My daily readings 02/26/2008

By wind333

Founders at Work – 21 New Startups in the Valley  Annotated

tags: startups

-    #1 Persistence. The “$4 billion dollar story” of how Excite landed the Netscape button deal is a must-read for every entrepreneur.
-    Hiring is key. The cost of hiring someone bad is so much greater than missing out on someone good. I think this was a rule they took very seriously the second-time around. They wanted “no false positives.”
-    You make what you measure. Merely measuring something regularly will help you to improve it. And not measuring it will almost guarantee failure.

    10 Recommended Recommendation Engines – ReadWriteWeb

    tags: ideas, recommendation

    What’s Next on the Web: a ReadWriteWeb Toolkit for 2008 – ReadWriteWeb

    tags: trends, web2.0

      Springwise: new business ideas for entrepreneurial minds.

      tags: entrepreneur, ideas

        Cake Financial Now Lets You Track Your Friends’ Stock Portfolios on Facebook

        tags: facebook, stock

        Books of the year 2007 | Pick of the bunch | Economist.com

        tags: books

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