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How about structuring bonuses more like an earn out. When companies are acquired an earn out is typically included so that the owner of the acquired company has an incentive to run…

The only way possible to download the whole FB social graph is to get permission to do so from every FB user. People can scrape public info but the social graph allows access to a …

I'm intrigued but how is this using my information to present me with an infographic? A sample would be great but I didn't see one (could be me). I'm reluctant to sign up with the …

It's the Eric Lefkowsky model.. Grow as fast as possible at an unsustainable rate in an unproven market and take be money and run.

Groupon cut their IPO by more than half to $10-11b from $25-30b. If you think its bad that they laid off 75% of their employees wait until Groupon has to lay off a good portion of …

With regards to #2 on your list "Yelp for Business Services" there is a company called Contact Karma http://www.contactkarma.com/ which aims to do something along the lines of what…

Can you share the slide?

Sometimes I don't get why this community gets so pumped up about certain things

Padmapper already does this and does it well

I agree with the fact that most people who make these comments have a bias. While these bias must be disclosed they are often not done so until the end of the video or article that…

Congratulations I think you are now the all time #2 behind the announcement that Steve Jobs is leaving!

It's amazing to me how far Groupon has fallen recently. I'm curious to see if investors file lawsuits against the founders for misappropriation of funds given that the founders too…

Google has been throwing shit against the wall for many years and most of it hasn't stuck and their core product, search, is still 95% of their business (and they're a juggernaut).…

I think Yelp has always been a good service but obviously there is a disconnect between the business end of Yelp and the service end. The Chicago Tribune article is not the first t…

DBs, Dataminers, Developers Philadelphia, PA Cliq is a big data company focused on social search. We are a small group and currently have 3 great developers. We need DBs, dataminer…

This came to mind this evening as I was watching a discovery channel special on the rebuilding of ground zero. The chief architect/engineer of the original World Trade centers said…

The difference between your example and the Steve Jobs anecdote is that one is backend and the other is customer facing. Getting all of the details right for the customer is paramo…

The business model of Groupon is eerily similar to that of the US. Use current cash/bonds to fund payables and hope that it doesn't get out of control. For the US it already has bu…

Look at it from a different perspective. Is Groupon now going back to old applicants because they're having trouble recruiting new talent? Groupon hasn't exactly been a cinderella …