the tiny Pioneer Square startup.
Reverse shopping site - you put out a request for a product, and then receive offers from sellers.
6 FaversShareViewed: 21 TimesQuoted: Pikaba is a community-driven online marketplace and social shopping destination designed to assist those who are looking for a specific product or service at the best available price or terms.
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Ha, I walk by this place pretty often and I didn't realize it was a Starbucks until someone else told me.
4 FaversViewed: 13 TimesQuoted: When the coffee giant opened a 'stealth' outlet in its own hometown, it was the espresso shot heard around the world.
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