Ben's Blog

MARCH 24, 2011

The open source movement dramatically reduced the cost and improved the quality of systems software. A good investing rule of thumb is that any company that simultaneously saves Charlie Sheen’s career and starts a revolution in Egypt may be on to something.

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Occam's Razor

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Short story #2: Predictive Modeling, Quantifying Cost of Inaction. Short story #2: Predictive Modeling, Quantifying Cost of Inaction. At that time these countries had models to predict what was the cost in human lives from inaction. The cost to get that done is $200k. Short story #4: Multi-dimensional Slicing and Dicing!

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Start Up Blog

APRIL 28, 2011

E-commerce retailers know all this and they have a massive advantage because of it – their advantage isn’t just in cost infrastructure it’s in rich data and information. New low costs of business and access to production and information are facilitating a ‘try it and see’ culture. This is ahead of the USA, the UK and Japan.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Or maybe you’re developing second screen viewing applications like GetGlue or building a YouTube studio to deliver low-cost content. Or maybe you’re trying to dramatically change the way TV is consumed, like Boxee or TV advertising works on the Internet, like Hulu. I would like to say it again. That includes me.

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www.netmagazine.com

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Simple, straightforward navigation can increase your sales by ensuring users easily find your goods and can make a purchase; confusing navigation can instead ramp up your customer service and support costs. That number is higher in places such as Egypt, Brazil, and South Africa, and it’s growing worldwide.

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Steve Blank

JULY 29, 2016

And they have been selling these systems to other countries (Iran, Syria, Egypt, etc.). Eventually the cost and probability of defending the carrier as a manned aircraft platform becomes untenable in highly defended A2/AD environments like the western Pacific or the Persian Gulf.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2011

And also there are a large number of people who would like to do startups in theory, but have high cost bases (family, real estate, school loans, whatever) that makes it very difficult to take the kinds of risks required. Walking into an office at the London Underground and seeing every workstation open and using our product.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2011

And also there are a large number of people who would like to do startups in theory, but have high cost bases (family, real estate, school loans, whatever) that makes it very difficult to take the kinds of risks required. Walking into an office at the London Underground and seeing every workstation open and using our product.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Israel Minister: No Change to Egypt Deal Israels foreign minister said Israel would not agree to re-evaluate its peace deal with Egypt. Meanwhile, an Egypt-based, al Qaeda-inspired group claimed responsibility for Fridays attack along the border. Low Cost Franchises. Subscriber Content Read Preview. Child Related.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 11, 2012

Eighty-five percent of us that graduated in 2011 moved back home with our parents, a cost-saving measure that previous generations shunned, regardless of need. Our mandate to him has been to support the social uprisings in Libya, Egypt, and elsewhere. Get involved. I have confidence in me. Gen Y-ers are nothing if not confident.

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

These businesses were helping people straighten their teeth at a much lower cost and with less pain than traditional alternatives such as braces. If manufacturers can increase productivity , they can produce more without increasing costs, then they are more globally competitive. Photo Credit: Alex Dask. 15- I seized an opportunity.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 1, 2012

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

Think of DataSift as turning the fire-hose into a cost-effective and manageable tap of running water. Or just the sheer power of people being able to self organize as they have done in Egypt, Iran or Tunisia. Or in utility speak, they are transmission and we are last-mile distribution. How about if they knew how often I came to Vegas?

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 19, 2011

As in Tunisia , Egypt , Syria & Iran. But Senator Barack Obama understood that you could use the Web to lower the cost of building a political brand, create a sense of connection and engagement, and dispense with the command and control method of governing to allow people to self-organize to do the work.”.

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Transformify

AUGUST 6, 2015

According to Nepali government officials, it will cost over $6.6bn and at least five years to reconstruct and rebuild the country. The donations have most probably been utilized and the tourists are reluctant to visit Nepal. It will take years for the country to recover as its economy is heavily dependent on tourism. Source: Aljazeera).

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Occam's Razor

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

Economic Value (EcV) is the value of short and long-term revenue and cost savings. The way it works is that you compute the total cost of your Social Media program: SM employee salaries and benefits, agency fees, content acquisition/production costs, analyst salaries, executive time invested etc. The opportunity cost.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 6, 2024

Sure, he misspeaks every now and then—but I don’t honestly think Joe Biden confuses Egypt and Mexico other than by accidentally swapping out their leader’s names. He has failed to adequately address the cost housing and his approaches to crime feel dated and overly simplistic.

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