Free Vs Paid Fred via A VC on Mon, 06 Oct. 2008 My friend Howard was visiting me a few weeks ago and he said to me "free is over, I am only investing in services that customers pay for". He said "freemium is dead". I reminded him that freemium is a paid model, but he wasn't buying it.
There's a movement afoot by investors to back web services with a real business model instead of the pervasive
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A SWOT Analysis On America Fred via A VC on Sun, 05 Oct. 2008 I spent 15 years in the States and left in 2006, precisely because I saw the horrifying decline of this great nation. Don't you think, though, that before a turnaround plan you need to do a SWOT analysis? Here's a quick stab at it:
Strengths:Bar none, the most diligent, hard-working, dedicated, disciplined and focused people in the world. I've lived on three contine
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America Needs A Turnaround Plan Fred via A VC on Fri, 03 Oct. 2008 Obama’s mantra of change, since adopted also by McCain, is not enough for me. We need more than change. We need a full-blown turnaround plan and a leader capable of executing it. I’ve moved beyond the splurge because like it or not, we are going to get some legislation out of Washington that allows the government to purchase and/or backstop the “crap assets” that are clogging up
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Petit bricolage de bureau iPhonesque fred via Gizmodo on Fri, 03 Oct. 2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8wZTbtcdE8
Si vous êtes atteint d’une vendredite aigüe et qu’aucune guerre de tranchées n’est prévue au bureau, voici un moyen de passer le temps tout en bricolant
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