January 2012
6 posts
A "Holy Fucking Shit" Quarter →
parislemon:
Remember back in October when after a rare “miss” by Apple (which was only a miss because analysts are stupid and lazy), the early signs pointed to the potential of a $40 billion quarter? Some thought that was insane given that Apple had never even had a $30 billion quarter before. Well, turns out that projection was a little insane — insanely low.
Try a $46.33 billion quarter.
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Things first time founders do
@andreasklinger wrote a nice piece on what first time founders do. I think the list is pretty spot on and I can honestly say we’re guilty as charged. :)
They seek too much advice from too many sources with too many conflicting views.
They plan details about sh*t that never sees the light of day.
They spend hours of pitching to VCs that don’t invest into startups in their stage.
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Summify has been acquired by Twitter! →
Our long-term vision at Summify has always been to connect people with the most relevant news for them, in the most time efficient manner. As hundreds of millions of people worldwide are signing up and consuming Twitter, we realized it’s the best platform to execute our vision at a truly global scale. Since Twitter shared this vision with us, joining the company made perfect sense.
