Comments for Chicago Beta http://www.chicagobeta.com A conversation about Chicago web 2.0 start-ups Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:10:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 Comment on Jeff Bezos: The Anti-Trend-Setter by b3179df2d6fb http://www.chicagobeta.com/jeff-bezos-the-anti-trend-setter/#comment-1805 b3179df2d6fb Sun, 11 May 2008 15:58:47 +0000 http://www.chicagobeta.com/jeff-bezos-the-anti-trend-setter/#comment-1805 <strong>b3179df2d6fb...</strong> b3179df2d6fbb81c7c21... b3179df2d6fb…

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]]> Comment on Looking for a start-up opportunity? by Rails development opportunity | News on Rails http://www.chicagobeta.com/looking-for-a-start-up-opportunity/#comment-1607 Rails development opportunity | News on Rails Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:27:33 +0000 http://www.chicagobeta.com/looking-for-a-start-up-opportunity/#comment-1607 [...] applications, and be in on the ground floor of a young and rapidly growing start-up. See the full job description, and e-mail programmer at 42friends dot com if you’re interested in learning [...] […] applications, and be in on the ground floor of a young and rapidly growing start-up. See the full job description, and e-mail programmer at 42friends dot com if you’re interested in learning […]

]]> Comment on Looking for a start-up opportunity? by Yan http://www.chicagobeta.com/looking-for-a-start-up-opportunity/#comment-1207 Yan Fri, 15 Feb 2008 05:06:29 +0000 http://www.chicagobeta.com/looking-for-a-start-up-opportunity/#comment-1207 Good luck Keith! I would love to help if I wasn't already involved in one too many startups ;-) Good luck Keith! I would love to help if I wasn’t already involved in one too many startups ;-)

]]> Comment on Songza Launch Party by cazu babu http://www.chicagobeta.com/songza-launch-party/#comment-1177 cazu babu Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:46:16 +0000 http://www.chicagobeta.com/songza-launch-party/#comment-1177 I would like to let people know that i am going to launch my site pretty soon too. Until my official launch you still can check it out at www.zaams.com. I would like to let people know that i am going to launch my site pretty soon too. Until my official launch you still can check it out at www.zaams.com.

]]> Comment on Looking for a start-up opportunity? by Jonathan Andrew Wolter http://www.chicagobeta.com/looking-for-a-start-up-opportunity/#comment-1152 Jonathan Andrew Wolter Sat, 09 Feb 2008 06:14:20 +0000 http://www.chicagobeta.com/looking-for-a-start-up-opportunity/#comment-1152 Keith -- Awesome to hear this. I'm really excited for you how this is turning out. Very cool! -jaw Keith —

Awesome to hear this. I’m really excited for you how this is turning out. Very cool!

-jaw

]]> Comment on Chicago vs The Bay Area… Swimming downstream by petyrc http://www.chicagobeta.com/chicago-vs-the-bay-area-swimming-downstream/#comment-916 petyrc Wed, 02 Jan 2008 06:43:25 +0000 http://www.chicagobeta.com/chicago-vs-the-bay-area-swimming-downstream/#comment-916 Interesting discussion. I'm a chicago native living in SF the last 12 years planning on moving back to Chicago. Been working for start-ups since I moved here and really enjoy it and want to continue working at them. I like their energy and chaos. Sounds like there are no start-ups in Chicago, which I find amazing for the 3rd largest city in the nation. There has to be something there. Should I just stay in SF? I dread the thought and can't afford this place anymore. Interesting discussion. I’m a chicago native living in SF the last 12 years planning on moving back to Chicago. Been working for start-ups since I moved here and really enjoy it and want to continue working at them. I like their energy and chaos. Sounds like there are no start-ups in Chicago, which I find amazing for the 3rd largest city in the nation. There has to be something there. Should I just stay in SF? I dread the thought and can’t afford this place anymore.

]]> Comment on Collecting Pennies by Math Guy http://www.chicagobeta.com/collecting-pennies/#comment-764 Math Guy Wed, 05 Dec 2007 23:22:56 +0000 http://www.chicagobeta.com/collecting-pennies/#comment-764 Your math is wrong. There are more people in the US that you seem to realize. Your math is wrong.
There are more people in the US that you seem to realize.

]]> Comment on Chicago News Ticker by Opening A Pet Shop http://www.chicagobeta.com/chicago-news-ticker-2/#comment-735 Opening A Pet Shop Tue, 27 Nov 2007 04:37:36 +0000 http://www.chicagobeta.com/chicago-news-ticker-2/#comment-735 I found your blog via Google while searching for opening a pet shop and your post regarding go News Ticker at Chicago Beta looks very interesting to me. I was impressed by your site and offerings. I was looking at some of the articles and it really impressed me. All I can say is congratulations on creating this site and what took you so long? I look forward to returning. I found your blog via Google while searching for opening a pet shop and your post regarding go News Ticker at Chicago Beta looks very interesting to me. I was impressed by your site and offerings. I was looking at some of the articles and it really impressed me. All I can say is congratulations on creating this site and what took you so long? I look forward to returning.

]]> Comment on Collecting Pennies by thehoffmen http://www.chicagobeta.com/collecting-pennies/#comment-683 thehoffmen Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:04:34 +0000 http://www.chicagobeta.com/collecting-pennies/#comment-683 Keith, My dad told me the story about the penny for years growing up. (Maybe I told it to you?? :) Joel always talks about how cost of sale is always constant in shrinkwrapped software. What facebook provides is a way of reducing the friction to an install to a (as you point out) amazingly low level. Now with paypal, the friction for a sale is reduced to an equally low level. Of course, google is the best known example of collecting pennies.... It's cool that the rest of us can start playing in that arena as well. Keep on going! John Keith,

My dad told me the story about the penny for years growing up. (Maybe I told it to you?? :) Joel always talks about how cost of sale is always constant in shrinkwrapped software. What facebook provides is a way of reducing the friction to an install to a (as you point out) amazingly low level. Now with paypal, the friction for a sale is reduced to an equally low level.

Of course, google is the best known example of collecting pennies…. It’s cool that the rest of us can start playing in that arena as well.

Keep on going!

John

]]> Comment on Songza Launch Party by allan branch http://www.chicagobeta.com/songza-launch-party/#comment-658 allan branch Fri, 09 Nov 2007 04:55:32 +0000 http://www.chicagobeta.com/songza-launch-party/#comment-658 I'll be in Chicago next week on business is there any fun web 2.0 meetups or conferences the week of Nov 14th? I’ll be in Chicago next week on business is there any fun web 2.0 meetups or conferences the week of Nov 14th?

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