Episode 116: I Structured The Whole Thing Wrong
Manton and Daniel discuss Salesforce’s botched hackathon, the risk of relying upon third-party adulation, and searching for a viable business model after releasing a product.
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- Dreamforce Hackathon – Salesforce’s promotional page for their recent hackathon.
- Dirty Secret – Marco Arment’s commentary on perceived problems with the Salesforce hackathon.
- The Integrity Prize – Daniel’s reaction to the Salesforce hackathon aftermath.
- $2 Million Compromise – News article about Salesforce’s decision to award two $1M winners.
- $1 Million – Mattt Thompson’s post encouraging folks to participate in the hackathon.
- AFNetworking – Mattt Thompson’s excellent Mac and iOS networking library.
- NSHipster – Mattt Thompson’s excellent Cocoa engineering blog.
- Pinboard Investment Co-Prosperity Cloud – The novel startup incubator from Pinboard founder Maciej Cegłowski.
- Tweet Marker Paid Only – Post from Manton announcing the adjusted business model for Tweet Marker.
- Non-Developer App.net API – Announcement from App.net of a new limited API access for non-developer accounts.
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