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About me: co-founded two companies (SaaS and mobile spaces), Yale MBA (sorry!), PM at Amazon, VC and international experience, human-centered design advocate - looking to work on p…

Expanding the pie is more about: 1. calculating the total combined value all involved parties receive from making a deal 2. trying to increase this value above and beyond their BAT…

By outsourcing he merely means delegating work to someone who is not an employee of the company - or rather, "to a freelance designer or firm." The OP makes no distiction between o…

Because of that problem most organizations prefer 'digital signatures' which have a cryptographic component. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_signature#Legal_test...

Brian Norgard, who started the thread, mentioned he "was in the belly of the beast due to the acquisition of my first company," which was Newroo. http://techcrunch.com/2006/03/14/f…

I think it's because they're using FB for registration - http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1594596 FB no longer functions this way for me - but Quora populates my full name and p…

Hey can you provide some reference for the SSA benefit payments being "based on your latest 40 qrtrs." I could only find this worksheet online: http://ssa.gov/pubs/10070.html And u…

Screenings for a documentary about him, Transcendent Man, were finally posted yesterday: http://transcendentman.com/

37signals offers a 30-day free trial for paid plans, but clearly states: "If you cancel a paying plan within 30 days of signing up you won't be charged a thing. We'll send you an e…

Great article, but repost from over a year and a half ago (and article is from 2003): http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=561311

A slide in the video specifically says: "You need only the phone and world lens. Without connection to internet or costs of network."

The mini-documentary season Everest: Beyond the Limit (streaming on Netflix) is a pretty interesting watch, and chronicles an expedition to the top - including a climber who actual…

* Frankel, not Franklin - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Frankel

This article is from 2009 and was submitted back to HN then - and had some insightful comments. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1024850

Your comment reminded me of how a lot of sales training / pick-up artist gaming revolves around neuro-linguistic programming. Mirroring & matching, imitating the body language, ton…

I'd say the main thing is control. Me and a friend, both non-technical, started a service oriented company 6 years ago. Now we're switching our focus to SaaS and even have some $$ …

Can you recommend any books on "human factors"?

Ask the nice lady who posted it on her blog?