[EN] Facebook buys Instragam - wow!!

Well, this was a really impressive deal. In 2 years (2010-2012) they were bought by 1 billion dollares.
Impressive. If you have great ideas, and you follow through (important this last part) success will come.
But you have to be careful, as pointed out in the last link.
Sure you can have a great website, but a real company (with a physical product, employees and paying taxes) might be a safer and longer bet.
Unfortunately (on my opinion) that is not so easy (and that's why it is better): Building a factory, a product, hiring workers and so forth, takes time and money.
So it is simple why a website is an easier bet. Nonetheless, if it was easy, everyone would do it :)

the news
http://techcrunch.com/2012/04/09/facebook-to-acquire-instagram-for-1-billion/
"Facebook has just finished a deal to acquire mobile photo sharing app Instagram for approximately $1 billion in cash and stock. Instagram will remain an independently branded standalone app that’s separate from Facebook, but the services will increase their ties to each other. The transaction should go through this quarter pending some standard closing procedures"


the why
http://gigaom.com/2012/04/09/here-is-why-did-facebook-bought-instagram/
"Facebook was scared <obscured> and knew that for first time in its life it arguably had a competitor that could not only eat its lunch, but also destroy its future prospects. Why? Because Facebook is essentially about photos, and Instagram had found and attacked Facebook’s achilles heel — mobile photo sharing."


the "don't feel bad"
http://techcrunch.com/2012/04/15/an-open-letter-to-those-not-employed-at-instagram/
"This happens about every half a decade. The first mover in a space gets taken out in record time with a ridiculous valuation and the founders look like epic geniuses. Do you remember YouTube? Sure you do. But what about Revver, Metacafe, Guba and Veoh? I didn’t think so."

Squareup - Grande Ideia...

https://squareup.com/


Isto tem tantas utilizações: arrumadores, "meninas da rua", pessoas que ajudam os amigos a formatar o computador.... :D


A app é de borla, a cenazinha para passar o cartão também, e o resto é sempre a bombar. Cada deslizadela, 2.75% para os senhores... grande ideia.

[EN] business - Google's Eric Schmidt

Check out Eric Schmidt's comments on issues like business, culture, technology and social issues.
A very interesting video that gives a little insight on the thoughts and methods of one of today's greatest minds (just my opinion).

https://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/Strategy/Strategic_Thinking/Eric_Schmidt_on_business_culture_technology_and_social_issues_2796

here is the audio file, but the above link is more interesting..
http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com//spContent/audio/zippedaudio/Eric_Schmidt_on_business_culture_technology_and_social_issues.zip