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37 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

Instead of emailing notes, I put pen to paper, because I knew that despite all of our new communication tools, including email, social, and yes, even text messages, nothing beats the impact of a handwritten note. Thanks to Nicole Nurse, Black Leopard PR ! #27) Handwritten notes are dying. 24) 9-5 Scares Me. 27) Frustration.

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25 Best Startup Failure Post-Mortems of All Time

www.chubbybrain.com

We did find some specific industry verticals where the model works (some high schools, some boxing and mixed martial arts events, some exclusive conferences), but not enough to warrant a large market and an independent company. Too much PR, too early. Sent you an email as well. And they’re largely right. Too much money.

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

blog.expensify.com

It’s like arguing against vertical software. Wow, it looks like every.NET developer was sent a mass email saying to complain about the original post! Two startups I have worked for were about *extending* messaging security, not reinventing email. March 26, 2011 at 9:02 am. The reasoning behind this post is questionable.

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What Jonah @Peretti, CEO of BuzzFeed, Sees in the Future of Digital Media

Both Sides of the Table

But I knew I had to look for investments in “software meets X (often known as Vertical Software solutions)” rather than necessarily horizontal enterprise software applications. Back then there were “email forwards.” The 30-minute interview of Jonah Peretti is here but my summary in the notes below.

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