Remove from
Remove Hiring Remove Open Source Remove Revenue Remove Technical Support
article thumbnail

“Fantastic” beats “efficient”

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

The convenience of online shoe shopping is a game-changer — to the tune of billions of dollars of revenue — but how could they make up the costs ? NetFlix decided to rent out DVDs by mail for a flat monthly rate despite massive postage and logistic costs, loss from damaged disks, and people duplicating 30 disks a month for $29.95.

article thumbnail

Hazards of Hiring

www.ericsink.com

2004-07-08 15:59:32 Hazards of Hiring. Summary : Eric offers guidelines for handling tough hiring decisions in a small ISV. In the many e-mails I received about that column, one of the most common questions was why didnt I list any hiring mistakes. Ill start with four general guidelines for how to proceed with a hiring decision.

Hiring 40
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

The Apple Watch – Tipping Point Time for Healthcare

Steve Blank

This wasn’t just another product announcement from Apple. Subsequent versions focused on fitness and sports – the watch was like a Fitbit – plus the ability to be annoyed by interruptions from your work. The heart’s electrical signals are then measured from twelve angles (called “leads”). In the U.S.

China 67
article thumbnail

Startups in stealth mode need one piece of advice - Discussion

news.ycombinator.com

Weve got a little funding from VCs. You show this by giving completely generic arguments to one line sentences from his post. From "Think and Grow Rich". For three years I worked at Bug Labs (open source hardware company). We not only told everyone what we did, we posted the source code and the blueprints online.

Stealth 41