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Of a Kind: The Insider: Elizabeth Kott

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:24:41 -0400

ofakind:

Elizabeth Kott has a lot going on. Girl wears a whole bunch of hats (fedoras?): She’s the founder Closet Rich, a site that brings her L.A. cohorts’ fantastic closet castoffs to the rest of us, she’s the chief creative advisor for the cool-kid T-shirt co. Cotton Citizen, and, in…

Get to know the woman behind Closet Rich, the carefully curated couture and vintage Goodsie boutique, in Of a Kind’s interview with Elizabeth Kott!

"A 45 percent 3-point shooter given total freedom to shoot off the dribble on the pick-and-roll is an..."

Fri, 10 May 2013 13:47:23 -0400

“A 45 percent 3-point shooter given total freedom to shoot off the dribble on the pick-and-roll is an anomaly for which NBA defenses just aren’t prepared. It is a glitch in the program.”

- The New Stephen Curry: How the Warriors’ Super-Shooter Has Transformed His Game in the Playoffs - The Triangle Blog - Grantland

"WordPress is great for designing client sites and blogs, but so many designers don’t have the time..."

Thu, 09 May 2013 14:58:10 -0400

“WordPress is great for designing client sites and blogs, but so many designers don’t have the time to learn the WordPress Codex. It’s huge. It’s intimidating. It’s confusing.”

- Naked Wordpress

Goodsie Blog: Goodsie-powered store of the day: Curious & Co. Creative

Thu, 09 May 2013 14:41:19 -0400

Goodsie Blog: Goodsie-powered store of the day: Curious & Co. Creative:

goodsie:

Honored by Philadelphia magazine as Best of Philly 2012 for Custom Stationery, the small, dedicated team behind Curious & Co. Creative aims to provide elegant and original design work for local brands and businesses across the US.

"I am constantly amazed at how people haven’t yet learned that the payments industry is really hard..."

Wed, 08 May 2013 19:33:00 -0400

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I am constantly amazed at how people haven’t yet learned that the payments industry is really hard to get into. It was okay for first-wave companies like PayPal to be surprised by it, but anyone who does their due diligence before starting a payments startup should know everyone – literally everyone, including regulators and the government – is going to be working against you. If you can’t take the heat, get out of the kitchen and go start a photosharing startup.

Payment startups face a far more adversarial environment, including utter and total hostility. It was okay for PayPal to whine about this (though they didn’t), because it wasn’t known. But now it’s known. If you run a payments startup, you are fighting against thugs, actual criminals – both real ones and government ones. It is not a normal business. It is like trying to start a business in an actual warzone. Complaining about this is just whining. There is no actual solution other than to win. Anything else is, in fact, just whining.

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- Yishan Wong Excerpt From Aaron Greenspan’s Lawsuit Against Money Services Businesses

DEAD GIVEAWAY - Hero Charles Ramsey Songified! (by schmoyoho)

Wed, 08 May 2013 15:23:34 -0400

DEAD GIVEAWAY - Hero Charles Ramsey Songified! (by schmoyoho)

Never mind the Paypal Mafia, the Vimeo Mafia is where it’s at…

Thu, 02 May 2013 15:48:46 -0400

Never mind the Paypal Mafia, the Vimeo Mafia is where it’s at…

Robert Reich: The Fed, Apple, and Trickle-Down Economics

Wed, 01 May 2013 13:24:24 -0400

Robert Reich: The Fed, Apple, and Trickle-Down Economics:

robertreich:

The Fed’s policy of keeping interest rates near zero is another form of trickle-down economics.

For evidence, look no further than Apple’s decision to borrow a whopping $17 billion and turn it over to its investors in the form of dividends and stock buy-backs.

Apple is already sitting on $145 billion. But with interest rates so low, it’s cheaper to borrow.

"I remember visiting a floor of an incubator where the head guy proudly said, “Everyone on this floor..."

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:23:40 -0400

“I remember visiting a floor of an incubator where the head guy proudly said, “Everyone on this floor is working on Facebook apps.””

- Why Developers Are Leaving the Facebook Platform | @andrewchen

goodsie: The BoomCase featured on UrbanDaddy Four of the...

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 14:32:00 -0400

goodsie:

The BoomCase featured on UrbanDaddy

Four of the self-powered, portable stereo systems from The BoomCase are currently featured on UrbanDaddy Perks! These vintage-styled speaker suitcases work with iPods, iPhones, computers, and any device with a headphone jack. Sign up for UrbanDaddy Perks to take advantage of this special offer, and check out The BoomCase’s Goodsie-powered store to browse the entire collection!

Urban Daddy is a personal favorite that I read daily, so it was such a welcome surprise to see The BoomCase, one of Goodsie’s most loyal customers, featured. Amazing product + great promotion FTW!

Audio

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 21:12:00 -0400

"At the end of 2000, Pandora began to run out of money. Westergren went from pitch meeting to pitch..."

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 16:33:37 -0400

“At the end of 2000, Pandora began to run out of money. Westergren went from pitch meeting to pitch meeting, up and down Sand Hill Road to no avail. With bleak prospects, the core group of about 50 Pandora team members ended up working for almost two and a half years without any salary…Westergren and the founding team began deferring their salaries long before anyone else did—and he even paid employees’ salaries with his credit card when times got tough. At one point, Westergren had maxed out 11 credit cards.”

- Founder of Pandora on lessons from near dot com bust to billion dollar IPO

Facebook Phone - LEAKED PROMO! (Parody) by DartanionLondon

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 14:58:44 -0400

Facebook Phone - LEAKED PROMO! (Parody) by DartanionLondon

andrewferenci: Thanks for sending mom.

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 01:47:48 -0400

andrewferenci:

Thanks for sending mom.

"At its press event today, Facebook announced that while its Home launcher tool for Android does not..."

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 14:54:00 -0400

“At its press event today, Facebook announced that while its Home launcher tool for Android does not currently contain advertisements, that it will eventually, and Cover Feed itself – the core of Home according to the company – will sport ads.”

- Zuckerberg: No ads in Home yet, but they will come to Cover Feed eventually News Feed + Ads as soon as you turn on your phone or press the home button! Where do I line up to buy this device from the future?

"As soon as you turn on your phone or press the home button, you see a stream of posts from News..."

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 14:42:00 -0400

“As soon as you turn on your phone or press the home button, you see a stream of posts from News Feed.”

- Facebook Home Late April Fool’s joke?

Bubba’s Golf Hovercraft - “Who Doesn’t Want to...

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 01:19:00 -0400

Bubba’s Golf Hovercraft - “Who Doesn’t Want to Ride a Hovercraft?!”

Immortal | KiD CuDi

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 19:03:15 -0400

Immortal | KiD CuDi

streeter: I can’t think of a worse company, to be honest....

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 12:58:09 -0400

streeter:

I can’t think of a worse company, to be honest. They’re fucking pitiful. Every month for 3 years now I have gone to Verizon FiOS’ website and checked my address to see if my street is wired yet. 3 years and nothing yet. Please, Verizon FiOS, help me! You could literally show up at my apartment, slap my dog in the face, take a shit in my sink and rip out a clump of my hair and I still wouldn’t hate you as much as I hate Time Warner cable.

"Even when they’re on the field, players aren’t safe from the butt dialer…Players..."

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 22:35:00 -0400

“Even when they’re on the field, players aren’t safe from the butt dialer…Players try to seek refuge during the off-season, but the butt dialer finds them…Players have even tried escaping to other countries, but the butt dialer has no regard for international borders.”

- The King of the Accidental Phone Call