Melissa has entered text.: Things I wish I knew when I was a waitress.

melissadahl:

1) Customers tend to leave higher tips on sunnier days.

2) Even if customers are in a windowless room and can’t see for themselves whether it’s sunny or not - if the server simply tells them it’s sunny outside, they were more likely to leave bigger tips.

3) If a server writes a fake “weather…

5 February 2013 ·

According to Twitter, my account might have been hacked along with 250,000 others (I have already reset my password).  Here’s a copy of the email I received. Why were only 250,000 of Twitter’s 100+ million accounts hacked? Apparently those affected by the hacking incident are the earliest Twitter users and something about those early accounts made them vulnerable. I joined in early 2007 and knew I was within the first million members to sign up. Now it seems like I was one of the first 250,000 members.

According to Twitter, my account might have been hacked along with 250,000 others (I have already reset my password).  Here’s a copy of the email I received. Why were only 250,000 of Twitter’s 100+ million accounts hacked? Apparently those affected by the hacking incident are the earliest Twitter users and something about those early accounts made them vulnerable. I joined in early 2007 and knew I was within the first million members to sign up. Now it seems like I was one of the first 250,000 members.

3 February 2013 ·

"We’ve come a long way. Today we understand that a startup is a temporary organization designed to search for a repeatable and scalable business model. And that what we are doing when we iterate or pivot is that we are firing the plan before we start firing executives."

~

Steve Blank

Vision Vs. Hallucination - The Accelerators - WSJ

(via fred-wilson)

(via fred-wilson)

1 January 2013 ·

heyamberrae:

Learn, unlearn, relearn.

heyamberrae:

Learn, unlearn, relearn.

2 December 2012 ·

fred-wilson:

(via Twitter / levie: Scariest chart in the history …)

fred-wilson:

(via Twitter / levie: Scariest chart in the history …)

20 November 2012 ·

pietrelli:

The Periodic Table Of SEO Ranking Factors
SEO may seem like alchemy to the uninitiated, but there is a science to it. Search engines reward pages with the right combination of ranking factors, or “signals.” SEO is about ensuring your content generates the right type of signals. The following chart summarizes the major factors to focus on for search engine ranking success.

pietrelli:

The Periodic Table Of SEO Ranking Factors

SEO may seem like alchemy to the uninitiated, but there is a science to it. Search engines reward pages with the right combination of ranking factors, or “signals.” SEO is about ensuring your content generates the right type of signals. The following chart summarizes the major factors to focus on for search engine ranking success.

4 October 2012 ·

View from the balcony this morning in Ogunquit, ME. Perfect #birthday view (Taken with Instagram)

View from the balcony this morning in Ogunquit, ME. Perfect #birthday view (Taken with Instagram)

24 August 2012 ·

In case you were thinking about stealing a fan today.

In case you were thinking about stealing a fan today.

18 July 2012 ·

The cherry tomatoes I planted this weekend in the backyard are really starting to grow!

The cherry tomatoes I planted this weekend in the backyard are really starting to grow!

22 May 2012 ·

South Station, Boston, MA (Taken with instagram)

South Station, Boston, MA (Taken with instagram)

16 May 2012 ·

About Me

Marketing at the top of the funnel and some non sequiturs by Mark J. Feldman. I do Marketing & Demand Generation @ Backupify in Cambridge, MA. The views expressed are my own and do not reflect my current or previous employers. More about me at: http://about.me/markjfeldman