loupaglia's Comments Feed Feed provided by BackType.com http://www.backtype.com/loupaglia Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:01:12 +0000 BackType Feeds Should Apple be more open? http://www.backtype.com/loupaglia/comment/0008c2c99e85948246169741027c9f00 Ron: That is the one area where I agree. The competitive rejections are ones I question. I can see why they do it but I don't like it, it spurns the spirit of innovation.

Chris: Overall, I agree with you. What core apps (when you set aside open principles) are we missing? It is a good question. The one thing I would say is that there is an element of "you'll never know" what innovation could get blocked by it being closed. That is the danger of a closed system.

But from a business perspective. This strategy has worked for Apple, created a unique marketplace and works for them. Why should they change it?

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]]> loupaglia Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:03:00 +0000 The Lights in the Tunnel http://www.backtype.com/loupaglia/comment/00002569f9f00dd535547035fc429b96 Sounds pretty far fetched that we could develop a system to overcome a 75% unemployment rate even with stratospheric government subsidy, simply because I don"t see human nature of "wanting more" changing at the needed magnitude.

The first thought that came to me reading this post is that Ford and Ayn Rand should go bowling together. Would be quite the conversation.

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]]> Lou Paglia Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:57:37 +0000 The HR Acquisition http://www.backtype.com/loupaglia/comment/000000356f75396546169741cda2e8ed It would seem this really works in two scenarios. First, where you have a good team but the business is not going to go. Second, and related, when 3.5% of the other company is going to be bigger than the total of your own.

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]]> loupaglia Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:47:27 +0000 The HR Acquisition http://www.backtype.com/loupaglia/comment/000000356f75396546169741140398c1 How does the assets and the revenues of the company you are acquiring factor in? I would suspect the normal way but how to deal with multiples on revenues and the like become interesting particularly if you don't plan on continuing to leverage their existing line of business?

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]]> loupaglia Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:32:04 +0000 The Art of the Email Intro http://www.backtype.com/loupaglia/comment/00002854159c60a63554703513aadf6b Great post Raanan. I will admit, I think have sent my share of 'intro' subject line headers. I will try to refrain from doing that in the future.The one that made me laugh is the one where you are kept on the thread after the intro is made. How come you are never kept on the thread when there is something "really" compelling being discussed, like a multi-billion dollar M&A deal!

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]]> Lou Paglia Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:35:38 +0000 My LinkedIn Avatar http://www.backtype.com/loupaglia/comment/000000359f34ef4f461697413dc25691 Doesn't make a lot of sense to me. Would be interested in hearing LinkedIn's rationale for this decision. Also surprised that this is the type of thing they are spending time (unless of course it has become an acknowledged pervasive problem for abuse).

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]]> loupaglia Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:02:19 +0000 The Power Of Instant Approval http://www.backtype.com/loupaglia/comment/000000359e04bf63461697416deae231 I do not disagree from a logistics perspective. But Apple succeeds as an experience company and let's face it, they succeeded quite well by not always listening to users. While often not the right approach, it works for them. I can't deny that being more open is quite a change from their proven methods and DNA.

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]]> loupaglia Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:55:37 +0000 The Power Of Instant Approval http://www.backtype.com/loupaglia/comment/000000359e04bf6346169741ad51b94b Does Amazon have "instant on" for all book submissions or only from reputable suppliers? This is the equivalent of letting anyone submit their own book to a Kindle ecosystem but in this case it is trickier because it is an app and actual code is runiing that could hose the device and device experience.

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]]> loupaglia Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:10:55 +0000 The Power Of Instant Approval http://www.backtype.com/loupaglia/comment/000000359e04bf6346169741ccc87aab But code reliability and standards adherance is only half the equation. What about the qualitative half which involves a human evaluation on the actual content of the app. Letting everything through may work in an open source world but it is very much misaligned to the corporate DNA of Apple and what many can attribute to their success.

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]]> loupaglia Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:07:26 +0000 The Power Of Instant Approval http://www.backtype.com/loupaglia/comment/000000359e04bf63461697413b2772d8 I don't disagree with the existence of app store moderation process. It is a risk though for the amount of time it takes. The biggest frustration danger that I see Apple having is lack of transparency in the review and approval process.

If they could add transparency to the process by making it more clear when it was under review and more clear reasoning for rejection (ie not that is competes, I mean, confuses users with existing software). That could go a long way and would reduce the perceived time to market. Involve the community (alpha release) and they will embrace it even further.

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]]> loupaglia Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:30:33 +0000 Tracked.com Gets More Social http://www.backtype.com/loupaglia/comment/0000003555252ca246169741de07f7d6 Niyi: you can do that by using the "send message" button. From there you can post to your profile, send directly to a contact or also post to a group which is neat functionality.

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]]> loupaglia Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:10:13 +0000 Add Another Zero http://www.backtype.com/loupaglia/comment/000194d621d529f9722fa88296839e17 Metrics are always top of mind. This is a great way to look at things to keep the metrics you track relevant and assign goals to them.

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]]> Lou Paglia Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:49:32 +0000 FriendFeed http://www.backtype.com/loupaglia/comment/000194d6808deef7722fa882d160992e Foursquare is going to be an interesting company to watch because it is clear location data and location based connections are one of the hot frontiers.

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]]> Lou Paglia Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:12:18 +0000 Startup Visa Stories http://www.backtype.com/loupaglia/comment/0000256996e46ffa461697413729a0fd Still wonder whether it is the entrepreneur leaving to go back to their country is the biggest loss for the US or the same thing happening with people in the sciences who get their PhD's in their respective discipline and doing phenomenal research to just have to go back their countries. This happens every year as well and should very much be part of this conversation.

Both are big losses for the US and are potentially very correlated.

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]]> Lou Paglia Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:26:38 +0000 Startup Visa Stories http://www.backtype.com/loupaglia/comment/0000256996e46ffabecb20793729a0fd Still wonder whether it is the entrepreneur leaving to go back to their country is the biggest loss for the US or the same thing happening with people in the sciences who get their PhD's in their respective discipline and doing phenomenal research to just have to go back their countries. This happens every year as well and should very much be part of this conversation.

Both are big losses for the US and are potentially very correlated.

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]]> Lou Paglia Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:26:38 +0000 Tracked.com http://www.backtype.com/loupaglia/comment/00000035e59ddc2e46169741ded6296b This has huge potential. Will they go only B2B against the likes of Hoover's, D&B, DJ and other players like Yahoo! Finance and Google Finance. There is a real compelling possibility where they could integrate the likes of Gist capability. I'm still not a believer in "enterprise" tracking and "personal" tracking. I want one universal dashboard that I can segment.

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]]> loupaglia Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:13:57 +0000 @defrag wow, that's 1 picture every 10 seconds http://www.backtype.com/loupaglia/comment/000194d65f3dc36b722fa88222049e04 @defrag it is okay. that doesn't include to and fro nor does it include TV timeouts :)

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]]> Lou Paglia Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:14:13 +0000 Business Model Jujutsu http://www.backtype.com/loupaglia/comment/00000035f78c167846169741ff1f5c1e This is a nice approach and one of those that seems "obvious" but is not b/c that is not often how companies think. The typical approach is "we built this API, they should thank us" when the real goal is "use" and a lift to overall engagement, whatever that may be. Very smart of have the developer community "participate" in the revenue model, it is a win-win incentive.

As David says below, it is like what Apple and FB does for apps. I'm not sure with the business model of Twitter's API, but as revenue models gear up there, it will be interesting to see if this type of model takes hold and develops diverse set of revenue models on the communication stack.

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]]> loupaglia Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:39:09 +0000 Okay, Google's gone off the deep end. http://www.backtype.com/loupaglia/comment/000194d6d013a477722fa882f5d6c154 fantastic use of the alt tag

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]]> Lou Paglia Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:35:57 +0000 Trying to diagnose my father's weird-ass DSL modem config problems from 12000km away just plain ... http://www.backtype.com/loupaglia/comment/000194d66fdd43d6722fa882da364f99 at a certain point, it is just easier to buy a new one. depressing but accurate

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]]> Lou Paglia Sat, 03 Oct 2009 02:17:57 +0000 FriendFeed http://www.backtype.com/loupaglia/comment/000194d68d1e7dbf722fa8821f15a745 I must have used that paint in my last house without knowing it!

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]]> Lou Paglia Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:31:15 +0000 The NY Startup Scene http://www.backtype.com/loupaglia/comment/00000035809fc348461697412d36e76d Max: Matt and Toni have built a company in Automattic that is pretty remarkable that it builds such great stuff and is basically completely virtual. The have engineers all around the world. They have an office in SF which is normally empty except for socials and I think the last I heard their highest employee count in any one city was four.

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]]> loupaglia Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:55:53 +0000 The Challenge of The Ideal First Round Term Sheet http://www.backtype.com/loupaglia/comment/0000256981c6c3da35547035a84e49b4 Was feeling pretty confident this was going to happen until you brought universal health care up as a proxy. ;)

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]]> Lou Paglia Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:51:10 +0000 One more day, then goodbye Albany? http://www.backtype.com/loupaglia/comment/000194d639e00072722fa882dfaf6678 i will miss training camp in Albany if this is the last year they have it there. it will not be close to the same at the Meadowlands. I enjoyed going up for a few days, hanging out at the fields, etc. Certainly won't do that in East Rutherford.

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]]> Lou Paglia Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:28:07 +0000 QB coach Chris Palmer: "I'm not pleased w/ David (Carr) right noe. ... http://www.backtype.com/loupaglia/comment/000194d6a43e2a0d722fa882edf03a5d not sure how you judge QBs when they have 1.5 seconds after the ball is snapped.

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