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01:15 pm, tgoss
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Scoble named Boxee as one of his top 10 hot companies to watch in 2010. Here’s to hoping Boxee (and maybe Apple too) can finally break the cable companies death grip on the television experience.
We all want to watch the content we like when we want to watch it, and we want an operating system that does more then just suffer lag time issues and offer minimal accounts of the programming.  We also want a set top box that is smaller then a 1980’s era desktop computer and a user interface that is stylish and modern.  If the Cable companies were out there pushing the envelope on innovation I wouldn’t be so hostile toward them.  But when year after year goes by with the same nonsense (channel bundling that I don’t care about and/or is not even in my language, very poor software experience, minimal feature set, exhorbitant prices, etc.) I don’t really have much sympathy for them.
Boxee has the most opportunity to disrupt the cable companies and finally break their strangle hold on all this.  Go Boxee!

Scoble named Boxee as one of his top 10 hot companies to watch in 2010. Here’s to hoping Boxee (and maybe Apple too) can finally break the cable companies death grip on the television experience.

We all want to watch the content we like when we want to watch it, and we want an operating system that does more then just suffer lag time issues and offer minimal accounts of the programming.  We also want a set top box that is smaller then a 1980’s era desktop computer and a user interface that is stylish and modern.  If the Cable companies were out there pushing the envelope on innovation I wouldn’t be so hostile toward them.  But when year after year goes by with the same nonsense (channel bundling that I don’t care about and/or is not even in my language, very poor software experience, minimal feature set, exhorbitant prices, etc.) I don’t really have much sympathy for them.

Boxee has the most opportunity to disrupt the cable companies and finally break their strangle hold on all this.  Go Boxee!


11:29 pm, tgoss
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Pitch the problem first, connect with your audience emotionally around the problem, and then, and ONLY then, offer your solution as the remedy to that problem.

10:52 pm, tgoss
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Things startups do and don’t need

giantrobotlasers:

hud:

Shangri-La. Who’s hiring and agrees with this?

cdixon:

Things startups do need

Sunny office

Windows that open

Democratically controlled music system

Two forms of internet access

Beer on fridays

EVDO cards

Video game system

Good coffee maker

Proximity to public transportation

Proximity to park

Heating that goes all night

Health care plans for everyone

Mac laptops with second monitors

Plants

Lots of in-person interaction

Gmail and Google docs

Soft lighting

Things startups don’t need

Fancy (Aeron) chairs

Expensive art on the walls

Vacation policy

PR firm

Dress code

Private offices

COO’s and GMs

Business cards

Microsoft products

Dental plans

Free lunches

Central air conditioning

Doorman

Phone system

Set time you need to arrive in morning

Meetings

Carpeting

I agree with most of this…


06:18 pm, tgoss
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Clip from #Entourage: If you’ve ever been through the process of trying to raise money for a company, the following clip is great advice…