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Re:Moments of Attention by rabidrat on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @07:20PM (#24138232)
An ad-hoc sales tactic from 1993 that involves pretending to be a male stripper to get attention for your software product, might not be all that viable in 2020.
Re:Moments of Attention by 0_gravitas on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @10:04PM (#24139252)
worth a shot
Re:Moments of Attention by chrisweekly on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @04:37PM (#24136643)
PS other blog posts are great too, like this one on Energy: https://www.jimmckelvey.com/reprogram-your-brain-to-save-ene...
Re:Moments of Attention by vermooten on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @04:31PM (#24136566)
Re:Moments of Attention by tmaly on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @04:20PM (#24136415)
Getting attention is the number one thing. I think the method he used worked quite well. I am not sure there would always be an opportunity like this.
Re:Moments of Attention by brokenmachine on Thursday August 13, 2020 @02:25AM (#24140519)
I'm skeptical that this actually happened.
Re:Moments of Attention by chrisweekly on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @04:42PM (#24136707)
Thought the name might be familiar, and yeah Jim McKelvey is the co-founder of Square. I'd say his blog is above average.
Re:Moments of Attention by RgueNkeScientst on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @09:22PM (#24139055)
I....I don't even know what to think of this...
Re:Moments of Attention by chrisweekly on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @04:34PM (#24136609)
hahahahaha this is great! useful / insightful and really funny story.
Re:Moments of Attention by slmnmls on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @06:23PM (#24137738)
You should check out his book, Innovation Stack. It was a really good read.
Re:Moments of Attention by chrisweekly on Thursday August 13, 2020 @02:24PM (#24146482)
will do, thanks