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August 1, 2008
Posted by Ryan Graves

Posterous is preposterously simple.

Two days ago was the 1 month anniversary for Y Combinator start-up Posterous. I’ve blogged about Posterous before but they just released a new feature that is going to change things. They are doing an incredible job at simplifying blogging and now other things.  In the past (first release) you would just email to post@posterous.com [...]

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Posted Under Technology

June 2, 2008
Posted by Ryan Graves

Let the games begin…with Plurk.

In the midst of Twitter’s ever so obvious struggles it was only a matter of time before competition entered the market. With the growth that Twitter has experienced (doubling in March/April 08) it was obvious that there were going to be copy cats. Plurk is the only site that I’ve seen that is getting ‘tons’ [...]

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May 31, 2008
Posted by Ryan Graves

Having the right tools.

I started thinking about having the right tools a few months back. It started with a burning desire to spend $1792 for a refurbished Mac Book Pro, so, yes this post is a result and a justification for that purchase. As an entrepreneur having the right tools is critical to your success! As I began [...]

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Posted Under Entrepreneurship

May 16, 2008
Posted by Ryan Graves

Lessons Learned From Startup CEOs: Jonathan Abrams

Here are five genius pieces of  advice for start-up entrepreneurs. In short: focus, hire passion, it’s a marathon, beware of investors, product perfection. This advice comes from Jonathan Abrams, founder and CEO of Socializr. I first read this advice on the blog of Jason Goldberg founder of Social|Median. Focus is difficult but crucial. Until your [...]

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Posted Under Entrepreneurship Mistakes & Lessons

May 8, 2008
Posted by Ryan Graves

A Journalists take on Seesmic

So you may think that I’m obsessed with Seesmic of late and you’d probably be right. I like it, I think its a great idea with a lot of legs and I think that video on the internet will continue to take up more and more of the web. This video is an interesting take [...]

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