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Showing posts with label Mark Andreessen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mark Andreessen. Show all posts
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Farming, Popcorn Economics, Pork and Ning
U.S. tobacco farming is bigger than ever
from MSNBC Overseas demand offsets end of price supports, fewer domestic smokers
U.S. tobacco farming is bigger than ever
from MSNBC Overseas demand offsets end of price supports, fewer domestic smokers
Rising costs lead farmers to go high tech
from USAToday
Popcorn and Other Pricing Puzzles
BusinessWeek
Friend Connect, Open Social, Ning, and the web
BlogPmarca.com and Mark Andreessen
from MSNBC Overseas demand offsets end of price supports, fewer domestic smokers
U.S. tobacco farming is bigger than ever
from MSNBC Overseas demand offsets end of price supports, fewer domestic smokers
Rising costs lead farmers to go high tech
from USAToday
Popcorn and Other Pricing Puzzles
BusinessWeek
Friend Connect, Open Social, Ning, and the web
BlogPmarca.com and Mark Andreessen
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Free Stuff, ESV, Interviews, Happiness and Spirituality, 12 step, Faith Teaching, Online Lives
The Web's best free stuff
from InfoWorld
Theological reasons for why Mars Hill preaches out of the ESV
Seven Things You Must Do in an Interview
from BusinessWeek
Spirituality and happiness: are they connected?
from Beliefnet
Ad Track: Big red umbrella returns
from USAToday
Birth of Newspapers, part 1: The very first newspaper
from Mark Andreessen
Are conservatives really happier?
from BeliefNet
Glenn Beck: America needs a 12-step program
from CNN.com
One Place for Your Many Online Lives
from BusinessWeek . . . FriendFeed is tearing down the walls between Web haunts such as Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, etc.
Religious teaching straight to your iPod
from USAToday
Low taxes 'boost public sector'
from BBCNews . . . Countries with low taxes are better able to boost funding for public services and enjoy higher growth, a report from a UK think tank suggests.
The accurate, authentic, verifiable list of the . . .
top 25 christian websites
Dial D for Disruption
from Forbes.com
Want to build a phone company for $100? Give Mark Spencer a ring.
National Geographic: photos from spring
from InfoWorld
Theological reasons for why Mars Hill preaches out of the ESV
Seven Things You Must Do in an Interview
from BusinessWeek
Spirituality and happiness: are they connected?
from Beliefnet
Ad Track: Big red umbrella returns
from USAToday
Birth of Newspapers, part 1: The very first newspaper
from Mark Andreessen
Are conservatives really happier?
from BeliefNet
Glenn Beck: America needs a 12-step program
from CNN.com
One Place for Your Many Online Lives
from BusinessWeek . . . FriendFeed is tearing down the walls between Web haunts such as Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, etc.
Religious teaching straight to your iPod
from USAToday
Low taxes 'boost public sector'
from BBCNews . . . Countries with low taxes are better able to boost funding for public services and enjoy higher growth, a report from a UK think tank suggests.
The accurate, authentic, verifiable list of the . . .
top 25 christian websites
Dial D for Disruption
from Forbes.com
Want to build a phone company for $100? Give Mark Spencer a ring.
National Geographic: photos from spring
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Champion Factories, Rick Warren, Newspapers, Mainline and Franchised Churches, Hispanics and Churches, Leadership
Champion Factories
There is a school of thought that holds that champions like Super Bowl LXII quarterback and most valuable player Eli Manning are born, not made.
Inaugurating the New York Times Deathwatch
from blog.pmarca.com
Rick Warren: We Need to Be on the Same Team
Speaking at the National Cathedral in Washington, D. C. recently, Rick Warren suggested that mainline churches need to reconcile with evangelicals to counter their mounting problem of membership decline.
Why Aren’t Your People Inviting Other People to Attend Your Church?
Maybe people aren’t inviting people to your church because they aren’t that enthusiastic about it either.
Re-Thinking the “Franchised Church”
Franchising Church is not about being a “McChurch”, it’s about following a “McSystem”.
Switch by Hispanic Catholics Changes Face of U.S. Religion
In a huge cultural transformation that is changing the face of religion in the United States, millions of Hispanic Americans have left the Roman Catholic Church for evangelical Protestant denominations.
Mainline Churches: The Real Reason for Decline
from First Things
Mainline Protestants reeling
By GARY STERN THE JOURNAL NEWS
Mainline denominations losing impact on nation
By Steve Levin, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
What Makes a Thriving Mainline Church When Many are Dying?
By Lillian Kwon Christian Post Reporter
Studies Say Biofuels Worse Than Gasoline
from WiredBlog network
You Know You’re Not Leading When…
from MondayMorningInsight.com
There is a school of thought that holds that champions like Super Bowl LXII quarterback and most valuable player Eli Manning are born, not made.
Inaugurating the New York Times Deathwatch
from blog.pmarca.com
Rick Warren: We Need to Be on the Same Team
Speaking at the National Cathedral in Washington, D. C. recently, Rick Warren suggested that mainline churches need to reconcile with evangelicals to counter their mounting problem of membership decline.
Why Aren’t Your People Inviting Other People to Attend Your Church?
Maybe people aren’t inviting people to your church because they aren’t that enthusiastic about it either.
Re-Thinking the “Franchised Church”
Franchising Church is not about being a “McChurch”, it’s about following a “McSystem”.
Switch by Hispanic Catholics Changes Face of U.S. Religion
In a huge cultural transformation that is changing the face of religion in the United States, millions of Hispanic Americans have left the Roman Catholic Church for evangelical Protestant denominations.
Mainline Churches: The Real Reason for Decline
from First Things
Mainline Protestants reeling
By GARY STERN THE JOURNAL NEWS
Mainline denominations losing impact on nation
By Steve Levin, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
What Makes a Thriving Mainline Church When Many are Dying?
By Lillian Kwon Christian Post Reporter
Studies Say Biofuels Worse Than Gasoline
from WiredBlog network
You Know You’re Not Leading When…
from MondayMorningInsight.com
Saturday, February 2, 2008
Blogs, Ministry, the young, Westerns, GetReligion, Mary, a great place to work
The Life Cycle of a Blog Post, From Servers to Spiders to Suits — to You
from Wired Magazine
Getting Ministry Traction Instead of Just Spinning Your Wheels
SermonCentral.com
ReligionNewsBlog: Older generations mourn as young Hispanics turn away from the Catholic Church.
Top Ten Most Inspiring Modern Westerns!
Idol Chatter, a religion and pop culture blog
Happy Birthday GetReligion.org
Ed Young: How to Make Leaders Out of Lackluster Followers
from MondayMorningInsight
Devotion to Her has long been a Controversial Affair
Behind the cult of Mary from US News & World Report
Creating a Great Place to Work
Griffin Hospital created an award-winning work environment by honoring its commitment to open communication. A BusinessWeek columnist explains how.
Astonishing Societe Generale transcripts emerge...
from Mark Andreessen's Blog.PMarca.com
Top 12 Evangelical Christians in Sports Today
BeliefNet
from Wired Magazine
Getting Ministry Traction Instead of Just Spinning Your Wheels
SermonCentral.com
ReligionNewsBlog: Older generations mourn as young Hispanics turn away from the Catholic Church.
Top Ten Most Inspiring Modern Westerns!
Idol Chatter, a religion and pop culture blog
Happy Birthday GetReligion.org
Ed Young: How to Make Leaders Out of Lackluster Followers
from MondayMorningInsight
Devotion to Her has long been a Controversial Affair
Behind the cult of Mary from US News & World Report
Creating a Great Place to Work
Griffin Hospital created an award-winning work environment by honoring its commitment to open communication. A BusinessWeek columnist explains how.
Astonishing Societe Generale transcripts emerge...
from Mark Andreessen's Blog.PMarca.com
Top 12 Evangelical Christians in Sports Today
BeliefNet
Friday, January 25, 2008
Boredom, Getting Stuff Done, Life, Senior, Soap and Capitalism
6 Effective Ways to Combat Boredom!
WHY is the vast majority of content which becomes “popular” on social networking platforms (like Digg, Stumble and Propeller) inherently negative, fear-inducing and purpose-less in nature?
7 Powerful Steps to Overcoming Resistance and Actually Getting Stuff Done
from ZenHabits
London's French Foreign Legion Shuns Sarkozy Plea to Come Home
from Bloomberg.com
CCM Magazine transitions to online-only format
Nashville Business Journal
Custom-Building a Life
BusinessWeek . . .Jeff Weinstein's burger joint has taken off, but he has struggled to balance life and the job. Then he hit on a work-in-progress solution.
More employers seek out seniors
MSNBC Growing list of companies see benefits of hiring people 50 and up
Steve Blank's Secret History of Silicon Valley
Now it's getting fun...
Massive fraud by a rogue trader at Societe Generale SA has led to a €4.9 billion ($7.16 billion) [loss]...
both from Mark Andreessen's blog BLOG.PHARMA.com
Why Some People Are Happier Than Others
from BeliefNet
P&G: Using the Past to Invent the Future
in BusinessWeek: In this excerpt from Roger Martin's new book, he discusses how P&G's A.G. Lafley balanced experience
from BoingBoing: Mathematics of waiting for the bus
CBS Adds On-Demand Music To Last.fm
from Forbes.com
Gates misses the point on 'creative capitalism'
from cdnet
BusinessWeek Tech: Let Us Serve You
Web services are now so cheap and plentiful you may never buy software again
WHY is the vast majority of content which becomes “popular” on social networking platforms (like Digg, Stumble and Propeller) inherently negative, fear-inducing and purpose-less in nature?
7 Powerful Steps to Overcoming Resistance and Actually Getting Stuff Done
from ZenHabits
London's French Foreign Legion Shuns Sarkozy Plea to Come Home
from Bloomberg.com
CCM Magazine transitions to online-only format
Nashville Business Journal
Custom-Building a Life
BusinessWeek . . .Jeff Weinstein's burger joint has taken off, but he has struggled to balance life and the job. Then he hit on a work-in-progress solution.
More employers seek out seniors
MSNBC Growing list of companies see benefits of hiring people 50 and up
Steve Blank's Secret History of Silicon Valley
Now it's getting fun...
Massive fraud by a rogue trader at Societe Generale SA has led to a €4.9 billion ($7.16 billion) [loss]...
both from Mark Andreessen's blog BLOG.PHARMA.com
Why Some People Are Happier Than Others
from BeliefNet
P&G: Using the Past to Invent the Future
in BusinessWeek: In this excerpt from Roger Martin's new book, he discusses how P&G's A.G. Lafley balanced experience
from BoingBoing: Mathematics of waiting for the bus
CBS Adds On-Demand Music To Last.fm
from Forbes.com
Gates misses the point on 'creative capitalism'
from cdnet
BusinessWeek Tech: Let Us Serve You
Web services are now so cheap and plentiful you may never buy software again
Sunday, November 4, 2007
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Mark's Latest Great Posts: Ning, Great Customer Letter and Accounting
That's It, Public Accouting is Broken
I'd just like everyone to whom I owe money to know that you're never going to get it back. And I plan on booking the dollar value of your outrage as revenue in my current quarter.
Best Customer Service Letter Ever
Excerpt: Therefore, we have decided to offer every Woot customer who purchased a Zune from us on August 22, 2007... a $10 Woot credit towards any Woot order of $40 or more... We make this decision with every confidence that most of you will never want any of the crap we sell anyway.
Ning Passes 100,000 Social Networks
Mark's new company.
I'd just like everyone to whom I owe money to know that you're never going to get it back. And I plan on booking the dollar value of your outrage as revenue in my current quarter.
Best Customer Service Letter Ever
Excerpt: Therefore, we have decided to offer every Woot customer who purchased a Zune from us on August 22, 2007... a $10 Woot credit towards any Woot order of $40 or more... We make this decision with every confidence that most of you will never want any of the crap we sell anyway.
Ning Passes 100,000 Social Networks
Mark's new company.
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