betaworks Shareholder Letter
Fascinating read (and a must-read) if you’re in the industry.
I love Readability
Just discovered Readability and it has quickly become my favorite and most-used Chrome extension.
Readability has replaced 3 extensions I was previously using - Read It Later, Evernote Clearly and Klip.me’s Send to Kindle. They are all good too, but Readability puts those 3 functions in a single extension.
If you’re using Chrome, have a Kindle, and love to read - it’s a must-have.
In the digital space, with things like Facebook and Google and others, we find that return on investment of the advertising when properly designed, when the big idea is there, can be much more efficient
the shift is on
P&G to Cut 1,600 Jobs, Bank on Digital for Long-term Savings | Digital - Advertising Age
Source: adage.com
Vanna and I would go across [the street] and have two, or three or six. And then come and do the last shows and have trouble recognizing the alphabet
There’s no software priced between $1,000 and $75,000. I’ll tell you why. The minute you charge more than $1,000, you need to get serious corporate sign-offs. You need a line item in their budget. You need purchasing managers and CEO approval and competitive bids and paperwork. So you need to send a salesperson out to the customer to do PowerPoint, with his airfare, golf course memberships, and $19.95 porn movies at the Ritz Carlton. And with all this, the cost of making one successful sale is going to average about $50,000. If you’re sending salespeople out to customers and charging less than $75,000, you’re losing money.
The 2 Things About Your Start-up Idea That Actually Matter | Inc.com
I’ve heard the high end of that number closer to $250,000 but the point still holds.
H/T @Jon_Ferrara
Source: inc.com
How iOS can lose: the independent developer as a canary in the coal mine
With Apple’s blowout quarter in the rearview mirror, here is one of the best pieces I’ve read on what the future might look like.
Source: capitalnewyork
The stimulus package is a key tool for advancing clean energy goals and fulfilling a number of campaign commitments.
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