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Re: Lessons Learned after a Startup Acquisition

Matthew Mamet — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 12:56:29 -0000

David - You did a better job encapsulating it than I did! Thanks for the recap.

Re: Lessons Learned after a Startup Acquisition

Matthew Mamet — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 09:23:51 -0000

Adam - Good to see there's others who think similarly. What other things are in the Argyle playbook? Maybe a follow on post from you on this topic?

Re: Lessons Learned after a Startup Acquisition

Matthew Mamet — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 09:20:25 -0000

Awesome - glad you liked it. Hope it gets you moving on your idea. What are you working on?

Re: How a UMass Entrepreneur Accidentally Won the Harvard Elevator Pitch Competition

Matthew Mamet — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 16:15:08 -0000

Hells yeah. Go Minutemen!

Re: YouCastr - A Post-Mortem

Matthew Mamet — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 12:29:52 -0000

Thanks for very much for writing a detailed post-mortem. As difficult as it may have been, provides a lot of insight and help.

Re: On Intranets and their Editors | EditMe

Matthew Mamet — Tue, 25 May 2010 19:09:13 -0000

Thanks for the comment Mark! Interesting thoughts about how an online classroom would structure an EditMe wiki in a similar fashion to a company intranet. Seems reasonable to me. I wonder though, if the way that structure is used would be different. For a company intranet, the theory is that all employees come together to create one main body of knowledge that become's the company's "best practices" handbook. In an online classroom, the teacher would be the one to determine which content is "correct" vs. "incorrect." What do you think?

Re: Venture Funding as a Competitive Disadvantage | EditMe

Matthew Mamet — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 08:58:06 -0000

Nick, great comments. I especially agree with the false sense of security a fat-startup gets when the investors and Board hands the company many of their first customers. This is a trap that results in the company not knowing why a customer really would want to buy the product.

Thanks very much for your comment. It's great to hear from other self-funded organizations that are crushing it. Gives us a model to shoot for!

Re: Ways to Wiki: Employee Onboarding | EditMe

Matthew Mamet — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 08:02:15 -0000

Great post, Matt. One additional idea is to somehow "make it fun." How about a small reward or token of appreciation at the end of the on-boarding process. You could make it fun, but also take the time to reflect your company's personality. "Congratulations to Aimee for completing XYX Corp's First Day. You're one of us now!"

Re: Vote for EditMe at Mass Innovation Nights | EditMe

Matthew Mamet — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 17:34:59 -0000

Absolutely! You know I'm always open to your ideas, Josh. :)

Abby from Tipjoy made some great chocolate crackle cookies for a WebInno in the past too.

Thanks for the comment and see you next Wednesday. (Bring a fork!)

Re: Customer service in the age of the social media

Matthew Mamet — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:16:01 -0000

Hi Apollo,
Social Media has effectively "thrown back the curtain" on business operations and culture. Those who had something to hide are completely caught off guard and are left with very little options if they choose to continue to ignore problems with product quality or poor customer service.

Best advice here is to not worry too much about social tools or other people's opinions. Instead, focus energy on being good at what you do.

Re: Microblogging sites make content more relevant

Matthew Mamet — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 18:27:05 -0000

Dean,
Techcrunch reports that Pownce has announced their API - http://www.techcrunch.com/2...