May 2010
20 posts
The long running mystery of ice coffee pricing →
On the first of the warm Memorial Day weekend days, there’s an interesting thread on Quora about why ice coffee is more expensive than hot.
I initially made a cost-plus pricing assumption,…
Inefficiency in lieu of explanation →
I found operations research to be both a challenging and valuable business school class. The nuggets I walked away with were fairly basic and could easily be obtained from a book or web page; and so…
Manual →
Manual is not the long term answer for anything, but it can be the incremental start. If certain processes that ideally would be automated or have systems in place require manual work (i.e….
Poker is the Tech Entrepreneur’s Golf →
I often feel that poker is the ideal game for entrepreneurs, but while playing a few hands last night, it occurred to me how closely the game maps to Fred’s post From Hopes and Dreams to The Real…
All Cloud in the Background All the Time →
Jill got me a new digital camera as we were awaiting Cooper’s birth. I took a bunch of pictures with it and was struck by the quality of images for the price. The new camera had double the…
Iron Man confuses the crap out of me...
So its a coincidence that the Arc Reactor both powers Iron Man suits and Tony Stark’s heart. Cause you can use a suit w/o an Arc heart?
Pricing transparency and consistency →
Pricing transparency and consistency allow for scaling, positive customer perceptions, and easy sales team growth. I believe strongly that two prospective customers with the same quantitative…
Stickybits Hiring Python Developer →
Stickybits is looking to make its 4th or 5th fulltime hire: an experienced python developer. The full job post is here. If you don’t know Stickybits, take a look at this demo by…
stickybits blog: Python developers →
stickybits is hiring! After an awesomely successful launch at South by Southwest in March, we’re now working on building out our next version. And it’s pretty ambitious, so we need some serious talent to pull it off. What is stickybits? stickybits.com allows people to attach digital content to…
Priorities →
I’ve read Robert Reich’s work since coming across his book, The Work of Nations, but I was particularly moved by his essay on the FTC’s double standard in investigating Apple but not the large…
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Majestic Research: Data Driven Wall Street... →
Today, we’re borrowing a conference room at the offices of Majestic Research for a board meeting. I worked at Majestic doing business development after business school, and the firm continues to…
The 23 and Me Product Flow →
When designing products, “the funnel” is a frequent topic of concern. Will people drop off? How many clicks can a user be expected to do, etc.
Over the weekend, I got my 23 and Me home DNA…
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Self Service Platforms →
Self service platforms inspire with possibilities; and users that begin by using them largely for leisure purposes can evolve into professional users. Let me begin by tackling the first point.
I…
Filling Water Glasses, Shots of Liquor, and JG... →
Last night we stopped by the table of some friends who were having dinner for a drink. They were drinking bottled carbonated water, and the waiter was compulsively filling their glasses. One of our…
