http://blk911.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ en Vox Wed, 20 Jun 2007 21:42:57 -0500 Copyright 2007 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://blk911.vox.com/library/post/known-knowns-known-unknowns-unknown-unknowns.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(blk911) http://blk911.vox.com/library/post/known-knowns-known-unknowns-unknown-unknowns.html?_c=feed-rss http://blk911.vox.com/library/post/known-knowns-known-unknowns-unknown-unknowns.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 20 Jun 2007 21:42:57 -0500 What are the important variables in a startup? The Unknown Unknowns! These are the "20" in the famous "80/20" rule. No matter how smart (you think) you are. No matter how well you plan. No matter how much research you do...something is going to ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://blk911.vox.com/library/post/known-knowns-known-unknowns-unknown-unknowns.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252aed918e1d00d09e79edd4be2b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> mobile advertising startup cell phone promotions zibadoo http://blk911.vox.com/library/post/summer-of-beta.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(blk911) http://blk911.vox.com/library/post/summer-of-beta.html?_c=feed-rss http://blk911.vox.com/library/post/summer-of-beta.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 10 Jun 2007 12:27:16 -0500 Nice moniker huh! Zibadoo is rolling about about 10 initiatives over the next 75 days...our target is a fully operational system, top to bottom by the first day of school here in Austin; August 27th. All the kids will be back in school and all tho... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://blk911.vox.com/library/post/summer-of-beta.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252aed918e1d00cd973461b54cd5?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://blk911.vox.com/library/post/what-are-the-white-lines-for.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(blk911) http://blk911.vox.com/library/post/what-are-the-white-lines-for.html?_c=feed-rss http://blk911.vox.com/library/post/what-are-the-white-lines-for.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 23 May 2007 21:31:09 -0500 I asked a cabbie in NY back in the early nineties as we sped away from the Vista Hotel (adjacent to the WTC) doing a simultaneous 3 1/2 lane change maneuver w/o blinker under a full right pedal descent to the floor. This nice south African fella w... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://blk911.vox.com/library/post/what-are-the-white-lines-for.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252aed918e1d00d09e6e8b51be2b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://blk911.vox.com/library/post/committed-souls-vs-capitala-real-time-experiment.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(blk911) http://blk911.vox.com/library/post/committed-souls-vs-capitala-real-time-experiment.html?_c=feed-rss http://blk911.vox.com/library/post/committed-souls-vs-capitala-real-time-experiment.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 23 May 2007 11:15:13 -0500 Zibadoo is a fabulously constructed business model. The premise is simple: students connecting to merchants via cell phones...but there are a lot of 'moving parts' (obviously). At the end of the day, we have the 'entrepreneurs challenge' - how muc... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://blk911.vox.com/library/post/committed-souls-vs-capitala-real-time-experiment.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252aed918e1d00d4143833cb6a47?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://blk911.vox.com/library/post/warmingor-colding.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(blk911) http://blk911.vox.com/library/post/warmingor-colding.html?_c=feed-rss http://blk911.vox.com/library/post/warmingor-colding.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 02 May 2007 21:03:42 -0500 Has anyone seen the 'other point of view' video on this subject? GooTube has a version if you are interested. If you are closed to new ideas or don't like contrary opinions, don't watch it. It's not too long, about an hour and change. You can clic... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://blk911.vox.com/library/post/warmingor-colding.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252aed918e1d00d4142e4b96685e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://blk911.vox.com/library/post/help-wanted.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(blk911) http://blk911.vox.com/library/post/help-wanted.html?_c=feed-rss http://blk911.vox.com/library/post/help-wanted.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 01 May 2007 20:45:45 -0500 Wow, after struggling for a month to get a line on some programming and marketing interns for the summer, today was a very productive day! We received about 7 prospect candidates through our personal networks, founding Zibbers and from contacts in... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://blk911.vox.com/library/post/help-wanted.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252aed918e1d00d41434854a3c7f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> fun startup sms general interns zibadoo http://blk911.vox.com/library/post/a-lot-of-moving-parts.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(blk911) http://blk911.vox.com/library/post/a-lot-of-moving-parts.html?_c=feed-rss http://blk911.vox.com/library/post/a-lot-of-moving-parts.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 01 May 2007 14:13:35 -0500 This is where we'll start: post #1. Probably would have been nice to track this deal from the start...but! Hey, today is as good a day as any to 'go public'. Besides if I started tomorrow, I would be back in that procrastination loop I've been in ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://blk911.vox.com/library/post/a-lot-of-moving-parts.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252aed918e1d00d4142dee43685e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> fun startup sms general zibadoo