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Mobilize 2012 Mike Krieger Instagram
photo: (c) 2012 Pinar Ozger pinar@pinarozger.com

For the co-founders of mobile web darling Instagram, they might never have anticipated the kind of success they see now, with over 5 billion photos uploaded to the service. At GigaOM’s Mobilize conference Thursday, co-founder Mike Krieger advised startups to focus on doing one thing well. Read more »

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Keith Rabois, COO of Square

The COO of mobile payment startup Square, Keith Rabois, thinks that the mobile payment technology Near Field Communications (NFC) has no value proposition for consumers and merchants, he said at GigaOM’s Mobilize conference on Monday. Read more »

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[qi:076] That’s my personal struggle, but you could insert many all-consuming tasks — such as starting up a company, or training for the Olympics — for blogging and still get to the heart of my question. Most people believe good blogging is about two things: personality and […] Read more »

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At GigaOM’s recent Structure 08 event, Meebo co-founder and engineering chief, Sandy Jen, joined a panel to talk about scaling your computing infrastructure for explosive growth. Jen also spoke with Found|READ, this time to offer founders tips on how to overcome what she calls the internal […] Read more »

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Whatever you do today, please read Om’s current post, Relax, Chill and maybe Blog, responding to the New York Times on the Web’s 24/7 culture. Om addresses the detriments of drinking too much coffee, spending too much time in front of your computer screen, or on […] Read more »

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Courtesy of Brad Feld’s blog, we found a terrific set of posts today on the topic of burnout, an affliction that nearly all startup founders experience at some point in their careers. While it appeals to our entrepreneurial romanticism to “burn the candle at both ends,” […] Read more »

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Seth Godin wrote a terrific post Friday on what the Iowa caucus can teach you about marketing and (by our reading of it) the necessity of evangelizing your message to customers. It’s called The truth about word of mouth, and Seth’s point is that it doesn’t […] Read more »

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Today is a day, Found|READers, when we are reminded to stop and take stock. Please read this note from OM about his unusual holiday. Om had a health scare on Dec 28, but he’s doing well, and has some thoughts to share with you about it. […] Read more »