Comments on: Startup math http://www.coloradostartups.com/2007/06/28/startup-math/ The Startup Blog Network Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:54:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Around the web | alexking.org http://www.coloradostartups.com/2007/06/28/startup-math/#comment-1212 Around the web | alexking.org Sun, 01 Jul 2007 16:05:02 +0000 http://ColoradoStartups.com/2007/06/28/startup-math/#comment-1212 [...] Startup math [...] [...] Startup math [...]

]]> By: David Cohen http://www.coloradostartups.com/2007/06/28/startup-math/#comment-1211 David Cohen Fri, 29 Jun 2007 17:26:32 +0000 http://ColoradoStartups.com/2007/06/28/startup-math/#comment-1211 exactly. i think "the imdb of legislature" is a nice illustration, assuming you're familiar with imdb of course. i think "popular thing" + "popular thing" tells me very little and just sounds silly. big difference. and yeah, i know, you gave me that phrase and it immediately made sense to me. clearly i'm being too anal - something just hit a nerve yesterday. exactly. i think “the imdb of legislature” is a nice illustration, assuming you’re familiar with imdb of course.

i think “popular thing” + “popular thing” tells me very little and just sounds silly.

big difference.

and yeah, i know, you gave me that phrase and it immediately made sense to me.

clearly i’m being too anal - something just hit a nerve yesterday.

]]> By: Scott Yates http://www.coloradostartups.com/2007/06/28/startup-math/#comment-1210 Scott Yates Fri, 29 Jun 2007 17:23:28 +0000 http://ColoradoStartups.com/2007/06/28/startup-math/#comment-1210 I shouldn't joke, because I totally agree. I think what you are saying is that a comparison should be illustrative, rather than just a buzz word. And, by the way, nice job remembering that LGDB is the IMDb of Legislation. I shouldn’t joke, because I totally agree. I think what you are saying is that a comparison should be illustrative, rather than just a buzz word. And, by the way, nice job remembering that LGDB is the IMDb of Legislation.

]]> By: David Cohen http://www.coloradostartups.com/2007/06/28/startup-math/#comment-1209 David Cohen Fri, 29 Jun 2007 17:18:48 +0000 http://ColoradoStartups.com/2007/06/28/startup-math/#comment-1209 Damn, I was going for Arrington + Graham. Oh well. Damn, I was going for Arrington + Graham. Oh well.

]]> By: Scott Yates http://www.coloradostartups.com/2007/06/28/startup-math/#comment-1208 Scott Yates Fri, 29 Jun 2007 17:16:58 +0000 http://ColoradoStartups.com/2007/06/28/startup-math/#comment-1208 David, you make perfect sense. You are like the square root of (Paris Hilton + Warren Buffett)/(Noam Chomsky * Neal Armstrong). David, you make perfect sense. You are like the square root of (Paris Hilton + Warren Buffett)/(Noam Chomsky * Neal Armstrong).

]]> By: David Cohen http://www.coloradostartups.com/2007/06/28/startup-math/#comment-1207 David Cohen Fri, 29 Jun 2007 15:59:38 +0000 http://ColoradoStartups.com/2007/06/28/startup-math/#comment-1207 @Scott - um, I'm sure I've done this alot in the past, but there is no "math" in that post. I think a comparison or analog is fine. It's the IMDB of law makes sense to me, it's something that works applied to a different space. If you said it's IMDB + Facebook then you get the "oh brother" response from me because 1) it's not really descriptive and 2) it sounds like it's trying to combine two successful things vs applying it to a new space. Know what I mean? @Scott - um, I’m sure I’ve done this alot in the past, but there is no “math” in that post. I think a comparison or analog is fine. It’s the IMDB of law makes sense to me, it’s something that works applied to a different space. If you said it’s IMDB + Facebook then you get the “oh brother” response from me because 1) it’s not really descriptive and 2) it sounds like it’s trying to combine two successful things vs applying it to a new space. Know what I mean?

]]> By: Scott Yates http://www.coloradostartups.com/2007/06/28/startup-math/#comment-1205 Scott Yates Fri, 29 Jun 2007 05:03:58 +0000 http://ColoradoStartups.com/2007/06/28/startup-math/#comment-1205 I try to avoid comparisons like that, but sometimes <a href="http://coloradostartups.com/2006/12/14/lgdb-its-like-billspace-a-place-for-bills/" rel="nofollow">others make them for me</a>. http://ColoradoStartups.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif Sorry, couldn't resist! I try to avoid comparisons like that, but sometimes others make them for me.

http://ColoradoStartups.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif

Sorry, couldn’t resist!

]]> By: David Cohen http://www.coloradostartups.com/2007/06/28/startup-math/#comment-1202 David Cohen Thu, 28 Jun 2007 18:48:19 +0000 http://ColoradoStartups.com/2007/06/28/startup-math/#comment-1202 Awesome. Awesome.

]]> By: Fraser http://www.coloradostartups.com/2007/06/28/startup-math/#comment-1201 Fraser Thu, 28 Jun 2007 18:47:38 +0000 http://ColoradoStartups.com/2007/06/28/startup-math/#comment-1201 David, can you email me the contact info for this company? I'd like to invest. My investment philosophy is like Foundry + Union Square Ventures. David, can you email me the contact info for this company? I’d like to invest. My investment philosophy is like Foundry + Union Square Ventures.

]]> By: Heather Duey http://www.coloradostartups.com/2007/06/28/startup-math/#comment-1200 Heather Duey Thu, 28 Jun 2007 18:26:49 +0000 http://ColoradoStartups.com/2007/06/28/startup-math/#comment-1200 David, thanks for posting this; I keep hearing a comparison of something else in relation to some of what we're doing. The biggest problem I have is that I don't have time/care to keep up with every little widget/social space/service that pops up on the web, so comparing a product to something else (especially a NEW something else) means absolutely nothing to me. I'd rather hear what it does, instead of the comparison - especially when it's a combination of things (math, as you called it). I don't know how that got started, but it annoys the hell out of me, too. I thought maybe I was the only one - and not because of the "imitator aspect" (I hadn't thought about that), but because I'm just not hip. ;) David, thanks for posting this; I keep hearing a comparison of something else in relation to some of what we’re doing. The biggest problem I have is that I don’t have time/care to keep up with every little widget/social space/service that pops up on the web, so comparing a product to something else (especially a NEW something else) means absolutely nothing to me. I’d rather hear what it does, instead of the comparison - especially when it’s a combination of things (math, as you called it). I don’t know how that got started, but it annoys the hell out of me, too. I thought maybe I was the only one - and not because of the “imitator aspect” (I hadn’t thought about that), but because I’m just not hip. ;)

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