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"Jobs is obviously a remarkable person, but there are probably 100 Steve Jobs born every year. The..."

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:38:35 -0500

“Jobs is obviously a remarkable person, but there are probably 100 Steve Jobs born every year. The vast majority just never have a chance or give a thought to starting a revolutionary new company.”

- Every time an engineer joins Google, a startup dies - Chris Dixon

"The $5 billion he will receive upon exercising those options will be treated as salary, and Mr...."

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:24:03 -0500

“The $5 billion he will receive upon exercising those options will be treated as salary, and Mr. Zuckerberg will have a tax bill of more than $2 billion, quite possibly making him the largest taxpayer in history.”

- The Zuckerberg Tax - NYTimes.com

These Apps Will Come to Facebook via Open Graph

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:33:17 -0500

These Apps Will Come to Facebook via Open Graph

"For most of our history, children have started their internships when they were seven, not 27."

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:54:18 -0500

“For most of our history, children have started their internships when they were seven, not 27.”

- What’s Wrong With the Teenage Mind? - WSJ.com

"Our Juliets (as parents longing for grandchildren will recognize with a sigh) may experience the..."

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:49:33 -0500

“Our Juliets (as parents longing for grandchildren will recognize with a sigh) may experience the tumult of love for 20 years before they settle down into motherhood. And our Romeos may be poetic lunatics under the influence of Queen Mab until they are well into graduate school.”

- What’s Wrong With the Teenage Mind? - WSJ.com

Even today, an angry female arouses fear and is dismissed - The Washington Post

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:40:38 -0500

Even today, an angry female arouses fear and is dismissed - The Washington Post

"a new Stanford University study, researchers have determined that girls between the ages of 8 and 12..."

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:30:07 -0500

“a new Stanford University study, researchers have determined that girls between the ages of 8 and 12 who spend “considerable” time using social media are likely to be “less happy” than their unplugged peers.”

- Researchers Determine That Social Media Is Ruining Girlhood

"Well, no. But do you think about it all the time? Is preventing violent assault or murder part of..."

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:01:40 -0500

“Well, no. But do you think about it all the time? Is preventing violent assault or murder part of your daily routine, rather than merely something you do when you venture into war zones? Because, for women, it is.”

- Guest Blogger Starling: Schrödinger’s Rapist: or a guy’s guide to approaching strange women without being maced « Shapely Prose HAHA! Spot on.

"Twitter is set to roll out enhanced profile pages after Feb. 1, a source tells us, and those pages..."

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:19:03 -0500

“Twitter is set to roll out enhanced profile pages after Feb. 1, a source tells us, and those pages will give brands the ability to build platforms on their pages that could include iFrame environments, allowing users to play games or shop on a brand’s site without actually leaving the Twitter environment.”

- Twitter Sets Feb. 1 As Date For Enhanced Profile Pages

"Gojee is so secretive, they wouldn’t even tell us why they were being so secretive. Since..."

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:00:59 -0500

“Gojee is so secretive, they wouldn’t even tell us why they were being so secretive. Since launching in July 2011, the company has 300,000 members signed up and told us they’ve done no advertising, marketing or SEO.
They’re sticking strictly to the old fashioned “word-of-mouth” method. In contrast to what most companies are doing right now, Gojee wants to create a private experience, sort of the “anti-community.””

- Internet Innovation Eh?

"It may be that the internet simply makes the big box brick-and-mortar retailer economically..."

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:43:18 -0500

“It may be that the internet simply makes the big box brick-and-mortar retailer economically unviable, and that one day, we’ll have to buy big ticket items on faith, without being able to look at them ahead of time. Perhaps the internet will get better at showing us our merchandise, developing virtual avatars so that we can try on clothes and put furniture in our rooms. Or perhaps some entrepreneur will go into the showroom business: pay $5, and browse to your heart’s content.”

- Retail in the Age of the Internet - Megan McArdle - Business - The Atlantic

"But to do this, retailers need the cooperation of the manufacturers. Target needs specialized..."

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:41:50 -0500

“But to do this, retailers need the cooperation of the manufacturers. Target needs specialized products that can’t be procured anywhere else—or at least, products that are sufficiently hard to compare to the stuff on Amazon.”

- Retail in the Age of the Internet - Megan McArdle - Business - The Atlantic

"I am beginning to worry that our unusually young and good looking UPS guy thinks there is an..."

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:39:22 -0500

“I am beginning to worry that our unusually young and good looking UPS guy thinks there is an ulterior motive behind the volume of our orders.”

- Retail in the Age of the Internet - Megan McArdle - Business - The Atlantic

"But they can also choose an option that is increasingly rare and precious—four years of study and..."

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:57:13 -0500

“But they can also choose an option that is increasingly rare and precious—four years of study and self-discovery, and a brief window of time when, for once, gender truly doesn’t matter.”

- President’s Page: Where Women Rule | Barnard College

"We had assumed … that after the pioneering years of undergraduate education at Princeton, women..."

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:55:50 -0500

““We had assumed … that after the pioneering years of undergraduate education at Princeton, women would have moved steadily into more and more prominence in campus leadership … [Instead] there has been a pronounced drop-off in the representation of women in these prominent posts since around 2000.””

- President’s Page: Where Women Rule | Barnard College

"The obvious question was how you blend it in with a venue’s aesthetics,” Adam Johnson, cofounder and..."

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:35:58 -0500

““The obvious question was how you blend it in with a venue’s aesthetics,” Adam Johnson, cofounder and CEO of The Juicebox, told Fast Company. “How you make it sexy and not just some piece of shit box that’s plastered with ads and has ports hanging out of the bottom.””

- We Live in the Future! Popsicle-Colored Phone Charging Stations Appearing in New York Bars | Betabeat — News, gossip and intel from Silicon Alley 2.0.

"Most recruiters report that at least 50% of job hunters don’t possess the basic qualifications..."

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:16:30 -0500

“Most recruiters report that at least 50% of job hunters don’t possess the basic qualifications for the jobs they are pursuing.”

- Your Resume vs. Oblivion - WSJ.com

E-Commerce Week | The Stage is Set for an E-Commerce Explosion | BoF – The Business of Fashion

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:57:34 -0500

E-Commerce Week | The Stage is Set for an E-Commerce Explosion | BoF – The Business of Fashion

"To pivot is, essentially, to fail gracefully. While the term has been in the start-up lexicon for..."

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:52:48 -0500

“To pivot is, essentially, to fail gracefully. While the term has been in the start-up lexicon for decades, it is coming up more often in the current Internet boom, as entrepreneurs find that many investors are willing to keep the money flowing even if a start-up takes a hard left turn.”

- For Some Internet Start-Ups, a Failure Is Just the Beginning - NYTimes.com

"In 2011 alone, the Austin, Texas–based chain expanded its proprietary line of value-priced packaged..."

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:50:45 -0500

“In 2011 alone, the Austin, Texas–based chain expanded its proprietary line of value-priced packaged goods; created close to 6,000 jobs; established a foundation to combat childhood obesity; and reinstated its quarterly dividend, which it promptly hiked. Same-store sales have increased for eight consecutive quarters, and the company recently topped the $10 billion sales mark.”

- Whole Foods bags customers and profits - MarketWatch