"1) A free version that provides users with a lot of value and at least one premium version that also offers users a lot of value but is clearly differentiated from your free version
2) Precise metrics-driven execution with a very optimized conversion funnel
3) Deep understanding of customer perceived value and use cases"
"On Tuesday Marco Arment, the chief technology officer at the social networking site Tumblr, announced that he would be leaving it to tend to a personal project: Instapaper."
"Google is like smoking cigarettes,” Shum said. “It’s a habit that’s going to be difficult to give up.”
Oren Etzioni, the University of Washington professor and Farecast founder, joked in response: “It is a known fact that more Google users die every year than users of all other search engine combined."
Cute Microsoft Slam Against Google - Marshall’s Curated FabulousNess
Cuil Goes Down, And We Hear It’s Down For Good
Yet another google killer is down
DropMocks
drag’n’drop file upload works so cool
"internal estimates showed that the iPad had cannibalized sales from laptop PCs by as much as 50 percent."
Notebook sales growth goes negative. Can we blame the iPad yet? - Apple 2.0 - Fortune Tech
"t’s tempting to limit immigration when we face high unemployment. Politicians often suffer from the false belief that the number of jobs is fixed so that if we keep more labourers out there will be more for natives. My recent OECD working paper finds the opposite is true. Immigrants, of all kinds, are more likely to be entrepreneurs than natives. In many ways they’re job creators instead of takers."
"Jobs told officials he would never return to Japan again after telling them that it wouldn’t make sense for him to hijack his own plane."
Steve Jobs: Apple CEO Stopped at Airport Over Ninja Stars - ABC News
