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Pretty common. At mid levels (senior manager, director), base is ~50% of total. At senior levels (VP, CxO), base is less than 25%. At the extreme (CEOs of major corps), base is neg…

The stock price has been driven by share buybacks, and the appreciation of Alibaba. It's more accurate to say that financial markets, past acquisitions, and activist investors have…

Agreed. The obvious move for FlightCar is to partner with nearby garages, and offer a valet service to drive passengers to their terminals. To sweeten the deal, FlightCar might off…

No need to point to projects that are based on tutorials. Lots of githubs are nothing more than that at this point. If you're going to go the coding route, put up a working page, p…

Technical skills aside, the best piece of advice in the article is "show them that you want it." I've conducted countless interviews / hires where it basically went: candidates P &…

It's not just small companies. I worked briefly for a mid-sized tech company that took a >$70 mm round, but will likely be out-of-business before year end. Like Ecomom, it is helme…

Exactly. Problems with production databases are inevitable . It's just a matter of time. The guy who should be falling on the sword, if anyone, is the person in charge of backups. …

Why do you think past efforts haven't "panned out" yet? Is it: a) they're working on it, but just not there yet b) the major EHR do everything in their power to delay progress by p…

This is a dream for retailers. "Augmenting" the in-store shopping experience has been a non-starter. Want to get product reviews and more info about this item? Well, why don't you …

Yeah -- It's definitely by design. It's also by design that milk and bread are in the back corners of the store. But, ecommerce makes this disdain for the shopper unsustainable. 10…

The "prototype" you see in the video is actually a Staples Easy Button with a piece of paper taped over it. You don't like the shape?

Ha! I like the second "story." Btw, I think it explains the lack of user traction of apps like Aisle411, ShopKick, etc. They take too long to use and they don't "fit" well with a s…

Yeah. Thanks for that. We've done some of this and we're seeing (a) or (c). We've kept going because we "feel" that there's something to be "fixed" inside a store. For example, dis…

You make a good point, and candidly, we're not sure. The crux of the problem as we see it is that: - If you enjoy shopping, you're probably pretty good at it, and don't need a lot …

One of the problems we're running into is that this problem (need for location and advice) does not seem to be an acute problem for users. In other words, most people are bothered …

There are apps that handle different parts of this, e.g. Aisle411 for product location, AisleFinder, etc. But, in our early tests, what we found is that shoppers quickly move from …

Thanks. We've dropped the "OnStar" adjective. What do you think about the "Instant Chat" analogy?

We've seen this to. Target has been particularly good about doing this. Have you used the current solutions? What did you think of them?

We're trying to solve the problem of a) needing help in a store and b) not being able to find an employee. Specifically, we want the service to handle both a) where is x? and b) wh…

1. Make it short 2. Add a link to your domain 3. Add getClicky to your domain A large number of readers will click on your link. As a recipient of some of these emails, I almost al…

If "happiness" is at the root of our actions, then how does Grocery Shopping make us happy?

sobered, frightened, confused, sad. I had a chat with Jody last month, and every indication was that he was "crushing it and loving it." It could be that I'm really shitty at readi…

OnStar + Siri for Shopping. http://helpping.co Shopping at Target / Walmart / Safeway / etc. and can't find what you're looking for? or just have a question about a product? or jus…

The point about the "very early stage" is that it's unlikely for one single person to have all the skills you want unless they had no other choice, i.e. they were the first or seco…