Category Archives: Entrepreneurship

Recruiting – puzzles and quizzes

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Slava

As we gear up to do some college recruiting, I thought this was an interesting thread. I particularly liked one of the comments, starting with the “These days”: “I agree that the puzzle-solving during interviews is lame. In fact, I’ve … Continue reading →

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book covers for home libraries

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Slava

I’ll come back to this, but let me just say, do not do it for me – do it for the children. I like books. I really like physical books. I like having them, I like holding them. I do not … Continue reading →

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feature request – emailed receipts

Posted on September 18, 2011 by Slava

One of the nice things about Apple Store is that it follows the online standard of emailing receipts. Would not it be nice if EZ-Pass had an option to email me the receipts? I have a choice between paying cash … Continue reading →

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Address fields – still not addressed

Posted on September 12, 2011 by Slava

A quick post on the theme of user experience… Why do web forms still include address fields? Even 37 signals’ Highrise asks me to enter a street address and then a separate city, state, zip. UPS, and many others, are … Continue reading →

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How not to do surveys – Verizon

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Slava

As my FiOS bill has ballooned to twice the expected amount, I figured I should check to see what of the extreme bundle I got a year ago has stopped working. After all, I do not watch much TV, and … Continue reading →

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There is a metaphor in there somewhere…

Posted on August 20, 2011 by Slava

My Dear Daughter (DD) is very serious about collecting money. Right now it is for books, but that is not really important. In one of her musings she wrote, “I hope tooth fairy brings me $5, or may be $8, then … Continue reading →

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The LeanLaunch Pad at Stanford – Class 7: Revenue Model « Steve Blank

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Slava

  Really really enjoying reading this series. This is the kind of class I think makes the best Universities worth the price.   The Stanford Lean LaunchPad class was an experiment in a new model of teaching startup entrepreneurship. via The … Continue reading →

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Business Models emerging – klout

Posted on April 23, 2011 by Slava

As I spent a lot of time recently talking and thinking about business models, I was interested to see what klout was doing. They, along with peerindex try to measure and map influence across the social media space. If they … Continue reading →

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Looking for feedback for @startupweekend #swnyc

Posted on April 16, 2011 by Slava

Our team is building a platform for helping people achieve their goals. We want to know if our approach – using social networks, accurate and convenient tracking of progress, combined with SHAME through TRANSPARENCY and REWARD of PERSISTENCE make sense. … Continue reading →

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The money has been sent! – PayPal

Posted on April 1, 2011 by Slava

Slight post. I am not a UX expert, like kids @hyperakt [shameless plug for my friends], but I am sure that the way PayPal does things is not good. I can live with the busy design and small buttons, but … Continue reading →

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