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Comment on Why I Cancelled My Google Apps Premier Account

nc — Sat, 7 Nov 2009 06:52:34 -0800

Totally agree with you. I'm sure there is some logical reason for charging for all accounts in the domain, but doesn't mean it's right. ;) I actually haven't taken the plunge to Google Apps for my email because of similar small missing things - IE, an easy way to add another domain to the account with slightly different mail accounts.

Comment on Causes Leaves MySpace for FaceBook

AJ Choy — Sat, 7 Nov 2009 04:57:31 -0800

Sean Parker was founding President of Facebook, which he joined way back in 2004. The same Sean Parker co-founded Causes in 2007. Sean also works for Founders Fund, a VC which which invested in Causes. Knowing this new information, we can see that the move away from MySpace is a strategic move to help Facebook. Keeping Causes running on MySpace costs them nothing because they have already built and bedded down the service. It shows how little Causes really cares for their causes. The facts stated here are taken directly from the Founders Fund website www.foundersfund.com.

Comment on T-Shirt Friday #16 - Glue

Ben Kepes — Fri, 6 Nov 2009 15:18:24 -0800

@jess - cheers for the comment. I'll let you know what the defrag t shirt is like!

Comment on T-Shirt Friday #16 - Glue

Jessica Routier, IACEZ — Fri, 6 Nov 2009 15:12:48 -0800

I don't know Ben- I brought one home for my husband and he gets quite a few "What the heck is a gle conference?" comments when he wears it out in public. So maybe the logo is pretty effective! :) I would agree though- the conference was very cool. :)

Comment on Enterprise 2.0 Caffeine: Let’s Debunk the Non-Debate

Susan Scrupski — Fri, 6 Nov 2009 11:54:30 -0800

Great post Mark. Sorry I didn't catch up with you in SF. We were considering using a video clip of Dennis to kick off the conversation. Our members were in favor of that because they say he personifies every nay-sayer in the company. I'm not saying Dennis or anyone for that matter is wrong with alleging e20 must be better linked to business results. Jeepers, I've been complaining about this for years. See my criticism of social media linked to results here: http://bit.ly/3zkCfP. I don't even see this as a debate. My members win if the critics are successful because it will make it easier for them to succeed in their efforts. What I wholly discount is the notion that e20 doesn't exist or it's a so-called crock. I would be spending more time on this in the blogosphere, but am swarmed with requests to get into the Council from some of the largest companies in the world.

Comment on Good Judgment Comes with Experience, But Experience Comes from Bad Judgment

Mark Suster — Fri, 6 Nov 2009 09:23:30 -0800

I don't know. I think that learning from your failures is tremendously valuable. The problem is that too many people don't learn. Life in a startup is filled with thousands of decisions and if you're good only 30% will be wrong. Many entrepreneurs make the same mistake multiple times. I can give you many examples but some (even mundane ones) include: - attending too many trade shows. as an first-time entrepreneur you think you can't miss them. You pay $10-25k to have a booth. Often you don't convert enough to make it worth the time. - not firing people fast enough for poor performance or a bad attitude - giving out too much equity to board advisors - focusing too much on your competitors features and not enough on the customer - etc., etc. Second time entrepreneurs bring a rich set of experiences that gives them better judgment if they're willing to understand, codify and correct their mistakes.

Comment on The iPhone and Business; Netsuite Banks on a Happy Union

NetSuite Business Cloud event feedback — Fri, 6 Nov 2009 09:11:56 -0800

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Comment on Good Judgment Comes with Experience, But Experience Comes from Bad Judgment

Alamgir Kahn — Fri, 6 Nov 2009 08:58:53 -0800

I saw a blurb on my RSS feed a couple of weeks ago that something similar to this: In entrepreneurship, there's not much gained from failing--it doesn't teach you much new, it only teaches you what /not/ to do again in the future. The statement stuck with me. I've /always/ been of the impression that a great way to learn is to fail, but I think this stuck with me because it made me realize that in the universe of possible options one has at any given time during the creation of a company (I'm in the process of starting my 3rd), what you learned in the past from failing is going to help you only so much. That said, ANY help you can get is great, but I think the value of "learning" from failing has diminished a little in my mind.

Comment on Too Scared to Use the PowerPoint Twitter Tools? Moderation, Updating, New Options

TweepML: Twittter Lists Made Easy | A Slice of Life — Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:11:24 -0800

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Comment on A Google Wave Use-Case – Agility in Application Lifecycle Management

Sneha — Thu, 5 Nov 2009 22:59:12 -0800

The problem with the folks like Google & Yahoo is that they have created many tools which have been loosely coupled. The challenge with such a solution is that the the information gets locked into multiple silos. With Google Wave they are trying to integrate all the conversations (discussions) but what would be truly desirable is a platform built form ground up using social networking at the base and business apps on top of it. I have tried Injoos Teamware (www.injoos.com) and found it captures both informal and formal knowledge like documents in one single workspace on the cloud.