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Re: Four Things I Wish Every Chart Did

Michael E. Gruen — Wed, 29 Apr 2015 16:22:49 -0000

Who?

Re: I’m Asking You to Cut the BS

Michael E. Gruen — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 22:35:17 -0000

This is great, and I hope future discussions won't include all the heavy formatting and interwoven CTAs. So, there's a topic: which "one weird trick" worked?

Re: Flying dino had long, feathery tail

Michael E. Gruen — Tue, 15 Jul 2014 14:35:53 -0000

Further evidence that birds are just dinosaurs that survived.

Re: Developments on the #epicrace

Michael E. Gruen — Fri, 22 Nov 2013 00:58:51 -0000

I'm in (for part of it).

Re: CitiBike Contract With Amendments

Michael E. Gruen — Mon, 28 Oct 2013 17:46:52 -0000

Excellent work!

Re: Go home, DEMO. You are drunk | VentureBeat

Michael E. Gruen — Fri, 18 Oct 2013 10:42:00 -0000

It's mostly water—don't get too excited.

Re: Go home, DEMO. You are drunk | VentureBeat

Michael E. Gruen — Thu, 17 Oct 2013 19:32:05 -0000

It takes less than 30 seconds, but that doesn't mean people reliably weigh themselves, particularly over extended periods. (I'm working on a fitness company and have plenty of data to support this claim.)

Also, people will lose weight overnight—a graph of that loss over time can be useful as well.

Re: Go home, DEMO. You are drunk | VentureBeat

Michael E. Gruen — Thu, 17 Oct 2013 18:53:59 -0000

Call me crazy, but EmoVu and BedScales are not terrible ideas. Both are ways to passively collect information that previously required a human's time, effort, and attention.

Re: Food Myths Busted: Skipping Meals Helps You Lose Weight

Michael E. Gruen — Mon, 29 Jul 2013 14:20:50 -0000

Intermittent Fasting is merely the act of fasting a certain number hours everyday, not necessarily "eat whatever you'd like". Typically, that's 16 hours, in between 8pm and noon the next day. It's also usually coupled with a paleolithic diet; but, they are not the same thing.

Before you erroneously throw a perfectly good nutritional practice under a bus, at least truthfully represent what it is. Casual dieters are confused enough as it is.

I also doubt that a sugar-loaded fruit smoothie is the best breakfast option.

Re: Faketivism

Michael E. Gruen — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:23:39 -0000

Ribbons, as well as other cause-displays, greatly increase donations from the displayer... when solicited for a donation for that cause. Ribbons can influence self-identification, and people tend to spend money on things they identify with. There have also been instances where donors leave tons of money in their wills having identified with a cause.

Further, writing your congressperson won't do much unless you can enroll thousands of others to do the same. That's where I'd spend the effort.

Your point is well-taken and well-appreciated, but there are legitimate reasons for the ribbons.

Re: Retail App Spotlight: A Social Shopping List For Your Mom (And Everyone Else)

Michael E. Gruen — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 18:00:32 -0000

By "Relative Store Location", I mean department. Floor plans may be hard to come by.

Re: Why Google Now is Awesome

Michael E. Gruen — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 10:36:32 -0000

I bought a Nexus 4 specifically for Google Now. It'd be nice if we had better control over the cards, though.

(Ironically, I still use iCloud for my contacts and calendar... but it doesn't seem to be an issue for Now's software.)

Re: No one celebrates taking out a loan, but for some... | Strong Opinions @marksbirch

Michael E. Gruen — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 16:30:12 -0000

I just saw this, six months later. Amazing!

Re: Why I’m Glad I Didn’t Find My Husband at Princeton « HowAboutWe – Date Report

Michael E. Gruen — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 16:27:14 -0000

There may be something to shared life experiences: my college brags that over 60% of alumni marry each other, many of whom didn't actually know each other as undergraduates. But, I agree: 22 is so, so young, particularly since these days parents hover for far longer than they should.

Re: No one celebrates taking out a loan, but for some... | Strong Opinions @marksbirch

Michael E. Gruen — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 18:35:43 -0000

I'm going to start issuing press releases every time my credit card doesn't get declined.

Re: Amazon’s markup of digital delivery to indie authors is ~129,000%

Michael E. Gruen — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 19:38:13 -0000

By that logic, listing on eBay should be even less expensive...

edit: it still feels egregious.

Re: Amazon’s markup of digital delivery to indie authors is ~129,000%

Michael E. Gruen — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 19:17:35 -0000

That markup doesn't include the cost of building the Kindle business (the marketing, the creation of the store and distribution channels, etc.), but I'm certain that ratio will go down as the rest of the market catches up.

Hell, with those kind of margins, there's even room for traditional publishers to play ball here.

Re: Funding Announcements and Startups | Strong Opinions @marksbirch

Michael E. Gruen — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 00:07:33 -0000

It's inexpensive press.

It does not, however, make the company. (Which I think is Chris's point—spend time building the company, not overly concerning yourself with the media release of your fund raise.)

Related: when did getting funded become the point of starting a company?

Re: When ROI Represents the Realization of Influence

Michael E. Gruen — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 12:04:27 -0000

So, obvious question: what's the ROI (investment) on the ROI (influence)?

Re: http://jesseddy.tumblr.com/post/15320766883

Michael E. Gruen — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:29:29 -0000

I read this and nod in approval as I consume my ginger snap deliciousness.

Re: http://birch.co/post/14884369966

Michael E. Gruen — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 18:57:30 -0000

Another takeaway is to not let the detractors detract you—how the product's doing is a much bigger indicator of how it's doing rather than what people are saying about it.

Over 20mm Snuggies sold, haters gonna hate.

Re: Scott Kurnit’s AdKeeper Pivots to Keep.com, Where Users ‘Follow Brands’ [UPDATED] | Betabeat — News, gossip and intel from Silicon Alley 2.0.

Michael E. Gruen — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:51:07 -0000

I have a better idea, which for now we'll call keepaway.com, that does the exact opposite.

Seriously, I do.

Re: General Assembly Demo Night For General Assembly Companies, Including General Assembly!

Michael E. Gruen — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:09:35 -0000

I believe what I said was, "We're providing the tool, the contract is generated by you," but I may have misspoke. In either case, we have several boilerplates that our customers are welcome to use, but we imagine many of our users will supply their own language with the help of their counsel. We don't sell documents—we sell a business tool.

Regarding LegalZoom, they've had several lawsuits. As far as Missouri case (the most recent one as far as I'm aware) it seems to have been settled as I mentioned. http://sbmblog.typepad.com/...

For those who missed the demo, check out http://micro.paperlex.com/

Thanks for coming to see our Demo!

Re: http://caro.tumblr.com/post/12840544009

Michael E. Gruen — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 11:06:34 -0000

...boogie woogie woogie

Re: A Web Company vs A Local Shop

Michael E. Gruen — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 10:14:08 -0000

Generally, I agree with your sentiment.

But if I buy a sandwich from you every workday for a whole month, even at the low-low cost of $5/sandwich, you're making $100/month. And I get lunch. And there are not many businesses that can beat it. (This also assumes a good sandwich.)Web businesses exist on a different economy of scale where the general cost expectation of services is $0.

I'd still found an event ticketing company if I thought I could offer a service at the right scale and price; though, I think I'd make more money with a deli.