Recently I got a question asking “i was curious what methods you used to build a 20k pre-beta email list, and what were the conversion rates for those...
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Startup Tips: How I grew a waiting list of 20,000+ at Mint.com Part I
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Jon's News Wrapup - May 8, 2008 Edition
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Here's another monthly installment in my news wrapup series. I've fallen into publishing them at the end of the first week of the month, because so much stuff seems to...
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Outlook Optimization With Xobni
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Found a potentially extremely cool plugin for Outlook called Xobni, that would make Outlook a much more powerful tool. I have been looking for ways to improve the...
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Xobni's Journey to the Right Product
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This is the second of a three-part series on the Xobni launch. Come back on next Monday to check out Part III of the story. Co-written with Marie Baca. An abridged...
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Enhanced Messaging Workshop at AAAI
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I'm in Chicago for the AAAI 2008 Conference's Enhanced Messaging Workshop. Greg and I will be talking about some of the driving ideas behind Xobni, the hardships of...
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Hello, World: Meet Xobni
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This is the first of a three-part series on the Xobni launch. Come back on Thursday to check out Part II of the story. This series was co-written with Marie Baca.Every...
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The Right Stuff: Building The Team
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This is the last post in a series of three articles on Xobni’s launch. Check out the first episode on the ideas behind Xobni, and the second post about the journey to...
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Why There Aren't More Googles
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"The reason there aren't more Googles is not that investors encourage innovative startups to sell out, but that they won't even fund them. Whoever the next Google is,...
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Wired: The Great American Timesuck
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Xobni is mentioned in this month's print edition of Wired Magazine.Clive Thompson writes:"[...] I've been using a new software app called Xobni to manage my horribly...
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Gmail Reveals the Names of All Users
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ihatespam writes "Have you ever wanted to know the name of admin@gmail.com? Now you can. Through a bug in Google calendars the names of all registered Gmail accounts are...
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Residue
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This is a short, off-topic rant. Please bare with me. In an effort to spark some life into my home laptop (which is about four years old and fighting like a champ), I've...
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iPhone, the Second Coming
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I'm probably the last one to pick up on the rumors that a new version of the iPhone is coming: The online store says "currently unavailable", Wired has the scoop, and...