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Hi, I'm Zack Gilbert
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Early in a startup, product decisions should be hunch driven. Later on, product decisions should be data driven.
- Fred Wilson
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Postmark Blog: [Customer Story] BillQ needed easy implementation and delivery diagnostics. Found Postmark. Love.
Zack Gilbert is the lead developer of a small product development company in Rochester NY. We found out that he’d recently switched to using Postmark to deliver important reminders for their bill management tool BillQ. When people are paying to be reminded to pay their bills, those reminders…
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Dabble: Cake Decorating, French and Printmaking... Oh My!
I graduated from college. My thought at the time? Sure, the proverbial “ugh, now on to real life” came to mind. My years of suspended reality were coming to a screeching halt.
But I chose to look on the bright side of things. More free time! No more tests! The ability to pick up any book of…
I got to hear a bit about what the girls at Dabble are planning and I’ve got to say that I’m super excited. This could get addicting.
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You can build a company anywhere. So if you fail don’t blame the location, just try again.
(via fred-wilson)
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Taking an investor onboard is a lot like being married. It’s something that can be fantastic, it can improve your quality of life, and it can be a great source of encouragement if you “find the one”. On the other hand if you settle for someone because it’s easy, it can be hell.
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1. Deliver WOW through service.
2. Embrace and drive change.
3. Create fun and a little weirdness.
4. Be adventurous, creative, and open-minded.
5. Pursue growth and learning.
6. Build open and honest relationships with communication.
7. Build a positive team and family spirit.
8. Do more with less.
9. Be passionate and determined.
10. Be humble.
Whether you prevail or fail depends more on what you do to yourself than on what the world does to you.
- Jim Collins
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Marketing is for companies who have sucky products. If you build something that is amazing (think Flipboard or Instagram or Instapaper) people will adopt it because it is amazing. And you won’t have to do much marketing, at least at the start.
(Source: avc.com)
Success is defined in units of fun. It’s all about being happy.
- Jake Nickell
To have a great idea, have a lot of them.
- Thomas Edison
