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Re:Soylent Campaign on Tuesday May 21, 2013 @05:02PM (#5746812)
Have you even read up on the background of this? He makes a pretty solid argument for what's in Soylent in one of his earliest blog posts: http://robrhinehart.com/?p=424

Obviously the guy has a background in chemistry or biology. As we all know, you don't have to go to school in a subject to become an "expert" in it.

Re:Hey Entrepreneur – Please Don’t Get an MBA on Thursday October 11, 2012 @04:22PM (#4642575)
I would also argue that most MBA programs teach you how to create a company in the current flip environment - nothing that has longevity.
Re:Hey Entrepreneur – Please Don’t Get an MBA on Thursday October 11, 2012 @04:19PM (#4642562)
To create a valuable product, though, you need to be around other people that are passionate about creating a solution to a problem. Maybe an MBA might not be good for this, but other graduate degrees might.
Re:New Center for Impact and Innovation in Seattle on Thursday July 19, 2012 @08:54PM (#4268850)
you should probably just move :)
Re:How to Tweet Your Way to Good Customer Service on Wednesday October 19, 2011 @01:54PM (#3131240)
Also - the author, @lindseyengh, doesn't even have a lot of Twitter followers (153), so it's not like she has the biggest stretch, either. At least on social media, it seems as though companies care about the little guys, too.
Re:How to Tweet Your Way to Good Customer Service on Wednesday October 19, 2011 @01:41PM (#3131178)
I also think that the most important part in all of this is the timeliness of their responses. 15 minute responses shows that businesses are investing money into social media by hiring people to watch Twitter feeds or personal handles at all hours of the day.
Re:Disruptive start-ups on Tuesday August 30, 2011 @12:02PM (#2941996)
Paul Polak is the father of this mindset, IDE. thanks for the link.

Disruptive start-ups

Poor farmers make up a potential market of 445 million farms worldwide. That's a lot of potential profit for a disruptive start-up.Poor people can, and will, pay for products that fit their lifestyle and needs, that are affordable, and that they recognize as valuable. These three characteristics make them just as much as a customer as you or I. For example, over 85% of the world's farms are...

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Re:Google+: Like not love on Wednesday July 13, 2011 @12:43PM (#2759558)
Agreed, and it's mentioned in the article about Google's innovation. Honestly, I think that Google is one of the most innovative companies of the century... still doesn't convince me that Google+ will really stick. Did Wave and Buzz not stick because of no critical mass? In that case, how can Google assure that doesn't happen with Google+?
Re:Travel + Hackernews = Art Sumo on Wednesday May 04, 2011 @01:01PM (#2514441)
awesome, good for you. Where were you working before, and why'd you decide to leave?