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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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When to pivot from your original plan?

Berkonomics

We are not always smart about the market or the product. We may miss the context of the times and come to market too soon or too late. We might not have researched the market diligently or used a focus group or other market research. Early market experience can cause a need to pivot. My story of a great pivot.

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

Tech.Co

Square is one of the biggest POS systems on the market for retailers and restaurants alike, while Apple is one of the biggest tech giants. Get the latest news delivered to your inbox — whether you're at home or in the office. Secure and Seamless Payment. 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

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. I read Enchantment anticipating that it might augment my Entrepernurial Selling class, which focuses on influence and persuasion, rather than sales tactics. Deliver Bad News Early.

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Why Most of Your Assumptions About Phone Calls are Wrong

Both Sides of the Table

Tech news keeps proclaiming “phone calls are dead,” which is useful except that the data suggests the exact opposite. It’s precisely why Twitter now sends you regular emails telling you who has followed you, what your most popular Tweets are, new users suggestions, etc. Calls are changing but not dying. PHONE CALLS.

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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. Is it ever appropriate to just let a news cycle pass assuming the story will move on and die down? Don’t Bury Bad News.

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Top 30 Startup Posts for July 2010

SoCal CTO

5 Lessons from 150 startup pitches - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , July 11, 2010 I just reviewed several hundred startup pitches for Capital Factory. Interesting patterns emerged: Everyone makes the same classes of error. That’s @MeganBerry to you, blogger and social media expert, marketing manager of Klout.com.

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