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deusx : 5 reasons why your company should be distributed « toni.org - "Your employees will love it ... You can hire great people wherever you find them ... You will use better communication tools ... You can still be social ... Your offices will be more fun"
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philgyford : Information is beautiful: The BBC-O-Gram | News | guardian.co.uk - Useful to get an overview of where the BBC's money gets spent. Cutting 6Music and Asian Network doesn't save much compared to the total.
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philgyford : FreelanceSwitch Hourly Rate Calculator - Helps you work out how much you need to charge to cover your expenses and desired profit. Although that doesn't necessarily bear much relation to the market. (via Haddock)
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nelson : Curt Schilling's game startup - A baseball star funds a gaming company. What could possibly go wrong? Oh, other than the $28 million.
Rod Begbie : A business school grilling for Curt Schilling? - Curt, we'll always love you for "the bloody sock" and 2004. Always. But you? Are a fucking idiot with all the business sense of my right nut. [via] #
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WillPate : Startup Killer: the Cost of Customer Acquisition - Great and thorough advice about COC
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philgyford : Flat rate VAT « Online accounting software news from Xero - Xero added support for the Flat Rate Scheme for VAT last month. I don't use Xero, but this is another reason to try it.
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WillPate : How Obama Is Using the Science of Change
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philgyford : What Startups Are Really Like - I love descriptions of start-ups and businesses like this. (via Daring Fireball)
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philgyford : 100 years of Big Content fearing technology—in its own words - Ars Technica - How companies have complained that new technologies will destroy content industries over the past century. Like when home taping killed music. Wasn't that terrible. (via Kottke)
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deusx : PRESS RELEASE: 37SIGNALS VALUATION TOPS $100 BILLION AFTER BOLD VC INVESTMENT - (37signals) - "37signals is now a $100 billion dollar company, according to a group of investors who have agreed to purchase 0.000000001% of the company in exchange for $1."
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WillPate : Summer Quarterly 2009 | Ottawa Business Lawyers
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gleuschk : Mint Acquired by Intuit for $170m Two Years After Winning TC40. - dang dang dang. expect them to stop being free in 3, 2, 1...
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philgyford : Netflix Reviews | Glassdoor.com - Comments from Netflix employees, a good counterpart to that impressive presentation about company culture that went round a few weeks ago. (via Haddock)
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WillPate : Bessemer's Top 10 Laws for Being "SaaS-y"
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WillPate : When It Comes To Founding Successful Startups, Old Guys Rule
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WillPate : Ten Characteristics of Great Companies
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deusx : Papa John's founder finds his beloved 1971 Camaro - USATODAY.com - "John Schnatter sold the gold-and-black 1971 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 for $2,800 in 1983. The money helped save his father's tavern in Jeffersonville, Ind., and he used the rest to start what would become a worldwide pizza business. But he still mi
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nelson : Facebook buys Friendfeed - huh
Andy Baio : Facebook buys FriendFeed - will it get sucked into the black hole, or help Facebook open up? Techcrunch says it's a talent acquisition
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joshua : netflix's culture guide - really awesome. how to hire and run and motivate. i notice that every thing they say not to do was done at yahoo.
philgyford : Netflix - Reference Guide on our Freedom & Responsibility Culture - Interesting readable presentation about Netflix's culture. Although I haven't worked in a company for years, I'm fascinated by this kind of thing. (via Kottke)
Rod Begbie : Netflix: Freedom & Responsibility Culture - Really interesting presentation deck leaked(?) from Netflix, covering their workplace culture. Some incredibly smart and inspiring stuff. Apparently, they let go with a generous severance package anyone who fails the question: "Which of my people, if t [via] #
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deusx : Yahoo committed seppuku today « The Jason Calacanis Weblog - "Yahoo committed seppuku today. The once proud warrior of the internet space laid down its sword, knelt at the feet of Microsoft and gutted itself today. There was no honor in this death, it was one brought by the shame of losing to Google and a l
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nelson : Maker's schedule - Cogent explanation of why meetings are bad for programmers
Jeremy Zawodny : Maker's Schedule, Manager's Schedule - Maker's Schedule, Manager's Schedule: yes, Paul gets it totally right here
philgyford : Maker's Schedule, Manager's Schedule - Seems so obvious now it's been put into words. If I have a meeting in a morning or afternoon I know that half of the day will be a right-off for all other useful work. (via Daring Fireball)
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