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History of Cheating and Cheat Codes in Video Games

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Have you ever wondered why cheating and cheat codes have been such an important part of gaming for so long? Codes and Countermeasures. Why did cheat codes first become such a staple in early video games? Even the famous Konami Code was created during a debugging phase to help save time. As games changed, so did codes.

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Praying to the God of Valuation

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There were startups and a software industry but barely. I started my first company in 1999 and was admittedly swept up in all of this: Magazine covers, fancy conferences, artificial valuations and easy money. It was a way to make it hard for your competition to compete. There was no money train. It was 1991.

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Web Second, Mobile First

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But on the other hand if you have a product with a very high gross margin (software, virtual goods, etc.) Try reading a bunch of reviews, checking 5 different restaurants to try and compare the differences. Try writing long reviews of a restaurant. It’s the new magazine. Use that as a source of competition.

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Paranoid Companies Miss the Best New Opportunities

Startup Professionals Musings

As an example, a few years ago I worked for small software company selling an expensive enterprise workflow product. For example, if you're selling a travel magazine, you could add a free travel video when someone buys a subscription. Marty Zwilling.

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Your Toughest Competitor May be Your Best Partner

Startup Professionals Musings

As an example, a few years ago I worked for small software company selling an expensive enterprise workflow product. For example, if you're selling a travel magazine, you could add a free travel video when someone buys a subscription. Marty Zwilling.

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Please go see “Waiting for Superman.” Here’s Why:

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It’s an important film and the most important topic of our generation if we as a country want to remain competitive in a world that has globalized. school system, Michelle Rhee who was profiled in Time Magazine. I poured myself into planning and I won the class-wide competition. Please go see the film. By a teacher.

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I Just Invested in @Burstly, a Mobile Ad Management Company

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I don’t intend either, Burstly has respectable and strong competition. He’s a natural leader, appropriately competitive, very customer focused and a pleasure to work with. It broke the hegemony that the carriers had over software on mobile phones and the industry will forever be changed (for the better) for this.

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