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megablahblah

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    Comment #1778478

    I tried sending press releases (as the body of the email) and wasn't sure if I should include a short note with it. Or should I just send a brief pitch with no press release?

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    Comment #1776886

    It reminded me of one of the pitches in Brewster's Millions. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svKq044qrYU

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    Comment #1749778

    I don't completely agree with you. You need good ideas, and you need to be able to execute them properly. An alternate quote could easily be "If Zuckerberg had come up with the ide…

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    Comment #1517078

    I always heard this as "It's better to have a 70% plan and execute it 100% than to have a 100% plan and execute it 70%."

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    Comment #1504194

    The community, and their comments, has gone downhill, that's his point.

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    Comment #1504132

    Sorry for the tone, but I explained this to them in one of their Reddit announcement posts about their sponsored links, and their response was such that they had no concept of how …

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    Comment #1503365

    It's because they don't know shit about advertising. Take a look at their "sponsored link" system. It's impossible for an advertiser to predict what impressions or click-throughs t…

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    Comment #1176425

    He gave an example ... sponsor content, a.k.a. branded entertainment. It's the only thing that works in world of online advertising right now. But I think one of the main points is…

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    Comment #1163392

    So no one here thinks Facebook will go the way of MySpace within 1-3 years?

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    Comment #1155881

    Fair enough. I'm sure that address works and someone reads it, but I would imagine there is an alias address that he actually uses on a day-to-day basis for any meaningful exchange…

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    Comment #1155815

    How did he get Steve Job's email address?

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    Comment #1107281

    I will be curious to read about the results. I don't foresee it being very successful. My guess would be 1 in 100, at best, will result in a sale. I think he'd have more success wi…