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Hacking Hacker News – How Wily Startups Leverage Social News Sites

InfoChachkie

I reached out to Michael after their surprising day at the top of Hacker News during early September. The innocuous post, which was simply titled " Divshot " generated over 110 comments and was awarded nearly 200 points by Hacker News' notoriously jaded readers. As Michael notes, "Social news is heavily driven by conversations.

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Square Sellers Will Get Apple’s ‘Tap to Pay’ on iPhones This Year

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With it, customers can quickly use contactless payment, giving consumers an easier shopping experience while helping sellers use the Square system with even less friction. Get the latest news delivered to your inbox — whether you're at home or in the office. Sign up to the Tech.co newsletter. Please fill in your name.

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A Serial Entrepreneur’s Take On Guy Kawasaki’s Enchantment

InfoChachkie

If you are a leader at a startup and you are reading a business book, you are not closing customers, raising capital, improving your product, or spending time with your loved ones. I have used Guy’s previous book, The Art Of The Start (Art ), in my UC Santa Barbara New Venture Creation class for the past five years.

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What Startups Can Learn About PR and Crisis Management

Both Sides of the Table

Journalists write stories that have an appeal to readers whether the accusations have merit or not. Just look at the silly Obama birther debate that we wasted so many news cycles on. Understand the Gravity of the Situation for Your Customers. Don’t Bury Bad News. Good PR will help you punch above your weigh class.

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Why Most of Your Assumptions About Phone Calls are Wrong

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Tech news keeps proclaiming “phone calls are dead,” which is useful except that the data suggests the exact opposite. In fact 61% of all mobile searches where a customer contacts a business it is via a phone call (source: Google). People don’t want to speak to customer service reps. PHONE CALLS. Not so fast.

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Top 30 Startup Posts for July 2010

SoCal CTO

Interesting patterns emerged: Everyone makes the same classes of error. The good news: There are good answers to these questions! recently did a lecture at a Babson MBA summer class on Entrepreneurial Leadership. Customer Care Today. Most were on paper and video; 20 were invited to pitch in person. Not that I blame you!

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Spolsky on Software on Both Sides of The Table

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Background: Joel Spolsky studied Computer Science at Yale University (class of 1991). The important lesson in order to gain market share was that in order for new users to try Microsoft Excel, they had to be able to work with the files their coworkers were creating. They want to ensure they can easily migrate to a new system.