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Yes, most people are definitely willing to talk, IF you show that you value their time, and give them some context about why you're asking. Show that you value their time by settin…

Be upfront about your curiosity, otherwise it falls apart pretty quickly if you have a deeper conversation :) What you want to focus on is learning about the space and the players,…

I’ve done this for several industries now: Get out of the library and start talking to people in that field. It will take some time and have some slow starts, but the only way you …

Looks promising. While it may seem obvious, I would spell out what double-blind means, the problem it solves, and how it is used elsewhere. That then sets you up to point out how d…

My Fitbit reports the number of flights climbed - it's the Fitbit 'One' model. Along with my daily 10k steps, I have a flights climbed goal that I track through the website. Maybe …

"I was surprised to find out that Flickr now requires a Yahoo account to log in. I’m not sure when this was implemented..." Yahoo usernames were required in 2007: http://news.bbc.c…

In my RSS feed, the original 2011 is linked [1]. But loading the page takes you to the follow up [2] [1] http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2011/05/02/134597833/cosmo... [2] http://…

Hey, thanks. We're looking at a couple ways to pair with wineries, the tough part being that the small wineries are the best market, except they're the least experimental. Big wine…

I wouldn't say that's true. My unfunded wine startup, Swirl it! ( http://swirlitapp.com ) was covered by TC, and even had a video interview where we came in and swirled w/Colleen T…

Kinda. All coastlines are public-access, but if you own the property up to the coast (say, a cabin on a river), you do not have to grant access across your property. So, you could …

Ah ha, thanks :) Woke up this morning and was wondering why. Was a late night post.

You can do this currently. My feeds were quickly ingested and everything worked great.

This almost happened at the California State University (CSU) level. An RFP went out, Alcatel bid $22MM, Cisco $123MM. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/102512-cisco-csu-26371.…

One thing I would add to this: Goes out in person(!) and talks to customers. It's very easy to add new features to products, but until you sit down with a customer, listen to them,…

As pageld said, it's just a title. At an established startup, the product manager is generally the one translating the founders vision into a product. The founder might have an ide…

Along with good specs, I would add having an open line of communication with your engineers about what to do when the specs aren't clear. I've worked with some engineers that their…

You can be right - but your maturity is determined by your response when the team "comes around" to your idea. A mature developer nods, and immediately begins walking through their…

Exactly. There are so many other factors regarding pricing: Long Term Value, and Cost to Acquire being one of them. It is common to break your audience into 'bands', and learn the …

It depends on the process. A more expensive spirit could use processes that uses less chemicals, but takes longer to filter. Some wines are filtered using fining agents that contai…

More importantly, people shouldn't rely on what these wine raters say. This is their palate, not yours. And while it's a good 'nudge' to try one wine versus another, they are in no…

"To solve this we’ve been brainstorming and thinking which features or tweaks we can make. But the problem is that we came up with lots of ideas and we don’t know which one to choo…

The article points out that during the 3 hours of the Superbowl, only an average of 11 minutes is actual playing time. That's a lot of downtime where fans in those $2,000 seats wil…

Skipping the first note, the author makes a strong point about keeping it simple. You may have an amazing idea, but if the user can't jump in, perform and then jump back out, it's …