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Re: DJs can now stream Beatport, Beatsource directly in Serato DJ Pro

Jschwa — Thu, 29 Oct 2020 08:31:36 -0000

Has anyone tried Link? Would you recommend it?

Re: Matchbook Launches!

Jschwa — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 12:25:46 -0000

Definitely. You can never wash those clothes again. I'm glad you came to me with this.

Re: From Floating Data to The Ground You Stand On: Creating an Internet of Places

Jschwa — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 08:55:59 -0000

Aren't they just describing microformats like hcard, open graph, and schema? All of these have ways to describe Place. Are they saying something else that I'm missing?

Re: Lean Startup Guide to Building Software For Normals

Jschwa — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 13:13:16 -0000

Hi Pietro,

I can't say that outsourcing was easy, but I do have some tips to make the process smoother. I will try to get a post out as soon as possible.

Re: Path: the social system that will piss social mavens off

Jschwa — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 15:48:22 -0000

This app may piss off the tech crowd, but I don't think it was built for them. Every issue you listed is a feature designed to integrate with the life of a normal, mass-market, Internet user. I describe each feature here and why it’s a great product decision for them:

http://robberbaronblog.com/...

They aren't looking for the Scobleizer, they want Joe@aol.com.

Re: Path’s Playbook For Appealing To Normal People

Jschwa — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 14:55:21 -0000

Thanks Tyler, I really appreciate that link. It's the most useful thing I've read in months.

You/Paul bring up the point that people heavily segment their social networks in the offline world.

Do you think that people realize they should be able to do so online? When they think about "friends" online, do they associate that with one big group like on Facebook? Have they made the cognitive leap that they should have different segments in their online social networks or is that a new concept to them?

Re: Observing The Typical Internet User

Jschwa — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 12:11:13 -0000

That's a really great idea

Re: The New York Exit, The Soft Underbelly of NY Tech's Ecosystem, and IAC's Saving Grace

Jschwa — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 18:05:53 -0000

Why does it matter that Google isn't a NY company? As long as the leadership stays here, a Google NY acquisition doesn't harm our startup ecosystem. Is there another concern besides having our talent, experience, and future Angel Investors shipped out of NY?

Re: The New York Exit, The Soft Underbelly of NY Tech's Ecosystem, and IAC's Saving Grace

Jschwa — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 17:56:51 -0000

Google has a major office in NY, which is where some of the Foursquare team was after they sold Dodgeball. We didn't lose them then, and we got to claim Foursquare as a NY tech company as a result.

Google was off the table as a potential acquirer of Foursquare given the history, but that doesn't mean they're off the table for other startups. Under different circumstances, don't you think Google NY is the most likely big tech company to acquire a NY Startup?

Re: http://www.pheelmore.com/post/683664925

Jschwa — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 11:41:31 -0000

Thanks for the feedback.

What do you think about fitting your suggestions into these courses:

Investor relations: Equity Financing
Team Building and Scaling: Startup Operations
Legal: Startup Operations and Equity Financing

Team building is a extremely important and probably the most foreign for a new entrepreneur. It and should probably be the main focus of the Startup Operations course.

Legal does fit into Ops and Financing, but it probably deserves its own course.

Re: Course Catalog: Masters Degree in Internet Entrepreneurship

Jschwa — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 17:16:34 -0000

Pulling in a comment from Tumblr:

From Kyle Bragger http://kylewritescode.com/

"It should require each class to be taught by someone with extensive, hands-on experience and a proven track record in that field.

There needs to be a strong emphasis on always making stuff. Always back up what is taught and learned with hands-on, tangible stuff. Always. Let’s breed a generation of doers vs. talking-about-doing-stuff’ers."

I think there is a big frustration that Universities teach the theoretical as opposed to the practical. The year long "Launch an App" course was an attempt to integrate Doing over Talking About Doing. However, Kyle is right. All courses should be taught with hands on lessons instead of lectures. Each course should have a semester long project or mini projects that are direct applications of what the student is learning.

Re: Course Catalog: Masters Degree in Internet Entrepreneurship

Jschwa — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 17:07:11 -0000

Thanks Adam.

Adam,

I think you're right on all accounts.
1. Analytics should come before Product Management. I think I would also switch Marketing with Project Management so Product and Project would be taught together.
2. I completely left out sales. Good call.
3. Hiring is part of the Startup Operations class.

Re: - This is going to be BIG! - Logic of the Lemmings: Making sense of the VC pile-ons

Jschwa — Fri, 28 May 2010 11:07:52 -0000

When I hear about VCs jumping on the newest hot trend, it always seems a little absurd. However, this post makes a clear and reasoned argument for why its a good strategy. One of your best. Well done Charlie.

Re: New York Startup List

Jschwa — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:55:06 -0000

Thank you John. I added UrbanBaby since their editorial department is still in NY.

I am trying to keep the list to current NY tech startups. As far as I know HotJobs does not have a NY office. However, I would love to see someone put together a list of NY exits and this would certainly make the list.

Re: Getting Computer Science Into Middle School

Jschwa — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 12:08:58 -0000

I've been thinking that teaching our youth to code is essential to replacing the disappearing manufacturing jobs in the US. I wonder if those with bodily-kinesthetic Intelligence would thrive in programming which has been dominated by those with logical-mathematical intelligence. The challenge would be to create languages, frameworks, or ways of creating code that would appeal to kinesthetic learners.

Re: Any programming n00bs want to learn Python with me and Julie?

Jschwa — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:22:20 -0000

I tried to do the same thing with @evbart. We picked Rails and found the book Agile Web Development with Rails to be helpful. Lynda.com also has a great video tutorial series: http://www.lynda.com/home/V...

Things broke down when I couldn't get MySQl to install on my Mac and play nice with Ruby.

Re: The Internet Destroys Profits

Jschwa — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:38:07 -0000

It's true that Craigslist increased the number of people who post
classifieds and the types of things they post them for. In that sense they
increased the market for classifieds.

If Craigslist managed to charge the same as print for those postings, then
margins would be up. Instead they dropped the price to zero for most and
are charging less for the categories they do charge for. Costs are lower,
but so is revenue.

They are projected to hit $100 Million this year. They effectively shrunk
the entire classifieds market to $100 Million, unless you think that the
print classifieds market was smaller than that to begin with.

Re: The Internet Destroys Profits

Jschwa — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:49:02 -0000

Craigslist is immensely profitable, but not when compared with the former size of the entire classifieds market. One site took out an entire market and in the process captured some of the revenue for themselves. It seems unlikely that the classifieds market as a whole will ever get back to its former levels of profitability.

Re: Jason Schwartz – about

Jschwa — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:54:09 -0000

Hi Fernando,

Thank you for reading and good luck with ChicagoNow.

Re: Delicious.com is for normal people

Jschwa — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:36:30 -0000

I'm assuming you mean this episode: http://www.twit.tv/206 ? I'm downloading the podcast now, thanks!

Re: Mayor Bloomberg Tech Tour? Suggest Companies!

Jschwa — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:58:35 -0000

Add OMGpop to that list and put Aviary at the top in terms of unreal technical achievement. MSG, we can set your devs up at Rose Tech for the day if he won't go out to the Island.

Nate, thanks for the Angelsoft nomination.

Re: Newsfeed for Entrepreneurs: Refreshed

Jschwa — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:06:24 -0000

Hi Judith,

Comments will be listed on the right hand side of your Application Monitor in your Newsfeed. You will be able to reply once to each comment. You can read more about that here: http://angelsoft.net/blog/2...

Re: Newsfeed for Entrepreneurs: Refreshed

Jschwa — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:58:40 -0000

Hi Ed,

I'm glad you have found our tools useful. Good luck with your funding search.

Re: Newsfeed for Entrepreneurs: Refreshed

Jschwa — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:57:45 -0000

Scott,

This is great feedback, I will bring it up to our product team. Thank you for taking the time to write us.

Re: Newsfeed for Entrepreneurs: Refreshed

Jschwa — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:55:32 -0000

Jamie37,

I understand your frustration, see my comment above to Aweinstock.