"Which companies need to have a hacker-centric culture? Any company that needs to have good software." VISIT LINK: Why Yahoo lost: In the software business, you can't afford not to have a hacker-centric culture (tags: advertising blog business culture entrepreneurship fail google hacker history inspiration interesting internet microsoft media management lessons programming search software startup [...]

"I long have been fascinated by the extraordinary achievement from the ex-Paypal team and wonder about the reasons behind their success." VISIT LINK: Why did so many successful entrepreneurs and startups come out of PayPal? (tags: advice article blog business career cool culture entrepreneur entrepreneurship history inspiration management paypal startup productivity startups strategy tips success [...]

"Facebook's contention was robots.txt had no legal force and they could sue anyone for accessing their site even if they scrupulously obeyed the instructions it contained. The only legal way to access any web site with a crawler was to obtain prior written permission. Obviously this isn't the way the web has worked for the [...]

Deciding which Great Idea to pursue is just the first step, says Caterina Fake. The next essential is forming the team that can make it happen (Social media pioneer and co-founder of the photo-sharing service Flickr, Caterina Fake led the technology development group at Yahoo (YHOO) after it acquired her company in 2005. In 2008 [...]

Twitpic: How A Spare Computer Became A $1.5M+ A Year Success [video] In 2008, Noah Everett wanted to share photos on Twitter. Since there was no way to do it, he grabbed an old server and created Twitpic as a side project. This program will show you how he did it, but before you listen [...]

Walking the Line When You Work from Home Working from home, whether as a freelance contractor or remote employee, can be a great thing, particularly if you live alone. But what if you have a spouse and/or children at home with you while you work? Every work environment offers distractions, but those who work from [...]

Startup Lessons Learned Startup business experience, shared by Eric Ries co-founder of IMVU. (tags: blog business blogs tips marketing people management startup daily businessmodel lessons startups entrepreneurship revenue articles metrics start start-up …)