Fair use is important to innovators as well as consumers. It's fair use that allowed the VCR to innovate on top of the television. Votes: 10
Media companies, under the guise of piracy, are asking congress to give them more control over fair use. Hollywood wants to control innovation. Votes: 3
Fight piracy; don't squash innovation. Votes: 3
The cost of hiring someone bad is so much greater than missing out on someone good. Votes: 0
Any time you build a company designed to be sold, you ultimately get less value if it's sold. Votes: 0
Don't forget to balance optimism with fact and belief with reality. Votes: 0
Set measurable goals, measure relative to competition. Votes: 0
We are creating and encouraging a culture of distraction where we are increasingly disconnected from the people and events around us, and increasingly unable to engage in long-form thinking. People now feel anxious when their brains are unstimulated. Votes: 0
So my advice to startups in this particular category is if you're going to put your product in beta - put your business model in beta with it. Far too often we are too product focused and not business-model focused. That's one thing I definitely would have done differently with JotSpot. Votes: 0