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		<title>Newspapers, Paywalls, and Core Users</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:03:16 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.shirky.com/weblog/2012/01/newspapers-paywalls-and-core-users/">Newspapers, Paywalls, and Core Users</a>.</p>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Be A Free User</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 04:26:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Spittle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What if a little site you love doesn&#8217;t have a business model? Yell at the developers! Explain that you are tired of good projects folding and are willing to pay cash American dollar to prevent that from happening. It doesn&#8217;t &#8230; <a href="http://andrewspittle.net/2011/12/22/dont-be-a-free-user/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=andrewspittle.net&amp;blog=12768805&amp;post=5382&amp;subd=andrewspittle&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>What if a little site you love doesn&#8217;t have a business model? Yell at the developers! Explain that you are tired of good projects folding and are willing to pay cash American dollar to prevent that from happening. It doesn&#8217;t take prohibitive per-user revenue to put a project in the black. It just requires a number greater than zero.</p></blockquote>
<p>maciej &#8211; <a href="http://blog.pinboard.in/2011/12/don_t_be_a_free_user/">Don&#8217;t Be A Free User</a>.</p>
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		<title>Startups: Stress and Depression</title>
		<link>http://andrewspittle.net/2011/12/21/startups-stress-and-depression/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:37:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Spittle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What matters is that you get back to the basics — as my friend so eloquently stated — and focus on relieving stress. The hour away from work can greatly increase your productivity when you come back to the office &#8230; <a href="http://andrewspittle.net/2011/12/21/startups-stress-and-depression/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=andrewspittle.net&amp;blog=12768805&amp;post=5372&amp;subd=andrewspittle&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>What matters is that you get back to the basics — as my friend so eloquently stated — and focus on relieving stress. The hour away from work can greatly increase your productivity when you come back to the office more relaxed and fresh.</p>
<p>Use that hour to escape. For me, the only time I can disconnect my mind from my startup is when I go to the gym to play squash and to relax after the match in the steam room. Even when I&#8217;m sleeping, I dream of my startup, but thankfully I was able to find my escape, and know that I can go there when I need to.</p></blockquote>
<p>Spencer Fry -<a> Startups: Stress and Depression</a>.</p>
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		<title>Hypereconomics</title>
		<link>http://andrewspittle.net/2011/11/14/hypereconomics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 03:27:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Spittle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hyperconnectivity makes informational asymmetries a thing of the past; every party to a transaction can negotiate a sale fully informed. Mark Pesce - Hypereconomics.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=andrewspittle.net&amp;blog=12768805&amp;post=5151&amp;subd=andrewspittle&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Hyperconnectivity makes informational asymmetries a thing of the past; every party to a transaction can negotiate a sale fully informed.</p></blockquote>
<p>Mark Pesce - <a href="http://blog.futurestreetconsulting.com/2011/10/06/hypereconomics/">Hypereconomics</a>.</p>
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		<title>The Rands Test</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 17:25:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Spittle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Rands Test. Fantastic set of questions to assess how your team, your company, and yourself are doing. Too good to pull out just one quote or point.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=andrewspittle.net&amp;blog=12768805&amp;post=5065&amp;subd=andrewspittle&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.randsinrepose.com/archives/2011/10/11/the_rands_test.html">The Rands Test</a>. Fantastic set of questions to assess how your team, your company, and yourself are doing. Too good to pull out just one quote or point.</p>
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		<title>The Future of Work</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 12:42:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Spittle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Future of Work: What happens when talent trumps capital? It will be interesting to watch as large incumbent businesses come to rely upon software more heavily. This short post considers how they&#8217;ll maintain a high level when &#8220;who&#8221; matters &#8230; <a href="http://andrewspittle.net/2011/11/03/the-future-of-work/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=andrewspittle.net&amp;blog=12768805&amp;post=4835&amp;subd=andrewspittle&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://crashdev.blogspot.com/2011/10/future-of-work-what-happens-when-talent.html?m=1">The Future of Work: What happens when talent trumps capital?</a> It will be interesting to watch as large incumbent businesses come to rely upon software more heavily. This short post considers how they&#8217;ll maintain a high level when &#8220;who&#8221; matters more than &#8220;how much.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Ethical Coffee Chain</title>
		<link>http://andrewspittle.net/2011/10/25/ethical-coffee-chain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:35:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Spittle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ethical Coffee Chain. A coffee company that&#8217;s different. You&#8217;re investing in a specific farmer and can even buy early shares in the company. Interesting concept.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=andrewspittle.net&amp;blog=12768805&amp;post=4808&amp;subd=andrewspittle&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://ethicalcoffee.co/home">Ethical Coffee Chain</a>. A coffee company that&#8217;s different. You&#8217;re investing in a specific farmer and can even buy early shares in the company. Interesting concept.</p>
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		<title>Skinnier</title>
		<link>http://andrewspittle.net/2011/10/14/skinnier/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 14:07:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Spittle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A newspaper can happily support a few reporters and an ad guy if it gives up the paper, the offices and the rest of the trappings. Too often, we look at the new thing and demand to know how it &#8230; <a href="http://andrewspittle.net/2011/10/14/skinnier/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=andrewspittle.net&amp;blog=12768805&amp;post=4785&amp;subd=andrewspittle&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>A newspaper can happily support a few reporters and an ad guy if it gives up the paper, the offices and the rest of the trappings.</p>
<p>Too often, we look at the new thing and demand to know how it supports the old thing. Perhaps, though, the question is, how does the new thing allow us to think skinnier.</p></blockquote>
<p>Seth Godin &#8211; <a href="http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2011/10/skinnier.html">Skinnier</a>.</p>
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		<title>&#8220;Somebody else will not let me do anything&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://andrewspittle.net/2011/10/10/inertia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 14:02:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Spittle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The assertion that &#8220;somebody else will not let me do anything&#8221; should always be suspected as a cover-up for inertia. Peter Drucker &#8211; The Effective Executive.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=andrewspittle.net&amp;blog=12768805&amp;post=4761&amp;subd=andrewspittle&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>The assertion that &#8220;somebody else will not let me do anything&#8221; should always be suspected as a cover-up for inertia.</p></blockquote>
<p>Peter Drucker &#8211; <a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Effective-Executive-ebook/dp/B000FC11JW/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?ie=UTF8&amp;m=AG56TWVU5XWC2">The Effective Executive</a>.</p>
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		<title>Improving the worst experience</title>
		<link>http://andrewspittle.net/2011/10/08/improving-the-worst-experience/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Oct 2011 02:48:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Spittle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When we focus on our perfect customers and make sure they’re completely blown away from start to finish, it’s true that it generates grateful customers who love you through thick and thin, and cheerleaders bearing testimonials. But what happens when you improve &#8230; <a href="http://andrewspittle.net/2011/10/08/improving-the-worst-experience/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=andrewspittle.net&amp;blog=12768805&amp;post=4758&amp;subd=andrewspittle&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>When we focus on our perfect customers and make sure they’re completely blown away from start to finish, it’s true that it generates grateful customers who love you through thick and thin, and cheerleaders bearing testimonials. But what happens when you improve the experience on the other end of the spectrum?</p>
<p>For example, instead of letting those ill-fitting customers hang around long enough to have bad experiences, you could figure out what they look like and reject them early and humanely, while also helping them find a better, happier solution.</p></blockquote>
<p>Jason Cohen - <a href="http://blog.asmartbear.com/improving-the-worst.html">Improving the worst experience</a>.</p>
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