Askablogr Question: Comment on a Comment on TechCrunch re: Yelp

Q: What do you think of the following comment (last paragraph of #12)?http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/26/yelp-raises-15-million-fourth-round-valuation-200-million/#comment-2007944 Posted by Ben R A: Hey Ben, thanks for the question (and for those who don’t have the patience to click through, here’s the paragraph in question): “Local interest websites are always non-viral, because they operate in the disjoint “internets” of each continue…

Askablogr Question: Upgrading Your Account to ‘Full Install’

Q: When I signed up for Askablogr I elected not to have the Q&A post to my blog. Now I think I might want it to. How do I change that? Posted by kr8tr A: Hi Rob, you’re not the first person who’s wanted to make this switch (I hope it means you’re enjoying the continue…

Askablogr Question: When Will We Add RSS / Atom Support?

Q: Are you planning on implementing feeds (RSS, Atom) for the questions and answers Askablogr site? Posted by aafromaa A: Hi Anne, and ouch, you hit a sore spot there. Craig and I have had RSS feeds on the Askablogr feature list since our earliest release, but it keeps getting pushed down the list. With continue…

Seattle, Startups and “Coworking”

This article in Wednesday’s New York Times caught my eye. The theme is ‘coworking’: “where someone sets up an office and rents out desks, creating a community of people who have different jobs but who want to share ideas.” We didn’t know we were in on a national trend, but this is what Andy and continue…

Askablogr Question: Do We Support Flock?

Q: Howdy – maybee you can help me:my Name is pierro and im from germany.Whats wrong – i can login me in my gmail account with all browsers,but FLOCK dont works.. Posted by Pierro Marie A: Hi Pierro, thanks for the question and welcome to Askablogr! If I understand your question, you can access your continue…

Question from Rahul Pathak on Startups, Entrepreneurs & Winning

Q: Chris, as an entrepreneur, how do you balance the need for a general state of dissatisfaction and the need to celebrate victories as they come? Posted by rpathak A: Hi Rahul, thanks for the great question (and apologies for the delay in responding – just operator error, as far as I can tell). My continue…

“Email is Broken”

This item caught my eye this morning as I scanned my Reader account: “Mozilla officially launched its new Thunderbird focused spinoff Mozilla Messaging yesterday with David Ascher as CEO. Mozilla Messenging begins with the proposition that e-mail is broken, with its goal being to fix it.” I’m currently working with or have recently heard a continue…

Question fron Niki Scevak: What Defines Success?

Q: Chris, how do you determine failure and success? Judy’s Book was a failure but why? Because Yelp had more traffic and momentum? Because it won’t return VC’s capital? What would have defined success? Posted by nikiscevak A: Hi Niki – great questions (and welcome to Askablogr!). In my little universe of ‘for-profit Web business’ continue…

If You’re Not Falling You’re Not Skiing Hard Enough

I’m not sure where I got that line, but it’s a pretty good bet it was my brother (who’s one of the best skiers I know). The same formula applies to startups: if you haven’t had a blowup yet you’re probably not trying hard enough. I was reminded of this by a couple of posts continue…

Open Startup: Askablogr Stats Update

Yesterday was Askablogr’s 1-month birthday, and in keeping with my “Open Startup” promise, here’s a little stats update. Last week was a great week for the site. I got distracted by real life in early February and stopped fanning the Askablogr flames for a while, with predictable results. But then Craig shipped WordPress support, which continue…

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Monthly Archives: February 2008