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" My favorite conference so far has been Davos, the World Economic Forum. The people there were really incredible. "
Robert Scoble
Economic
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" Unfriend people who do not post to Facebook or engage with anyone else. You'll find your posts start getting reach they never did before. Why? Facebook only releases your posts to a few people at first and watches what they do with it. "
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" I see something happening in the world, and I want to share it. It's why, during 9/11, I wrote every few minutes what I saw happening. It's why I write about meeting Steve Wozniak or Bill Gates or Larry Page. "
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" Make sure you like, comment and share other people's items. That teaches Facebook what kinds of things you like to see in your feed. "
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" Everyone is on Facebook. It is very rare that I can't find a startup. Out of the 72 Y Combinator startups, almost all of them were on Facebook. "
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" Things that are interesting, people will pass around the Internet, around the world. And the blogosphere is only the tip of the iceberg. "
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" Never change the URL of your blog. I've done it once, and I lost much of my readership. It took several months to build up the same reader patterns and trust. "
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" The problem is Twitter is designing the metaphorical equivalent of a Toyota Prius. A car for the masses. While I want a Formula One race car. "
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" There's smarter people than me. But you cannot have any one guy running 18 billion-dollar businesses. It just doesn't make sense to me. I've met some extraordinary leaders in my time. They struggle with running one billion-dollar business. "
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" The more Zuckerberg knows about you, the more media he will be able to bring you. "
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" I knew tech was going to be increasingly important in my lifetime, so I focused on it early. "
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" Use photos and videos often. The best startups post lots of imagery and videos. The worst ones? Text only. "
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" It's amazing when I walk through an expo hall and can't figure out what a company does just by walking past its booth. "
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Walk
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" Over at Barb Bowman, she's arguing that we should turn off Facebook's tracking of ads. I totally disagree; those trackers make newsfeed filtering work better and potentially could help bring me better ads, which improves my life. "
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My Life
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Me
" The problem with Microsoft is that it's so committee-driven and slow. "
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Problem
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" IOS users tend to be ones that really care about being online all the time. They also tend to be willing to pay for that. You might say they are richer users, which is partially true. "
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" Investors can see that Facebook is feeling old and tired and isn't seeming to be that innovative. "
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" Everything you do on Facebook will affect what comes in your view in the future. If you like crappy things that you don't care about, you'll see more crappy brands that you don't care about in the future, and it might even affect your experiences when you walk into bars, churches, schools, shopping malls, etc. "
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" Post fast on good news or bad. Someone say something bad about your product? Link to it - before the second or third site does - and answer its claims as best you can. "
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You
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" I always tell people, start with what you're passionate about. If you truly are passionate, you'll keep it up. "
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Start
People
" I counted how many seconds it takes to get my smartphone out of my pocket, open it up, find the camera app, wait for it to load, and then take a photo. Six to 12 seconds. "
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Wait
Up
Take
" On mobile, make sure Facebook's app can know where you are. That not only makes features like Nearby Friends possible but also makes your feed have a few items from your location. "
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" I want Facebook to pick the best 20 items to show me every single time I refresh that screen. "
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