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" People thought I was an idiot, but I saw social networks were going to be more important, and it turned out to be true. "
Robert Scoble
Thought
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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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" 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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" I'm so tired of the privacy advocates. "
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" The people who can step up my experience are those who have a common set of experiences with people I know. Think about it. How often did a total stranger come into your life to make your evening better? Not very often. But the friend of your friend? That happens all the time. "
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" There is a shirt company that is making sensors that go into your clothing. They will watch how you sit, run or ski and give data on that information. "
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" It's amazing that about 10% of startups couldn't be found on Facebook because they had common names or names that weren't searchable. "
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" Apple has hundreds of stores around the world that are beautiful, and they have a distribution system and a staff of 40 or 50 people that will help you. "
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" This is what Steve Jobs understood: Brands are defined not by the best thing on the product but by the worst thing. "
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" I believe Larry Page is moving Google from an advertising-based company to a commerce-based company. "
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" If you're in business, and you don't understand how that word of mouth works, you won't be able to take full advantage of it, how to get full adoption by getting that network to talk about you. "
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" I happen to be fortunate: I live in San Francisco, and I can afford a $600 phone. Or two of them! "
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Phone
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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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" Link to your competitors and say nice things about them. Remember, you're part of an industry. "
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Your
You
" Use photos and videos often. The best startups post lots of imagery and videos. The worst ones? Text only. "
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Videos
Only
Post
" If there's a danger at Facebook, it's the assumption that Facebook has us all locked in and we aren't going to go elsewhere. "
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Us
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" Photography let me show other people how I saw the world. Math required me to do work that made my head hurt. "
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Hurt
Head
Me
" Facebook is teachable. If you hide items, you'll see fewer of those kinds of items in the future. Like more items, and you'll see more of those in the future. "
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More
Hide
" What's really going on is, on your iPhone, you have 200 apps, and they're all collecting a little data on you. Twitter knows a certain thing, Foursquare knows something else, my Fitbit app knows something else, my Waze app knows something else. "
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Little
Going
iPhone
" The more Zuckerberg knows about you, the more media he will be able to bring you. "
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Media
You
Will
" There's more noise that comes with wearable computing, things that let us take pictures every 30 seconds as we walk around living our lives, and a huge number more photos per person will exist. "
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Us
Pictures
Walk
" Turn on all security features like two-factor authentication. People who do that generally don't get hacked. Don't care? You will when you get hacked. Do the same for your email and other social services, too. "
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Turn
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" I got lucky because my dad moved us to Silicon Valley before it really was known worldwide as an important tech hub. "
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Valley
Known
" 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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Amazing
Company
" I'd try to become known as a world expert on 'something,' to take a small niche you can define. "
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Expert
Small
" 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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" I'm just an early adopter; I subscribe to more things than normal people and have a high level of inbound and a high level of noise. "
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Early
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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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Tired
" We are moving into a world where companies will be able to offer us products and services based on our last two hours of activity. This is both exciting and frightening at the same time. "
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Time
Moving
" Let's be honest - you work at a big company because it's comfortable. You don't have to work 80 hours per week, and you get paid, have nice benefits, and the family is all happy. "
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Family
Happy
" Once you become known for one thing, it's easy to become known for a second thing, a third thing, and a fourth thing. "
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You
One Thing
Known