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if there is a view to just see the pages that you follow, this will keep brands happy. Otherwise - yawn!

I really don't understand why people are so up in arms.

First everyone was in love with Quora, now everyone hates them? What changed?

Yes - they want you to join their community because their ecosystem depends on people signing up. I signed up for Quora once and since then it's never forced me to sign in again.

Yes - thanks Shay, these lessons are really awesome!

Paypal are bastards, as simple as that.

Link please?

Very interesting. Thanks for sharing.

Wow - that's surprising!

I work with http://www.vittana.org, which has also found success with this model.

Overall our customer research has found that people find it a lot more compelling to give money to the individual than to hand money to an anonymous institution, even though on the backend it may be treated exactly the same.

The article mentions angel capital being a possible helper. Do you know how much needs to be raised?

Also - why the requirement on VC funds anyway? Shouldn't we be supporting bootstrapped entrepreneurs as well?

Congrats on launching! I love the idea - this is somewhat similar to clarity.fm.

The site itself is pretty but seems to have some UI issues which are slowing down the site.

I'll take you up on it - please shoot me a note.

"I’d be happy if 37signals is the last place I work. In an industry so focused on the booms and busts, I find myself a kindred spirit with the firms of old."

This guy is soooooo full of himself, it's pretty nauseating. He acts like creating basecamp has somehow solved world hunger... I'm amazed nobody calls him out on it more often.

For me: NYTimes, Techmeme and Hacker News

short answer: no.

The purpose of a MVP is to prove the idea using the minimal amount of effort. TDD takes about 50% more time.

Microsoft research produces some amazing gems. They are a case study for what good things can happen when you let 2 or 3 really smart geeks works on problems which have yet to be solved.

Unfortunately, MS research is pretty disconnected from the product teams and as a result, they tend to innovate in a vacuum. As a result very rarely are their innovations integrated into the products. They therefore come off as a drain on the company.

Reading between the lines here - for him to be fired, it must indicate that signs are pointing that Win 8 will be a dud release, similar to Vista. Sigh.

I worked for Microsoft for 4 years - this is a HUGE surprise to me. Most of the people I know who worked in his orgs were proud to work under his direction.

I thought he would replace Balmer eventually.

These comments are hilarious.

People just nit pick on the details without discussing the trends the post talks about. Cmmon guys!

great - i'll shoot you an email.

Kera looks great! Is it currently an idea that you're trying to validate or are you currently coding it up and waiting to launch?

Fair point the 5% stat only reflects what people do immediately upon graduation. With that said, most of the richest people in the world have very little formal education, so an MBA is clearly not a requirement.

hmmm - it would be have to imagine anyone who spent over 100K on a degree would trash the institution that they got the degree from. They would burn quite a few bridges in doing so.

I feel the same way. Currently the best solution may be online materials such as the personal MBA blog (which lists out a whole slew of books to read) and Coursera/Udacity courses.

The Steve Blank one is pretty awesome: http://www.udacity.com/overview/Course/ep245/CourseRev/1

Good point re: the commitment. I think it also requires an acceptance that failure will likely come along way and that one must keep trying to succeed.

Dave McClure has a great presentation about not doing a startup because you will fail: http://www.geekwire.com/2012/dave-mcclure-startup-advice/

I wonder if any amount of proper education can change the fact that we'll all probably have to fail a couple of times before creating something which really takes off.

Yes, total cost. Appologies, I'll fix that (typo)

http://poetsandquants.com/2011/01/08/how-much-does-a-top-mba...

where does this traffic come from?

I think Startup Chile is very different from traditional Silicon Valley incubators.

From what I understand, traditional incubators are focused on getting you mentored and funded. In start up chile, you're pretty much left to your own to decide what is best for you. If you are seeking to build a billion dollar company, it probably isn't the best fit. If on the other hand, you are seeking to build a life-style business and you wouldn't mind a bit of an adventure, it's a great option. There certainly is less social pressure in Santiago as tech is still very new there and expectations on your success are much lower. This can be good or bad depending on what you are seeking.

Hey Andrew - Art Sumo works by sending out weekly emails of original art from around the world. You can purchase the painting contained in the email if you get to it first.

About the question of why this format, we decided to go with this to 1 - let people passively stay connected with art from different cultures and 2 - to create a sense of excitement to see each painting 3 - it replicates a gallery experience more closely where you examine paintings in this manner and 4 - when the paintings are directly marketed like this, the paintings sell.

Sure others are selling socks and diapers in this manner (via regular updates groupon style) as well. You can also buy those products using different channels as well (like art).

I LOVE QUORA.

They have produced a system which is creating some of the best authored information online. Each time I get their weekly email, I lose about half of my day because each item in it is so amazing that I have to read it.

Watch Charlie Cheever's interview with TechCrunch recently. I think it's pretty telling that he was done with the company, it might have been the best call for him to leave.

http://techcrunch.com/2011/05/27/quora-we-have-an-explicit-n...

Thanks! It's a great intro. Have any suggestions for online resources to use to go from newbie to novice designer?