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Straubiz

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Straubiz··on French Startups to Look Out For
Capitaine Train just released last week an iOS app (https://itunes.apple.com/en/app/id599502670) - wondering what % of their sales mobile now represents
Straubiz··on Autodesk Buys Socialcam for $60M
they did ok with Pixlr acquisition
Straubiz··on New radio blogging startup displays scrolling tutorial as homepage
very neat UI.
Straubiz··on Ask HN: how do the "Top charts" and "Most popular" algorithms work?
Sorry my question wasn't precise enough: I was referring to the algorithms of the iOS Appstore.
Straubiz··on Apple Reverses Course On In-App Subscriptions
Is it confirmed?
Straubiz··on Disqussing Disqus
Well, this didn't seem to bother investors since they've just raised $10m. They've got enough cash to figure out what'll come next if Facebook comments gain too much market share.
Straubiz··on How a simple comment on Hacker News made me quit my job and launch a startup
awesome story! Very inspiring
Straubiz··on Airbnb
A very compelling story! Raising your first $ has rarely seemed so easy.
Straubiz··on Marketing
I think Fred means that you shouldn't spend your marketing budget on advertising.

I agree with you that it sounds a bit like a mantra; for instance, you may want to foster your growth with advertising to get network effects faster.

Straubiz··on MIT OpenCourseWare Turns 10: What's Next for Open Education?
Knowledge is becoming a commodity thanks to this kind of initiatives
Straubiz··on Are We In Inflationary Part of Internet Financing Bubble? 2011 = 1997?
Very thoughtful piece, thanks a lot for sharing this. It seems so far that M&A valuations are following up serie A valuations (see Google & Path for instance). The bubble, if it exists, is no longer limited to the seed ecosystem.
Straubiz··on StartupBootcamp, the First true Europen Startup Accelerator is out
Hackfwd doesn't take 8% equity but 27%! This is very expensive...
Straubiz··on Facebook is a Ponzi Scheme
Big brands like P&G have begun buying lots of Facebook ads, and they seem quite satisfied with the results of their campaigns (at least satisfied enough to ask for more...).
Straubiz··on Chatroulette Founder Andrey Ternovskiy Raises New Funding: "50,000 Naked Men"
If the 500 000 visits / day number is true, Chatroulette still has pretty big user base. they can "restart" from there