Twitter is not going to kill journalism. Journalism dedicated to reporting the impact of Twitter on journalism is going to kill journalism.
When people go into a meeting they have two goals: eat some doughnuts, and say something that will make them seem important. When you remove the chairs, suddenly everyone has to eat standing up and it’s a little harder to wait your turn to say something important. No meeting will last longer than 10 minutes, no matter what the topic is. Profitability will be restored, my friend.
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What happens if the CEO doesn’t show up to work? Nothing. What happens if the team doesn’t show up to work? Nothing.
Conversion Funnel Optimization. Don’t underestimate drop-off rates resulting from adding an extra click in a flow. There are lots of flows that can be optimized simply by removing extraneous pages or reducing non-essential exit paths. It’s worth re-looking at all your important conversion funnels to see if you can further optimize (sign up, contributing UGC, sharing, purchase events, premium account sign up, etc).
Entrepreneurs don’t need degrees like lawyers and doctors do. They are credentialed by virtue of their track record. The first start-up is hard but if they make that one work, they end up with something much better than a college degree. They have a notch in their belt. They’ve got a track record of success.
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Fred Wilson |
Yes, it’s true that a team at Google couldn’t decide between two blues, so they’re testing 41 shades between each blue to see which one performs better. I had a recent debate over whether a border should be 3, 4 or 5 pixels wide, and was asked to prove my case. I can’t operate in an environment like that. I’ve grown tired of debating such minuscule design decisions. There are more exciting design problems in this world to tackle.
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Design should be open! Douglas Bowman - Goodbye, Google | stopdesign (via oliyoung) |
