Bill Gross

“Map of all the companies that could buy your #startup: VC Mark Suster says, All Startups should pin this on the wall.”

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“"1st understand WHY people put their money on the table. Then explore HOW you can capture that value with a strong business model." -N.Demey”

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“Don't ask, "What revenue model should I use?" Ask "Why will people pay me?" ”

Advertising is hardly ever the right answer to building a sustainable, profitable startup. Yet so many do it. Instead, startup founders and CEOs need to focus on what they could charge for that people would actually pay for. The Board of Innovation - a startup consultancy - recently posted a great deck detailing 17 money-making techniques every startup should know.

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“Google says more than 900m devices powered by Android. Stock crosses $900, or $337 of market cap per Android Device!”

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“It turns out that the 2013 World Press Photo of the Year was faked with Photoshop: ”

It turns out that the 2013 World Press Photo of the Year -- the largest and most prestigious press photography award -- was, in actual fact, a fake. The World Press Photo association hasn't yet stripped the photographer, Paul Hansen, of the title, but presumably it's just a matter of time.

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“Here's a great list of 18 things that kill startups, as relevant today as when it was written: ”

October 2006 In the Q & A period after a recent talk, someone asked what made startups fail. After standing there gaping for a few seconds I realized this was kind of a trick question. It's equivalent to asking how to make a startup succeed-if you avoid every cause of failure, you succeed-and that's too big a question to answer on the fly.

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“My most Re-Tweeted Tweet ever is about Google's self-driving car gathering nearly 1 GB per SECOND: ”

My most Re-Tweeted Tweet ever is about Google's self-driving car gathering nearly 1 GB per SECOND: pic.twitter.com/RvcyolZnYL

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“It's not even April Fool's Day, and Huggies releases TweetPee - Diapers that Tweet when wet: ”

Ogilvy Brasil have worked together with Huggies in Brasil to produce a device called TweetPee - a diaper attachment that measures moisture levels and send a Tweet or Text to parents when their baby needs a change.

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“I wish this Italian full moon photo was real: but either way, it's awesome!”

Full Moon in Lucca was published using 500px, the world's best photo sharing community.

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“High Heels and a Baby Stroller - From An Awesome Russian Photographer on Mother's Day: ”

Прогулка was published using 500px, the world's best photo sharing community.

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“The "Brancusi" of Bridges: Awesome Millau Viaduct - A Concrete Ribbon Through the Clouds: ”

Le Viaduct de Millau was published using 500px, the world's best photo sharing community.

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“How to stop growth of CO2 in the atmosphere? The political system is hopeless, so we'll have to invent our way out: ”

This past Thursday, the daily average atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide, as measured by the Mauna Loa observatory in Hawaii, passed four hundred parts per million. In some way it was a meaningless milestone.

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“Crossing the number 400 parts per million of CO2 in the atmosphere should shake us, if not shock us: ”

This past Thursday, the daily average atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide, as measured by the Mauna Loa observatory in Hawaii, passed four hundred parts per million. In some way it was a meaningless milestone.

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“"If you want to be successful, you must respect one rule - never lie to yourself." -Paulo Coelho ”

One of the great benefits that Facebook has offered businesses for a while now is a dedicated app just for managing Facebook Pages. The Facebook Pages Manager mobile app was designed from the beginning to make it easy for business owners and marketing agencies to log into and manage one or more Pages.

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“This Jay Leno Pump Gas News is just mind-boggling awesome. Will lighten up your day. Enjoy: ”

Jack Rafferty surprises this musical couple at the gas pumps!

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“Sometimes it might not be so easy to tell if your startup is a feature, product, or business. Here's what VC's think: ”

Through my development as a junior VC, I regularly find myself asking questions similar to those of my entrepreneur friends. Without many ghosts of pitches past, I glean knowledge from others' refined judgement and execution. Take it this way: venture capitalists are paid to act on a point of view, ideally one that proves profitable.

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“I defy you to not be surprised to see this map showing where > 1/2 the world's population lives: ”

This map blew my mind. Look at what a tiny region of the planet contains more than HALF the living people! I then learned that if you took the whole planet and everyone lived at the density of Manhattan, then everyone would fit inside of Texas.

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“RT @jkhersom: "Rehearse like crazy" @Bill_Gross regarding practicing demos, selling, pitching, explaining @eaconf #eaconf2013”

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“The only way to avoid disruption is to constantly do what you would if you were just starting out.”

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“This video of high-frequency trading slows down time so you can see 1/1000th of a second. It's pretty amazing: ”

You have no idea just how bonkers high-frequency trading is making the stock market until you actually see it in action. A terrifying new video by the research firm Nanex offers just such an opportunity: It shows one half-second of trading in just one stock, boring old Johnson & Johnson, on May 2.

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