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"If only" - totally agree.

Just building something people need/want, or improving upon what works, is a deceptively simple generalization. It boils down to execution, and that's where our originality still comes into play.

It all boils down to the context that switch is used. And with the growing popularity of loosely typed languages, it's probably not a good idea to make such sweeping statements.

Nice move. Groupon may lose it's effectiveness in hyper-local markets after a while. It just becomes too costly for markets of such a size. OwnLocal will provide a much more sustainable option for local businesses, especially at the price points they are charging.

Personally, the Goldman Sachs deal reeks of the whole structured products debacle that got us into the mess we are digging out of.

Awesome, keep us updated. Is there a mailing list for everyone to keep up to date about Startup School related meetups?

I setup a saved Twitter search to make sure I didn't miss anything. That said, see you guys there!

Exactly. Governments usually tender out massive contracts to the private sector, and there were very few companies at that time that could probably meet the technical demands. Hence the lock-in.

"The world's wealthiest speculators set up a casino where the chips were the stomachs of hundreds of millions of innocent people..."

Yup, it's exactly like a gambling den. It's Bet365, where anything can be speculated upon. But nicely packaged with higher stakes...and you stand to lose whether you play or not.

Totally agree with the past comments. This graphic exaggerates the impact of abandoned carts with misleading conclusions.

In the end, adding items to a cart is no different than viewing an item's page (imagine the billions lost through "abandoned" page views!).

That said, it's still helpful. Permuto highlights the reasons behind cart abandonment. It's essentially a list stuff retailers should properly convey to their customers way before check out.

Could definitely use a pricing page, or at least a feature page. But otherwise nice job. Oh and you probably want to rework the login error message system :)