scottkrager

Who didn't see this coming 11 months ago? Many founders seem to regret the sale of their baby...Arrington is no different. Acquisitions are tough when talented people are involved and it's no longer their ship to run.

Interesting post, but I'm not a fan of these multi-part blog posts, I rarely end up seeing the 'Part II' post that I really wanted to read about in the first place.

Why not just write the whole story in one post?

This sucks.

Rand and SEOMoz have been the biggest leaders for the SEO space for years. They've been able to successful communicate the value of SEO in a way no other firm has. And their tools are killer in the hands of a good SEO.

I'm looking forward to what they can do in the next 5 years even without the extra $25 mil.

Some basic line charts would add a nice visual I think as well.

I could see myself using this while trying to raise money ("oh, you think our customer acquisition cost is going to be $50 for that channel? Let's just change that....bam!"). Of course, it's something you could do in excel, but some people (myself included) aren't excel wizards.

This is a neat little app. Went through the whole setup wizard in about 10 minutes, I could see myself playing with the different channels and adding more data as I have it for my startup. Integration with analytics and quickbooks would be great. Keep it up and I'd pay $49/mo for that.

I know Intel recruits heavily out of PSU.

Probably not.

It's actually a very exit-unfriendly state from a tax standpoint. Very high state income-tax rate and capital gains are taxed at your state income level as well.

However, it's pretty sweet to pay the price listed at stores and restaurants.

Yikes, I'd hate to be in the accounting department at S&P the next few years. Can you say, "random IRS audit". Crazy to see the feds calling out a company like this in a blog post. Crazy times.

Very cool, and very Meta.

"Success, I was known in the Silicon Valley!"

Good read. You can feel the passion jumping out of the post.

I thought that was pretty cool. It was obviously all the "In"terns at LinkedIn. Although the suit guy in front didn't seem too happy with the interruption...

Yes, but it doesn't save them.

You hit refresh and those changes are gone.

I see the value of this for alot of one-person development shops or front-end devs that do a lot of client design work.

Your client calls you, "Hey, this thingy here isn't lining up right"

"click. click. publish"

"refresh the page"

"ohhh....how did you do that?" (Client amazed)

The victim of SEO?

No, the victim of a scam and Google. The site barely has any inbound links, if this is SEO, they suck.

This is a google fail, not an SEO fail.

I don't sorry. I just know our mail gets inboxed and we use sendgrid.

That's a very good point.

One word: sendgrid

At least they make a case for it. Security isn't just how you store passwords.

Why did you only want to go into medicine if you got into a top-tier school?

Holy ad batman. The new themes move the small text ad to the bottom of the page....but then it floats as you scroll.

That's one way to increase clicks.

I'd try the new theme if it wasn't for that...it's very distracting when scrolling down.

This is exactly how to do it.

It's incredibly difficult to manage your own expectations until you know how technically challenging it is to build your "idea".

The "whatever the hell I need to do to make you and this business successful" guy.

Print version (saves 2 clicks):

http://hbr.org/2011/06/defend-your-research-what-makes-a-tea...

968. Make a Triple Snuggy.

What exactly is that? I'm scared.

The video for his startup is awesome:

http://flexmint.com/

Although, I wonder if Mint might have some issues with the domain/name.

Thanks, updated.

Agreed, of that list I signed up for them and then was already using Tout.

I love A/B testing websites, why not sales calls?

AppGrooves - personalized app discovery

BugHerd - site down update:js embed widget for website/design changes/feedback

Cardinal Blue - photo/chat collaboration

Culture Kitchen - cooking classes targeting lower-income immigrant women

DailyAisle - online wedding planning

HelloWorld - auto-generated Github resume

Kibin - online editing marketplace (essays, resumes, etc)

LaunchBit - interactive ebook to launch a minimum viable idea (for non-programmers)

LaunchRock - Viral Launching soon widget

Ovia - online video interviewing

Scoopola - 1/2 price last minute concert/theatre deals

Snapette - photo sharing for fashionistas (bags/shoes)

StoryTree - capture & preserve family memories online

Tout - email templates

Vayable - deals and guides to experiences around the globe

VidCaster - Video websites

Volta - A/B testing for outbound phone calls

VVall - Photo capture with memory analytics?

Welcu - online event planning

Zerply - LinkedIn 2.0

I use twitter for work/startup stuff and facebook for friends/non-work

Link: http://www.timeoffhq.com/

Can I short bitcoins? If this guy is buying, I'll take the other side of that deal.