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5 days ago
in Meebo launches toolbar ads today, ramping up revenue on VentureBeat
would love to know what the going rates are for these ads. I guess i'll just have to head over to meebo and find out.
thanks eric.
thanks eric.
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sample032
I'd love to know what the click-through rates are for these ads. After the initial novelty wears off, of course.
Eric Eldon
it's pretty expensive from what i hear but yeah, check with them for specific numbers
2 months ago
in Twitter and Posterous on mattmaroon.com
I love posterous. Funny, that you didn't submit this blog post via posterous tho.
Twitter is amazing for real time search - it is a great way to find out what people are thinking about you product. Or to find out why there are helicopters flying over LA. I hope twitter doesn't die, because i love consuming the content through search, but as a content creator on twitter, i feel kind of blah about it.
Twitter is amazing for real time search - it is a great way to find out what people are thinking about you product. Or to find out why there are helicopters flying over LA. I hope twitter doesn't die, because i love consuming the content through search, but as a content creator on twitter, i feel kind of blah about it.
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mattmaroon
Do you really think real time search is largely used for stuff that can't wait? The choppers over you I can understand I guess. But if I want to know what people think about my company, I use Google Alerts, or Techrigy, or something of that nature. While I hope they return all relevant tweets too, I don't really feel the need to know about it within moments of it happening.
1 year ago
in James Siminoff on James Siminoff
Jamie,
I would go crazy if I couldn't take my Yamaha FZ6 up highway 1 at least once a weekend. Entrepreneurs are natural risk takers, but additionally for me the focus required to take a windy road at 65 mph, avoid potholes and always be ready for a cager that doesn't see you, forces me to forget about my startup for a while and focus on not killing myself. Riding is one of the only ways I've found to truly unwind. This past weekend I rode 750 miles to santa barbara and back in 36 hours.
I would go crazy if I couldn't take my Yamaha FZ6 up highway 1 at least once a weekend. Entrepreneurs are natural risk takers, but additionally for me the focus required to take a windy road at 65 mph, avoid potholes and always be ready for a cager that doesn't see you, forces me to forget about my startup for a while and focus on not killing myself. Riding is one of the only ways I've found to truly unwind. This past weekend I rode 750 miles to santa barbara and back in 36 hours.
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Siminoff
Matt,
First of all I think that you are an awesome entrepreneur and I know a lot of entrepreneurs that are also awesome and have motorcycles.
The problem that I find in looking at a ride/no ride decision on motorcycles through a entrepreneur’s/vc eyes is that the down side is too great for the upside that you get. That does not mean that there are not entrepreneurs out there that are successful who take on incredible risks but I think that if you look at long term track records of successful entrepreneurs I think that you will find that the more financially well off ones are very smart in how they gage risk return when entering into something.
With a motorcycle the risk is too high (in my opinion) of receiving a crippling injury or death to make the return, the rush of doing 60 on highway 1 worth it.
But then again I am not a billionaire (yet) so who I am to give advice anyway:)
First of all I think that you are an awesome entrepreneur and I know a lot of entrepreneurs that are also awesome and have motorcycles.
The problem that I find in looking at a ride/no ride decision on motorcycles through a entrepreneur’s/vc eyes is that the down side is too great for the upside that you get. That does not mean that there are not entrepreneurs out there that are successful who take on incredible risks but I think that if you look at long term track records of successful entrepreneurs I think that you will find that the more financially well off ones are very smart in how they gage risk return when entering into something.
With a motorcycle the risk is too high (in my opinion) of receiving a crippling injury or death to make the return, the rush of doing 60 on highway 1 worth it.
But then again I am not a billionaire (yet) so who I am to give advice anyway:)
