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Publishing is a tough biz…

Posted on 7/6/2010 by Jonah

Circulation exceeded five hundred thousand in every issue in 1954, rose to six hundred thousand the following year, and climbed steadily through most of its history (to more than three million a week in 2009). It quickly established itself as … Continue reading →

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Bit.ly versus Goo.gl

Posted on 12/14/2009 by Jonah

bit.ly is a URL shortener from an NYC startup incubator called betaworks. Goo.gl is a competitor started by guess-who. How will the shortener impact Bit.ly? Continue reading →

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Borrowed From The Future

Posted on 12/1/2009 by Jonah

Warren Buffett and the Business of Life – Alice Schroeder /via @HuffingtonPost Although average wages in the United States had risen only 0.6 percent a year since 1998 and consumer confidence had been declining steadily, GDP had risen 2.6 percent … Continue reading →

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Free Product Feedback

Posted on 5/25/2009 by Jonah

gr3m Attention NYC-area startups. Have: 1 entrepreneur who’s launched web products in e-commerce, ad tech and social networking; loves giving web startups feedback, Steven Blank’s customer development / lean startup approach (wikipedia, big deck, small deck, blog, book, course) helping … Continue reading →

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LunchMarket.com

Posted on 4/17/2009 by Jonah

Moriza Lunches with folks who have lots of social authority are frequently auctioned for charity. Does a long-tail lunch market exist? I want a long-tail auction site for lunches that donates all proceeds after expenses to charity. An individual willing … Continue reading →

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