Tag: Startups
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A Marketplace of Advice
Today, Stackoverflow and Quora provide deep wells of advice and troubleshooting tips. Despite well-tuned moderation systems and large user bases, there remains a shortage of the right people willing to answer. These forums have taken the traditional approach–earn revenue by placing ads, partnering with recruiters and by offering “talent solutions”. However, the ad-based approach seems…
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Trade-offs, Startups, and Bootstrapping
In some cases, rapid prototyping under the now popular “lean startup” philosophy comes at the cost of sound product architecture. In order to test new features in a fast, low-cost fashion, it prioritizes short-term growth bursts over long-term scalability. Tech debt piles up…and as the product keeps building on rapid user feedback, the foundations crack.…
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Storj Town Hall Concludes
With the most recent Storj town hall event complete, it looks like the Storj team is making good progress on many fronts. At the start of the session, there was a lengthy disclaimer, it’s clear Storj is fully staffed complete with serious legal counsel. They also hired on a full fledged managment team. Rare to…