The conditions are right for Kickstarter (May 17th, 2010 - 2,383)

Diaspora got a lot of attention as they used a Kickstarter campaign to raise over $170,000 as the “open Facebook alternative”, following another round of Facebook privacy complications. In Diaspora’s Curse, Jason Fried went on to illustrate that while that’s an impressive start (if you measure victory in press coverage and cash), those things will [...]

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Reworking business with Jason Fried (March 14th, 2010 - 2,205)

Jason Fried just spoke at SXSWi about his new book, REWORK. He reminds me of the simple reason I enjoy running The Hive entrepreneurial networking group - it is really refreshing to see people talk passionately and authentically about how they do things. Watch this video: Jason Fried is somebody I have been following since the days [...]

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