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michaeln

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michaeln··on How to Build an Iconic Company – Keith Rabois [audio]
I find that longer content works better for me when trying to understand important concepts. I generally need repetition and context (why is this a valuable concept? how'd you get here?). While it's quicker to digest bite sized audio, I tend to forget the takeaway easily.

Have found these links to be helpful in understanding the concepts here:

* https://startupclass.samaltman.com/courses/lec14/

* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HGRap1cJ3k&feature=emb_titl...

michaeln··on Kisha – The umbrella you'll never lose
Is this a problem people are willing to pay to solve? Is the fact that it's raining outside a good enough reminder not to lose your umbrella? Just curious.
michaeln··on The big, ugly affiliate marketing scam
We recently launched (http://www.robotoatmeal.com/pages/about/) to address this. We're addressing the scam coupon issue by surfacing real time usage data. We also try to validate the coupon before it's published on the site.

While I think we can definitely do better (the data is pretty sparse in some areas), I believe the collaborative / real time validation approach will lead to a better experience for shoppers.

michaeln··on Amazon Now Accounts For One-Third Of All U.S. E-Commerce
Ditto. Amazon makes it so easy to buy.