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Why you SHOULDN’T start a tech company in Silicon Valley by Tim Marman

There’s been a bit of back and forth on what the best place to start a technology company is these days. The conventional wisdom these days is that the place to start and run a technology company is Silicon Valley. The key reasons put forth to justify...

We are looking to hire good developers by Tim Marman

Notches is hiring developers . We’re looking to bring on developers to be part of the core engineering team. We want people that can contribute to the product in a myriad of ways beyond coding. We want people who can ask the tough questions and challenge...

Simultaneous Discovery and its impact on stealth mode by Tim Marman

We’ve talked a lot about the anti-stealth movement here and on the nextNY list, and the topic has resurfaced again recently thanks to Brad Burnham’s post about the advantages of being open . I noticed that, at least anecdotally, there was...

Innovation, Disruption and The Economics of Free by Tim Marman

Hank Williams managed to stir up quite the controversy with his recent post lamenting the rise of free and blaming the VCs . His assertion is that the venture capitalists have made free, ad-supported businesses the norm and effectively "ruined it...

Dealing with Review Integrity by Tim Marman

Over on the Notches Blog , I wrote about review integrity , highlighting some of examples of abuse and how we're trying to deal with them. Syndicated from Loosely Coupled // Tim Marman's Weblog | Slashstar ( rss )
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Notches, a platform for reviews by Tim Marman

We've launched . Notches is a free, open, universal platform for reviews. We're building a network of applications, partners and cool tools. Reviews written in any of the network's sites will be part of the Notches system everywhere. All the pieces share...
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Facebook opens up with a JavaScript API by Tim Marman

Facebook just announced a new JavaScript Client Library that allows you to make Facebook API calls from any web site . In other words, you can start building Facebook applications are live outside of Facebook. I agree with Charlie that this move " makes...

Taking the Plunge and Rediscovering Passion by Tim Marman

In my first few years in college, I took a few gut courses that older friends assured me were easy, requiring only 4 hours of work a week. I did terrible in every one. The reason, of course, was that I hated those 4 hours and avoided the work whenever...

Passion and its role in evaluating new product ideas by Tim Marman

Evan Williams has an absolutely wonderful post up about evaluating a new product idea . I think Marc is spot on - the "personally compelling" criteria is the one that stands out. Last on the list, but probably the first question I ask myself is: How important...

Why Notches isn't "Anti-Stealth" by Tim Marman

There's been a lot of discussion about being anti-stealth . A stealth startup is one that isn't telling anyone what they're building and being very protective about the idea. Anti-stealth is the polar opposite - broadcasting everything, from your long...
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