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Monti··on Good-Bye, Cheap Oil. So Long, Suburbia?
are you serious? you will never see a $30 a barrel ever again. and if they attack Iran you can say hello to $200 a barrel.
Monti··on How to build a great demo
"It has to be short. It should take 5 minutes or less in person. An online video should be no more than one and a half minutes long."

That is so true, i have attended some demos that went over 20 minutes, at the end I felt like punching the demo-er in the face.. some people literally walked out of the place.

Remember, if you are not Steve jobs do not talk more than 5 minutes.

Monti··on Why Twitter Is The Next Google, But Better
I am frankly not going to read the article, the title is enough.
Monti··on To YC or not to YC, that is the question.
Thanks, I been thinking the same thing, maybe launch and revisit the possibility later.
Monti··on Microsoft Signs Letter Of Intent To Acquire Xobni
Wow, so they are a YC startup?? congratz to all people involved.
Monti··on Ask YC: Which company's marketing do you admire
assuming you have a good product/service, a good logo and catchy easy to remember name is the foundation of the free word of mouth advertising.
Monti··on Everybody is developing on Facebook while I secretly develope for ning.
lol! Actually with ning you can sell your app since Network creators would love to add new and enhanced features on their networks, and willing to pay to get it.

there are 1000 networks being created everyday (based on what ning says) I would assume at least 900 are useless and would never come to anything, 75 would be small 7K+ users, 20 will be a good size 25K+, 5 will be 50K+. all these numbers are completely pulled out of my ass so please don't hold me to them it just to show you that there is a big potential there, at least I think there.

I own a network on ning(for fun) that has 2500 members and it has only been around for 5 months, the site caters to a specific type of profession (court reporting) and so far I have bought 2 apps that I installed on my network and I can assure you I would by more if there were around.

Monti··on Everybody is developing on Facebook while I secretly develope for ning.
Good lord, I cant spell to save my life!
Monti··on I got techcrunched!
Congratz! 15K hits only? I thought getting TCed would get you at least 50K to 75K. Still great.. and good app too. thanks!
Monti··on Solo founders: how do you stay emotionally efficient?
A couple of times while I was in that state, the "pre sleep state" I was convinced that I discovered a way to fly while flapping my arms, it felt so real and was 100% convinced it would work. I was so happy... the next day I couldn't remember the "arm flapping formula". yes, it felt that real at the time.
Monti··on IBM considering switch to Macs
I will believe it when i see it. that said, I seriously doubt it.
Monti··on Y Combinator Demo Day Roundup
Nice job guys, wish you all the best. My startup launches in 3 weeks :)
Monti··on Is it down for everyone or just me?
yeah, agreed.
Monti··on Is it down for everyone or just me?
very good and simple idea.