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5 reasons why your company should be distributed « toni.org

7 days ago

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"

Tags : automattic telecommuting work career business management coworking distributed culture

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Information is beautiful: The BBC-O-Gram | News | guardian.co.uk

15 days ago

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.

Tags : top bbc money business visualisation davidmccandless guardian datablog

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FreelanceSwitch Hourly Rate Calculator

22 days ago

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)

Tags : top via:haddock freelancing work freelance rates money pay calculator salary business

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Curt Schilling's game startup

1 month ago

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#

Tags : startups entrepreneurs baseball bighugegames 38studios curtschilling investment business republicanidiot

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Startup Killer: the Cost of Customer Acquisition

2 month ago

WillPate : Startup Killer: the Cost of Customer Acquisition - Great and thorough advice about COC

Tags : business startup entrepreneurship sales marketing

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Torchbox

2 month ago

jonhicks : Torchbox

Tags : trythesedesigners uk webdesign agency design oxfordshire business

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Flat rate VAT « Online accounting software news from Xero

2 month ago

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.

Tags : top xero accounting vat business

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How Obama Is Using the Science of Change

3 month ago

WillPate : How Obama Is Using the Science of Change

Tags : business marketing government psychology neuroscience

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What Startups Are Really Like

5 month ago

philgyford : What Startups Are Really Like - I love descriptions of start-ups and businesses like this. (via Daring Fireball)

Tags : top startups business paulgraham via:daringfireball

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100 years of Big Content fearing technology—in its own words - Ars Technica

5 month ago

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)

Tags : top via:kottke copyright technology history business music video film nateanderson

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PRESS RELEASE: 37SIGNALS VALUATION TOPS $100 BILLION AFTER BOLD VC INVESTMENT - (37signals)

6 month ago

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."

Tags : awesome business funny startups web2.0 37signals

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Summer Quarterly 2009 | Ottawa Business Lawyers

6 month ago

WillPate : Summer Quarterly 2009 | Ottawa Business Lawyers

Tags : business vc vencorpsblog

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Value Propositions That Work

6 month ago

WillPate : Value Propositions That Work

Tags : business vencorpsblog

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Mint Acquired by Intuit for $170m Two Years After Winning TC40.

6 month ago

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...

Tags : mint money interweb business

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Netflix Reviews | Glassdoor.com

6 month ago

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)

Tags : top via:haddock netflix business work companies glassdoor

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Bessemer's Top 10 Laws for Being "SaaS-y"

6 month ago

WillPate : Bessemer's Top 10 Laws for Being "SaaS-y"

Tags : business saas vencorpsblog

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When It Comes To Founding Successful Startups, Old Guys Rule

6 month ago

WillPate : When It Comes To Founding Successful Startups, Old Guys Rule

Tags : business startups entrepreneurship leadership vencorpsblog

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Are you a five-tool employee?

6 month ago

WillPate : Are you a five-tool employee?

Tags : business vencorpsblog

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Ten Characteristics of Great Companies

6 month ago

WillPate : Ten Characteristics of Great Companies

Tags : business startup management entrepreneurship startups vencorpsblog

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The Best Board Meetings

6 month ago

WillPate : The Best Board Meetings

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Papa John's founder finds his beloved 1971 Camaro - USATODAY.com

7 month ago

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

Tags : papajohns pizza bitchincamaro camaros business cars

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Facebook buys Friendfeed

7 month ago

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

Tags : facebook friendfeed twitter business

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netflix's culture guide

8 month ago

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#

Tags : companies top via:kottke netflix business culture work company management values presentation corporateculture

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Yahoo committed seppuku today « The Jason Calacanis Weblog

8 month ago

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

Tags : qft yahoo microsoft boohoo microhoo choicevalueinnovation search business analysis google innovation

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Maker's schedule

8 month ago

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)

Tags : engineering software meetings timemanagement corporate top via:daringfireball paulgraham work schedules scheduling business management

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