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Re: Check Out: The Adaptable Denim Shirt

Seph250 — Sun, 11 Aug 2013 14:10:16 -0000

Proper Cloth http://propercloth.com/dres... and http://propercloth.com/dres...

Re: Stop Trying to Catch Lightning in a Bottle

Seph250 — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:35:21 -0000

Great. Applies to life in general. Real artists ship.

Re: What we’ve been up to at HQ

Seph250 — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:30:02 -0000

Keep it up guys!

Re: Charlie Hit On Me! One Silicon Alley VC’s Quest for Love and Other Startups

Seph250 — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 12:32:01 -0000

Lame article. Way too personal. Nobody deserves to be attacked like this.

Re: Why You Should Embrace Opposing Views at Your Startup

Seph250 — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 20:47:06 -0000

Well said!

Re: #todayskicks and why VC’s should take time to try building things

Seph250 — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 12:18:47 -0000

Sick!

Re: New Filing Reveals Groupon’s Oldest Markets Got Even Worse

Seph250 — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 10:15:14 -0000

So - if revenue went up and units went down - it means they are selling more expensive deals right? How does the revenue/1000 subscribers chart look?

Re: 22+ Of The Best Men's Online Clothing Stores | D'Marge

Seph250 — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 20:48:01 -0000

Thanks - these are all fantastic. Also checkout Warby Parker for glasses, Proper Cloth for men's shirts and Bonobos for just about everything else.

Re: Presenting our Premiere Shirting Collection

Seph250 — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 10:01:42 -0000

Look great!

Re: Finally: Facebook Co-Founder Opens the Curtain on Two-Year Old Asana

Seph250 — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 21:30:58 -0000

Smart guy. Clear headed. This will work.

Re: Stop Saying ‘Let me know when works for you’

Seph250 — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 13:25:32 -0000

LOL. Anyways - Vin, let's get lunch sometime - let me know when works for you.

Re: http://www.micronewsia.com/post/2190824708

Seph250 — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 17:23:25 -0000

lol

Re: Stickybits Turns Product Barcode Scans Into Rewards

Seph250 — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 15:07:23 -0000

I think brands won't care if users are scanning pre-purchase or post-purchase. Getting a customer to engage hands-on with their product is a win already.

Re: How Email Apps Will Help You Learn To Love Your Inbox Again

Seph250 — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 16:15:11 -0000

Great article. Already love Rapportive. Will have to checkout Boomerang too.

Re: Can’t stop, won’t stop.

Seph250 — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 16:12:30 -0000

Love it.

Re: Something New

Seph250 — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 17:09:38 -0000

Best of luck Nate :)

http://vimeo.com/8571076

Re: http://tomandandrew.com/post/845543858

Seph250 — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:07:15 -0000

Actually, I'm quite sure that "kayaking" is a word. :)

Great post guys - life is for living.

Re: http://tomandandrew.com/post/845543858

Seph250 — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:06:03 -0000

Yes, I'm quite sure "kayaking" is a word. :)

Great post guys. Life is for living.

Re: Treating Revenue as Another Product

Seph250 — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 11:05:36 -0000

Wait - raising venture money doesn't count as revenue? :)

Re: http://tomandandrew.com/post/707799217

Seph250 — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 14:33:10 -0000

and remove the collar stays before washing.

Re: - This is going to be BIG! - Is Mark Zuckerberg the Howard Roark of the web?

Seph250 — Mon, 17 May 2010 09:21:38 -0000

Perhaps entrepreneurs are biased towards openness? Having your own business gives you independence and decreases your need for separate work and personal profiles.

I agree with Charlie completely - I'm in favor of openness - but I can see how this will be stressful for my friends in corporate America.

Re: http://blog.alwaysnevernyc.com/post/578941191

Seph250 — Sun, 09 May 2010 12:43:31 -0000

Great interview. Thanks for sharing.

Re: Consumer internet vs. b2b startups

Seph250 — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:07:57 -0000

Nice post - and discussion. I think what you're getting at is the risk/reward profile of different startups (hail-mary pass being more risky but more rewarding) and the timeline of success milestones. The problem is to broadly group startups as either "consumer" or "enterprise".

From my point of view, some enterprise startups are like the hail-mary pass in the sense that you're betting big on landing a single large customer or account. I've seen some enterprise startups work really hard and ultimately never make a dollar.

Conversely, some consumer internet startups seem less risky - particularly ones that focus on creating a a minimum viable product meeting a niche customer need. Startups that charge a small monthly subscription might be able to grow by a few customers a month. Revenue grows more linearly - more of a sustained drive.

On the other hand, there are plenty of semantic-real-time-geo-network-social startups that seem to have no real idea what their business model will be and are purely focused on increasing their site traffic and capital raised. These consumer internet startups are more hail-mary like.

Re: Dear MBAs who want to work at startups

Seph250 — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 16:18:35 -0000

I'm agreeing with Charlie on this. I got an MBA in 2008 and launched my own startup. Now I'm frequently contacted by MBA's interested in joining up. Fair or not, I perceive MBA's as expensive and loaded up with extra skill sets that any particular position I'm trying to fill won't require, so I'm instantly skeptical. The pitches that work the best communicate that you're not focused on maximizing your initial salary and that you have specific skill sets (non-strategy related) that can immediately be put to use.

Re: Techies and normals

Seph250 — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:00:48 -0000

Great point - makes things tricky because often the 'techies' ask for features that 'normals' have no interest in at all. If you're trying to iterate on your product based on customer feedback this can take you in the wrong direction.