January 2010
54 posts
RT @paidContent: Socialmedian’s Jason Goldberg has raised $625k for new site Fabulis; WashingtonPost is an investor http://bit.ly/bVq8uZ
fabulis karma
The former owner of the “fabulis” twitter ID decided voluntarily to hand it over to us today. We love him. Thanks!
You can now follow fabulis on Twitter. We’ll start tweeting shortly.
One Of These Venture Firms Is Not Like The Other →
First Round Capital, an early-stage seed fund, made the 4th most investments of any venture firm last year.
Realism in UI Design →
How to be passionate (when you open your mouth) →
The biggest-grossing Bollywood film ever made is... →
Ricky Gervais quits 'pointless' Twitter →
Support Haiti | Tumblr →
the fabulis blog
The fabulis blog is now up and running.
Bradford and I will be posting items more relevant to founding fabulis often over there, while I will continue to post broader startup and entrepreneurship items here at betashop. Realistically that means I will be doing more there, and less here, as starting a new company is more than a fulltime gig.
I highly encourage you to tune in the fabulis blog...
“actor George Clooney is planning to host a telethon to raise money for the...”
– George Clooney to Host MTV Telethon for Haiti | The Hollywood Reporter | Showbiz 411 | Entertainment News
“The founder factor is a huge intangible force in companies and is most often for...”
– The Founder Factor
A Startup is Not a Smaller Version of a Large... →
We need an independent invention defense to... →
“When you have everyone collaborate on everything, you generate a dull, average...”
– Jaron Lanier on the Internet: World Wide Mush - WSJ.com
Google AdWords for TV? →
What boyfriends and girlfriends search for on... →
betashop: Why doesn’t fresh direct have an iPhone... →
Why doesn’t fresh direct have an iPhone app?
betashop: "Tossing computers off the roof is not... →
betashop: "Dreams are always a work in progress" -... →
betashop: "The defining aspect of a killer startup... →
betashop: Video: New TweetDeck for iPhone... →
“Dreams are always a work in progress”
– Can’t start a business only eating a Tombstone pizza every day
“The defining aspect of a killer startup is a miniscule amount of resources...”
– Why startups work, doing so much with so little is impossible to predict » Victus Spiritus
“Tossing computers off the roof is not an accepted form of “stress testing.”
– Things I am not allowed to do any more « DadHacker
Startups with Something to Believe In →
Great post by a great guy, Tony Wright.
Constant Contact
I’ve made the switch from iContact to Constant Contact for email marketing. I previously used iContact for the past 2 years and found it ok but lacking.
Constant Contact is just a 10x superior product. Everything just works the way it should. Plus, it’s got this nifty iphone app for instant access to campaign monitoring and management.
Highly recommended.
“social networks: if they are not grounded in worthwhile content, then they are...”
– Measuring Measures: Social Networks Without the Networking
WatchMark Pincus (CEO of Zynga) on his biggest lesson learned: Testing. ”Set high goals and then test and build and assume you are going to get it wrong…”
New Facebook Sync for iPhone One-Ups Your Life
Long awaited but incredibly brilliant.
The newest version of Facebook’s iPhone app (released today) now auto-syncs contact information between Facebook and your iPhone contacts.
So, Facebook is the new address book. All contacts in your iPhone are kept up-to-date based on your friend’s Facebook info.
“What Makes an Entrepreneur? Cojones”
– What Makes an Entrepreneur? Cojones (7/11)
“You achieve product-market fit (the #1 goal of customer development) when your...”
– towards a repeatable and practicable strategy for customer development « Zachary Burt’s Blog
“Customer development is the idea that instead of building something and hoping...”
– towards a repeatable and practicable strategy for customer development « Zachary Burt’s Blog
Fabulis will be launching in just a few weeks. →
Register now for an invitation to the beta.
“If you want to hit the really big home runs, create services that fit in...”
– Evan Williams | evhead: Ten Rules for Web Startups
“Ten Rules for Web Startups”
– Evan Williams | evhead: Ten Rules for Web Startups
“I’d rather have someone who will take action—even if small—every day as...”
– Jerry Seinfeld’s Productivity Secret - Goals - Lifehacker
“The Nexus One is a sharp-looking smartphone, but, as nice as it is, it is the...”
– Google’s biggest announcement was not a phone, but a URL
“Usually, there’s a way to finding revenue and profitability, but it’s not always...”
– Scott Jones, CEO ChaCha
“With its disruptive and leveraged strategy, it is Google that is attempting to...”
– Android or iPhone? Wrong Question « abovethecrowd.com
Android or iPhone? Wrong Question →
Nexus One →
“Ignore Everybody but Take a Shower”
– Inkling Corporate Blog - Business Intelligence Using Prediction Markets: Ignore Everybody but Take a Shower
peHUB: Ten VC Predictions for 2010: Outrunning... →
First Details of Microsoft's Secret Tablet -... →
Why Self-Discipline Is Overrated →
how scared must amazon and the entire book... →
“the next big thing always starts out being dismissed as a “toy.”
– The next big thing will start out looking like a toy cdixon.org – chris dixon’s blog
Does the Brain Like E-Books? →
