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All Markets Are Not Created Equal: 10 Factors To Consider When Evaluating Digital Marketplaces

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At oDesk, the platform enables the planning, development, and transfer of code from the supplier to the purchaser. OpenTable recently passed 10 million diners a month with less than 20% of transactions in North America currently online. oDesk’s presence increases the number of first time software outsourcers.

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

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The right sort of person is so passionate about coding, they can’t be stopped from doing it. But every day spent in that kitchen is a day NOT spent in a real kitchen, learning how to cook real food, and write real code. I currently work in information security, and I help teach developers how to write better, more secure code.

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A Rake Too Far: Optimal Platform Pricing Strategy

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eBay recently launched an aggressive campaign attacking Amazon’s rate table on a vertical-by-vertical basis ( those percentages can be found here ). These reasons are likely behind the struggles in GroupOn’s core Daily Deals business ( North America Third Party Revenue is down in Q4 both YOY and QOQ ).

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Data Storytelling: How to Inspire & Convince with Data

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In Letterboxd’s Year in Review , readers are pulled into the story from the start with timely and relatable woes from the coronavirus pandemic. Each one is accompanied by an auto-playing trailer, review, and link to the corresponding page on the Letterboxd website.

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The Ezra Klein Show: VC Bill Gurley on Transforming Health Care

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I think it started with eBay, but then we got into more vertical specific ones, like Zillow, Grubhub, OpenTable and Uber that I’m on the board of. It’s super complex, the way people get paid, the way people make decisions, and completely different from every other industry in North America. Bill Gurley : Great.