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		<title>The blog post I wish I had read when I started out as an entrepreneur</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 17:21:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phillip Hofmeyr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the blog post I wish I had read when I started out as an entrepreneur. It would have saved me a LOT of time and money. They say you learn a lot from your mistakes. But frankly, in start-up world, there are so many possible mistakes available for the making, one needs to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.snagsta.com&amp;blog=2131219&amp;post=324&amp;subd=snagsta&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is the blog post I wish I had read when I started out as an entrepreneur. It would have saved me a LOT of time and money. They say you learn a lot from your mistakes. But frankly, in start-up world, there are so many possible mistakes available for the making, one needs to cut out the silly ones and focus on making the interesting mistakes. The mistakes you can really learn from.</p>
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<p>For example, building your product from scratch, following an enormous spec, not using existing components and not prototyping are very silly mistakes. Making an incorrect assumption about customer needs which you can test cheaply is not.</p>
<p>I was going to make this a list (surprise surprise) but then realised people prefer stories. So here is my (rather dry) tale that incorporates the blog posts Alex and I have read over the last 3 years that have influenced us most; and to the extent that Alex and I are approaching Hidden Little Gems, our new Facebook app, in a completely new way. More about that in my next post. Now &#8211; back to the story.</p>
<p>A long while back someone told us to read &#8220;<a href="http://www.startuplessonslearned.com/2009/03/dont-launch.html">Don&#8217;t Launch</a>&#8221; by Eric Ries. It essentially explained the critical difference between a product launch and a marketing launch. Don&#8217;t do your marketing launch until your product is good enough to retain the traffic the marketing launch attracts.</p>
<p>From then on we regularly read Eric Ries and discovered many of the other brilliant principles he advocates:<br />
<a href="http://www.startuplessonslearned.com/2008/09/lean-startup.html">The Lean Startup</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.startuplessonslearned.com/2009/03/combining-agile-development-with.html">Agile development (developing in sprints and iterating)</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.startuplessonslearned.com/2009/08/minimum-viable-product-guide.html">Minimum Viable Product</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.startuplessonslearned.com/2009/06/pivot-dont-jump-to-new-vision.html">Pivoting until you establish product/market fit</a></p>
<p>From one of those posts I discovered the inimitable Netscape Founder, Marc Andreessen, who also wrote a brilliant article on <a href="http://pmarca-archive.posterous.com/the-pmarca-guide-to-startups-part-4-the-only">Product/ Market Fit</a>.</p>
<p>Through Eric I also discovered <a href="http://steveblank.com/">Steve Blank</a>. Steve is famous for Four Steps to Epiphany &#8211; his big Customer Development idea. Where Eric focuses &#8216;inside the building&#8217; Steve focuses on &#8216;outside the building&#8217; i.e. getting the founders talking to customers. Steve&#8217;s book &#8220;Four Steps to Epiphany&#8221; is quite dry and he actually recommends people <a href="http://steveblank.com/2010/08/26/the-non-dummies-guide-to-customer-discovery/">read a summary</a> some other chaps put together!</p>
<p>Along the way we have also been introduce to two other highly regarded guys who are essential cogs in this landscape &#8211; the metrics specialists &#8211; <a href="http://500hats.typepad.com">Dave McClure</a> &amp; <a href="http://andrewchenblog.com/">Andrew Chen</a>. Without them we wouldn&#8217;t know what our users were up to and what we needed to do to fix broken or weak processes.</p>
<p>Dave is the broader more colourful of the two (as an aside he recently wrote a controversial, but very insightful piece on the <a href="http://500hats.typepad.com/500blogs/2010/07/moneyball-for-startups.html">decline of the VC industry</a>). He also won legitimate fame for his <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/dmc500hats/startup-metrics-for-pirates-long-version">AARRR!</a> Metrics for Startups presentation.</p>
<p>There is another person whose work I haven&#8217;t read enough of yet. Alexander Osterwalder (of <a href="http://www.alexosterwalder.com/">Business Model Generation</a> fame)  essentially is the glue that pulls Steve and Eric&#8217;s thinking together in a summary as follows.</p>
<p><em>&#8220;This startup search process is the business model / customer development / agile development solution stack. This solution stack proposes that entrepreneurs should first map their assumptions (their business model) and then test whether these hypotheses are accurate, outside in the field (customer development) and then use an iterative and incremental development methodology (agile development) to build the product. When founders discover their assumptions are wrong, as they inevitably will, the result isn’t a crisis, it’s a learning event called a pivot — and an opportunity to update the business model.&#8221;</em></p>
<p>That last paragraph magnificently combines the series of reasonably well thought out positions we had discovered along our journey and re-arranges them into a clear cut, crisp, exciting, scientific approach to startups.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s changed our lives, our thinking and the way we are approaching our Snagsta off-shoot start up which is coming soon: <a href="http://facebook.com/hiddenlittlegems">Hidden Little Gems</a>.</p>
<p>More to follow on that!</p>
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		<title>We all live on the Snagsta Submarine</title>
		<link>http://blog.snagsta.com/2010/05/06/we-all-live-on-the-snagsta-submarine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 17:10:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phillip Hofmeyr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s time we re-surfaced and explained ourselves&#8230; Things have been a little quiet on the Snagsta front for some time now. Our anticipated rise to Facebook/Google challenger status hasn&#8217;t come to pass. Yet. Mostly, I like to blame Alex for this, but I guess the volcanic ash must shoulder some of the responsibility, and I&#8217;ve [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.snagsta.com&amp;blog=2131219&amp;post=316&amp;subd=snagsta&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>It&#8217;s time we re-surfaced and explained ourselves&#8230;</p>
<p>Things have been a little quiet on the Snagsta front for some time now. Our anticipated rise to Facebook/Google challenger status hasn&#8217;t come to pass. Yet. Mostly, I like to blame Alex for this, but I guess the volcanic ash must shoulder some of the responsibility, and I&#8217;ve also started walking on the cracks in the pavement again which doesn&#8221;t help.</p>
<p>In truth it&#8217;s a combination of things:</p>
<p>1. The product has <em><strong>design flaws</strong></em>. The product does not match our idea the way it should. The site design has significant flaws &#8211; e.g. there&#8217;s no tagline explaining what it does!</p>
<p>2. We haven&#8217;t been good at <strong><em>iterating</em></strong>. By that I mean we haven&#8217;t converted all the really useful feedback into product design tweaks. There is a quote somewhere that mentions that all successful businesses have completely overhauled their business model or product at least 6 times before it worked. Contrary to popular belief, the iPod took forever to take off. You have to do this quickly and regularly. We haven&#8217;t. <a href="http://www.startuplessonslearned.com/">Eric Ries</a> waxes lyrical on this stuff.</p>
<p>3. We&#8217;re working <em><strong>part-time</strong></em>. Living in London aint cheap. Alex got so hungry he started a restaurant chain &#8211; <a href="http://rosaslondon.com/">Rosa&#8217;s</a>. Actually, his exceptionally talented wife is the brains and chef behind the Rosa&#8217;s (there is a very good chance Alex will bring you the bill though!).</p>
<p>I am sure there are more reasons &#8211; with start-ups there always are &#8211; but I just wanted to get in touch again to let you all know we&#8217;re still afloat, still tweaking things, quitely conspiring to find a way to turn periscope ripples into waves.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s not quite &#8216;Full Steam Ahead, Mr Barkley&#8217; but at least our submarine hasn&#8217;t cost as much as Trident!</p>
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		<title>And the winner is&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 22:57:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phillip Hofmeyr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A little while ago we ran a tagline contest for Snagsta. Those of you that have popped by the site recently will have noticed (hopefully!) that our new tagline is &#8216;Your Favourite Things. Sorted.&#8217; We&#8217;ve picked up a few valuable lessons getting there. 1. Say what you do &#8220;Help&#8217;s you find the things Google can&#8217;t&#8221; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.snagsta.com&amp;blog=2131219&amp;post=307&amp;subd=snagsta&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>A little while ago we ran a <a href="http://blog.snagsta.com/2008/10/30/tagline-contest-win-a-bottle-of-wine/">tagline contest</a> for Snagsta. Those of you that have popped by the site recently will have noticed (hopefully!) that our new tagline is &#8216;Your Favourite Things. Sorted.&#8217;</p>
<p>We&#8217;ve picked up a few valuable lessons getting there.</p>
<p><strong>1. Say what you do</strong></p>
<p>&#8220;Help&#8217;s you find the things Google can&#8217;t&#8221; didn&#8217;t really explain that Snagsta involved lists. It got us a lot of attention because it took on Google and because we put it out there with <a href="http://snagsta.com/teasers/index.htm">fun chalkboard presentation</a>. What&#8217;s more important when you&#8217;re launching a new product is to get across what&#8217;s it&#8217;s about as quickly as possible.</p>
<p><strong>2. Be careful of the big claim</strong></p>
<p>Manage expections. Overpromising gets punished. Wikia&#8217;s crowdsourced search engine got a hammering when they first launched. They then admitted it would take years to fill in the gaps. But by then they&#8217;d lost the initiative. For the same reason we abandoned the search angle &#8230;and the challenge to Google. Google is our friend. The reality is that is how people find our stuff.</p>
<p><strong>3. Be singleminded</strong></p>
<p>We tried to be a list site and a recommendation engine at the same time. While you might think your business solves many problems simultaneously, as a marketing message this simply doesn&#8217;t work. In the milliseconds you have to make an impression&#8230; make exactly that. One impression. You can&#8217;t make three. Not when your audience has a twitter-esque attention span.</p>
<p>But enough pontificating, now the big moment, the winner is&#8230; Lesley, with her edgy play on words, or in this case, word: &#8216;Sorted&#8217;.</p>
<p>The finished article &#8211; &#8216;Your Favourite Things. Sorted.&#8217; &#8211; is actually a combination of two of the suggestions in the comments: my brother Dave came up with &#8216;Your Favourite Things.&#8217;  But because Dave is helping us with other bits of the site and we don&#8217;t want red wine haze to affect his work we have decided to buy him a bottle of mineral water instead.</p>
<p>Lastly, thank you to all of you who suggested ideas. If we could buy you all bottles of wine we would!</p>
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		<title>Measuring Worth?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:48:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Moore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A post about measuring worth along with a list of London’s 50 Most Networked Internet People by Twitter followers <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.snagsta.com&amp;blog=2131219&amp;post=280&amp;subd=snagsta&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>A long time ago, a clever man once said, “A man&#8217;s worth is no greater than his ambitions” (the Roman Emperor Philosopher, Marcus Aurelius).</p>
<p>This may have been true in AD150 but is it still relevant in the always-on world of AD2009? These days a more common measure of worth is your connectivity. <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/reidhoffman">Reid Hoffman</a> (<a title="LinkedIn" href="http://linkedin.com" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a> co-founder) summed this up nicely when he said, “Your network your net worth.” One of <a href="http://http://www.fooledbyrandomness.com/" target="_blank">Nassim Nicholas Taleb&#8217;s </a><a href="http://snagsta.com/people/nassimnicholastaleb/lists/talebs-top-life-tips4873">Top Life Tips</a> is to, “go to more parties”. The express reason for this is to expand your network and expose yourself to more positive <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_swan_theory">Black Swans</a>.</p>
<p>A couple of weeks back we received an invite to a London networking event. The speakers were sold on the basis of the number of Twitter followers they had. This made me smile as it reminded me of recent conversations  about the pressures and politics of maintaining relationships online.</p>
<p>Is the number of followers a true proxy for how valuable someone&#8217;s opinion is? I give you <a href="http://twitter.com/britneyspears">Britney Spears</a> (903,274 followers).</p>
<p>My stepson Newton (694 Facebook friends) loves the fact he’s “more popular” than his younger brother Richard (389 Facebook friends). Phil (646 Facebook friends, 433 LinkedIn connections, 244 Twitter followers) and I (232 Facebook friends, 431 LinkedIn connections, 251 Twitter followers) regularly pull each other’s legs about how ‘popular’ we think we are.</p>
<p>To finish off this post, here&#8217;s a list of people we’ve either met or hear about regularly who are attached to the Internet scene here in London. We&#8217;ve used Twitter followers to help us measure their worth. Not sure old Marcus would agree with our methods but here you go anyway:</p>
<p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight:bold;">London’s 50 Most Networked Internet People by Twitter followers (As of 14th April 2009)</span></p>
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<p class="bold">1. Jemima Kiss</p>
<p>10,568 followers</p>
<p><a id="ctl00_ctl00_ContentBase_ContentPHMain_SingleList1_ItemRepeater_ctl01_HyperLink_IExternalLink" rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/jemimakiss" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/jemimakiss</a></div>
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<p class="bold">2. Mike Butcher</p>
<p>8.888 followers</p>
<p><a id="ctl00_ctl00_ContentBase_ContentPHMain_SingleList1_ItemRepeater_ctl03_HyperLink_IExternalLink" rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/mikebutcher" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/mikebutcher</a></div>
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<p class="bold">3. Nick Donnelly</p>
<p>4,329 followers</p>
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<p class="bold">4. Paul Walsh</p>
<p>4,094 follower</p>
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<p class="bold">5. Paul Carr</p>
<p>3,551 followers</p>
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<p class="bold">6. Amanda Rose</p>
<p>3,436 followers</p>
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<p class="bold">7. Michelle Dewberry</p>
<p>3,360 followers</p>
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<p class="bold">8. Hermoine Way</p>
<p>2,431 followers</p>
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<p class="bold">9. Sam Sethi</p>
<p>2,189 followers</p>
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<p>1,847 followers</p>
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<p>1,757 followers</p>
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<p class="bold">12. Richard Morross</p>
<p>1,246 followers</p>
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<p>1,424 followers</p>
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<p>1,362 followers</p>
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<p>1,253 followers</p>
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<p>1252 followers</p>
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<p>1,246 followers</p>
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<p class="bold">18. Basheera Khan</p>
<p>1,098 followers</p>
<p><a id="ctl00_ctl00_ContentBase_ContentPHMain_SingleList1_ItemRepeater_ctl35_HyperLink_IExternalLink" rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/bash" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/bash</a></div>
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<div class="cont"><img class="listitem_thumb_pad" src="http://snagsta.com/snagsta-images/people/alex-moore/lists/most-networked-internet-people-in-london-accord-to-twitter-followers-5215/1390/bandrew.jpg?size=s" alt="" /></p>
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<p class="bold">19. Andy McLoughlin</p>
<p>1,069 followers</p>
<p><a id="ctl00_ctl00_ContentBase_ContentPHMain_SingleList1_ItemRepeater_ctl37_HyperLink_IExternalLink" rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/robertloch" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/robertloch</a></div>
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<div class="cont"><img class="listitem_thumb_pad" src="http://snagsta.com/snagsta-images/people/alex-moore/lists/most-networked-internet-people-in-london-accord-to-twitter-followers-5215/1391/BenjaminEllis.jpg?size=s" alt="" /></p>
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<p class="bold">20. Benjamin Ellis</p>
<p>1,007 followers</p>
<p><a id="ctl00_ctl00_ContentBase_ContentPHMain_SingleList1_ItemRepeater_ctl39_HyperLink_IExternalLink" rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/BenjaminEllis" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/BenjaminEllis</a></div>
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<p class="bold">21. Sam Michel</p>
<p>1,004 followers</p>
<p><a id="ctl00_ctl00_ContentBase_ContentPHMain_SingleList1_ItemRepeater_ctl41_HyperLink_IExternalLink" rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/toodlepip" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/toodlepip</a></div>
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<div class="cont"><img class="listitem_thumb_pad" src="http://snagsta.com/snagsta-images/people/alex-moore/lists/most-networked-internet-people-in-london-accord-to-twitter-followers-5215/1393/benpbway.jpg?size=s" alt="" /></p>
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<p class="bold">22. Ben Way</p>
<p>936 followers</p>
<p><a id="ctl00_ctl00_ContentBase_ContentPHMain_SingleList1_ItemRepeater_ctl43_HyperLink_IExternalLink" rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/benbpway" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/benbpway</a></div>
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<div class="cont"><img class="listitem_thumb_pad" src="http://snagsta.com/snagsta-images/people/alex-moore/lists/most-networked-internet-people-in-london-accord-to-twitter-followers-5215/1394/sophiecox.jpg?size=s" alt="" /></p>
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<p class="bold">23. Sophie Cox</p>
<p>890 followers</p>
<p><a id="ctl00_ctl00_ContentBase_ContentPHMain_SingleList1_ItemRepeater_ctl45_HyperLink_IExternalLink" rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/sophiecox" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/sophiecox</a></div>
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<div class="cont"><img class="listitem_thumb_pad" src="http://snagsta.com/snagsta-images/people/alex-moore/lists/most-networked-internet-people-in-london-accord-to-twitter-followers-5215/1425/dt.jpg?size=s" alt="" /></p>
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<p class="bold">24. David Terrar</p>
<p>883 followers</p>
<p><a id="ctl00_ctl00_ContentBase_ContentPHMain_SingleList1_ItemRepeater_ctl47_HyperLink_IExternalLink" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.twitter.com/dt" target="_blank">http://www.twitter.com/dt</a></div>
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<div class="cont"><img class="listitem_thumb_pad" src="http://snagsta.com/snagsta-images/people/alex-moore/lists/most-networked-internet-people-in-london-accord-to-twitter-followers-5215/1395/bindik.jpg?size=s" alt="" /></p>
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<p class="bold">25. Bindi Karia</p>
<p>803 followers</p>
<p><a id="ctl00_ctl00_ContentBase_ContentPHMain_SingleList1_ItemRepeater_ctl49_HyperLink_IExternalLink" rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/bindik" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/bindik</a></div>
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<div class="cont"><img class="listitem_thumb_pad" src="http://snagsta.com/snagsta-images/people/alex-moore/lists/most-networked-internet-people-in-london-accord-to-twitter-followers-5215/1426/alexhoye.jpg?size=s" alt="" /></p>
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<p class="bold">26. Alex Hoye</p>
<p>765 followers</p>
<p><a id="ctl00_ctl00_ContentBase_ContentPHMain_SingleList1_ItemRepeater_ctl51_HyperLink_IExternalLink" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.twitter.com/alexhoye" target="_blank">http://www.twitter.com/alexhoye</a></div>
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<div class="cont"><img class="listitem_thumb_pad" src="http://snagsta.com/snagsta-images/people/alex-moore/lists/most-networked-internet-people-in-london-accord-to-twitter-followers-5215/1396/nerdgirl.jpg?size=s" alt="" /></p>
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<p class="bold">27. Stephanie Robesky</p>
<p>756 followers</p>
<p><a id="ctl00_ctl00_ContentBase_ContentPHMain_SingleList1_ItemRepeater_ctl53_HyperLink_IExternalLink" rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/nerdgirl" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/nerdgirl</a></div>
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<div class="cont"><img class="listitem_thumb_pad" src="http://snagsta.com/snagsta-images/people/alex-moore/lists/most-networked-internet-people-in-london-accord-to-twitter-followers-5215/1397/weaverluke.jpg?size=s" alt="" /></p>
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<p class="bold">28. Luke Razzell</p>
<p>736 followers</p>
<p><a id="ctl00_ctl00_ContentBase_ContentPHMain_SingleList1_ItemRepeater_ctl55_HyperLink_IExternalLink" rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/weaverluke" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/weaverluke</a></div>
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<div class="cont"><img class="listitem_thumb_pad" src="http://snagsta.com/snagsta-images/people/alex-moore/lists/most-networked-internet-people-in-london-accord-to-twitter-followers-5215/1421/basti.jpg?size=s" alt="" /></p>
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<p class="bold">29. Bastian Lehmann</p>
<p>683 followers</p>
<p><a id="ctl00_ctl00_ContentBase_ContentPHMain_SingleList1_ItemRepeater_ctl57_HyperLink_IExternalLink" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.twitter.com/basti" target="_blank">http://www.twitter.com/basti</a></div>
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<div class="cont"><img class="listitem_thumb_pad" src="http://snagsta.com/snagsta-images/people/alex-moore/lists/most-networked-internet-people-in-london-accord-to-twitter-followers-5215/1399/evarley.jpg?size=s" alt="" /></p>
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<p class="bold">30. Elizabeth Varley</p>
<p>660 followers</p>
<p><a id="ctl00_ctl00_ContentBase_ContentPHMain_SingleList1_ItemRepeater_ctl59_HyperLink_IExternalLink" rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/evarley" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/evarley</a></div>
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<div class="cont"><img class="listitem_thumb_pad" src="http://snagsta.com/snagsta-images/people/alex-moore/lists/most-networked-internet-people-in-london-accord-to-twitter-followers-5215/1398/robertloch.jpg?size=s" alt="" /></p>
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<p class="bold">31. Robert Loch</p>
<p>656 followers</p>
<p><a id="ctl00_ctl00_ContentBase_ContentPHMain_SingleList1_ItemRepeater_ctl61_HyperLink_IExternalLink" rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/robertloch" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/robertloch</a></div>
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<div class="cont"><img class="listitem_thumb_pad" src="http://snagsta.com/snagsta-images/people/alex-moore/lists/most-networked-internet-people-in-london-accord-to-twitter-followers-5215/1400/sokratis.jpg?size=s" alt="" /></p>
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<p class="bold">32. Sokratis Papafloratos</p>
<p>652 followers</p>
<p><a id="ctl00_ctl00_ContentBase_ContentPHMain_SingleList1_ItemRepeater_ctl63_HyperLink_IExternalLink" rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/sokratis" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/sokratis</a></div>
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<p class="bold">33. Nic Brisbourne</p>
<p>643 followers</p>
<p><a id="ctl00_ctl00_ContentBase_ContentPHMain_SingleList1_ItemRepeater_ctl65_HyperLink_IExternalLink" rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/pmross" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/pmross</a></div>
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<p class="bold">34. Mario Cacciottolo</p>
<p>629 followers</p>
<p><a id="ctl00_ctl00_ContentBase_ContentPHMain_SingleList1_ItemRepeater_ctl67_HyperLink_IExternalLink" rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/mariosotm" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/mariosotm</a></div>
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<div class="cont"><img class="listitem_thumb_pad" src="http://snagsta.com/snagsta-images/people/alex-moore/lists/most-networked-internet-people-in-london-accord-to-twitter-followers-5215/1403/andrewjscott.jpg?size=s" alt="" /></p>
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<p class="bold">35. Andrew Scott</p>
<p>626 followers</p>
<p><a id="ctl00_ctl00_ContentBase_ContentPHMain_SingleList1_ItemRepeater_ctl69_HyperLink_IExternalLink" rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/andrewjscott" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/andrewjscott</a></div>
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<div class="cont"><img class="listitem_thumb_pad" src="http://snagsta.com/snagsta-images/people/alex-moore/lists/most-networked-internet-people-in-london-accord-to-twitter-followers-5215/1404/danversbaillieu.jpg?size=s" alt="" /></p>
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<p class="bold">36. Danvers Baillieu</p>
<p>610 followers</p>
<p><a id="ctl00_ctl00_ContentBase_ContentPHMain_SingleList1_ItemRepeater_ctl71_HyperLink_IExternalLink" rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/danversbaillieu" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/danversbaillieu</a></div>
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<div class="cont"><img class="listitem_thumb_pad" src="http://snagsta.com/snagsta-images/people/alex-moore/lists/most-networked-internet-people-in-london-accord-to-twitter-followers-5215/1405/langer.jpg?size=s" alt="" /></p>
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<p class="bold">37. David Langer</p>
<p>602 followers</p>
<p><a id="ctl00_ctl00_ContentBase_ContentPHMain_SingleList1_ItemRepeater_ctl73_HyperLink_IExternalLink" rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/langer" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/langer</a></div>
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<p class="bold">38. James Cherkoff</p>
<p>600 followers</p>
<p><a id="ctl00_ctl00_ContentBase_ContentPHMain_SingleList1_ItemRepeater_ctl75_HyperLink_IExternalLink" rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/cherkoff" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/cherkoff</a></div>
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<p class="bold">39. Nick Bell</p>
<p>593 followers</p>
<p><a id="ctl00_ctl00_ContentBase_ContentPHMain_SingleList1_ItemRepeater_ctl77_HyperLink_IExternalLink" rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/nickbelluk" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/nickbelluk</a></div>
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<p class="bold">40. Barry Vitou</p>
<p>557 followers</p>
<p><a id="ctl00_ctl00_ContentBase_ContentPHMain_SingleList1_ItemRepeater_ctl79_HyperLink_IExternalLink" rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/bazv" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/bazv</a></div>
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<p class="bold">41. Steve Kennedy</p>
<p>499 followers</p>
<p><a id="ctl00_ctl00_ContentBase_ContentPHMain_SingleList1_ItemRepeater_ctl81_HyperLink_IExternalLink" rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/stevekennedyuk" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/stevekennedyuk</a></div>
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<p class="bold">42. Chris Osborne</p>
<p>422 followers</p>
<p><a id="ctl00_ctl00_ContentBase_ContentPHMain_SingleList1_ItemRepeater_ctl83_HyperLink_IExternalLink" rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/chrsoz" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/chrsoz</a></div>
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<p class="bold">43. Emma Haslett</p>
<p>415 followers</p>
<p><a id="ctl00_ctl00_ContentBase_ContentPHMain_SingleList1_ItemRepeater_ctl85_HyperLink_IExternalLink" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.twitter.com/emmahaslett" target="_blank">http://www.twitter.com/emmahaslett</a></div>
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<p class="bold">44. Fabio De Bernardi</p>
<p>399 followers</p>
<p><a id="ctl00_ctl00_ContentBase_ContentPHMain_SingleList1_ItemRepeater_ctl87_HyperLink_IExternalLink" rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/fabiodebe" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/fabiodebe</a></div>
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<p class="bold">45. Meriem Aissaoui</p>
<p>375 followers</p>
<p><a id="ctl00_ctl00_ContentBase_ContentPHMain_SingleList1_ItemRepeater_ctl89_HyperLink_IExternalLink" rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/mernas" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/mernas</a></div>
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<p class="bold">46. Robin Klein</p>
<p>375 followers</p>
<p><a id="ctl00_ctl00_ContentBase_ContentPHMain_SingleList1_ItemRepeater_ctl91_HyperLink_IExternalLink" rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/robinklein" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/robinklein</a></div>
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<p class="bold">47. Dug Falby</p>
<p>349 followers</p>
<p><a id="ctl00_ctl00_ContentBase_ContentPHMain_SingleList1_ItemRepeater_ctl93_HyperLink_IExternalLink" rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/dug" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/dug</a></div>
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<p class="bold">48. Nikhil Shah</p>
<p>344 followers</p>
<p><a id="ctl00_ctl00_ContentBase_ContentPHMain_SingleList1_ItemRepeater_ctl95_HyperLink_IExternalLink" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.twitter.com/nikhilshah" target="_blank">http://www.twitter.com/nikhilshah</a></div>
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<p class="bold">49. Stephanie Bouchet</p>
<p>328 followers</p>
<p><a id="ctl00_ctl00_ContentBase_ContentPHMain_SingleList1_ItemRepeater_ctl97_HyperLink_IExternalLink" rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/rougefrog" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/rougefrog</a></div>
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<p class="bold">50. Paul Mackenzie Ross</p>
<p>325 followers</p>
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		<title>Glastonbury for Geeks</title>
		<link>http://blog.snagsta.com/2009/03/25/glastonbury-for-geeks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:36:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phillip Hofmeyr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[South by South West (SXSW) is quite unlike anything I have ever experienced before. Here are ten things that made it unusual and amazing: The PartiesFacebook, Google, Mashable, the list continues. Each trying to outdo the next with bands, breakdancers and DJs. With the exception of Pure Volume, perhaps&#8230;where the VIPs were separated from the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.snagsta.com&amp;blog=2131219&amp;post=279&amp;subd=snagsta&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://snagsta.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/digmis.jpg"><img style="border-bottom:0;border-left:0;border-top:0;border-right:0;" border="0" alt="digmis" src="http://snagsta.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/digmis-thumb.jpg?w=424&#038;h=281" width="424" height="281"></a> South by South West (SXSW) is quite unlike anything I have ever experienced before. Here are ten things that made it unusual and amazing:
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<li><strong>The Parties</strong><br />Facebook, Google, Mashable, the list continues. Each trying to outdo the next with bands, breakdancers and DJs. With the exception of Pure Volume, perhaps&#8230;where the VIPs were separated from the regulars with chicken wire! </li>
<li><strong>Elevator Pitches</strong><br />Three times I left my hotel room and had already pitched Snagsta by the time I reached the lobby &#8211; now that&#8217;s an elevator pitch!</li>
<li><strong>Feedback</strong><br />People were only too happy to talk through your business and make constructive recommendations. Nothing quite like getting great ideas from people smarter than you that have done it all before. </li>
<li><strong>Content</strong><br />There was an astounding array of fascinating and relevant topics being presented and discussed on panels. At times there were up to 18 sessions on simultaneously! I only wish I could understand my notes&#8230; </li>
<li><strong>Serendipity</strong><br />If I learnt one thing it was say hello to EVERYBODY. One of the chaps in our party, <a href="http://www.twitter.com/henrymack">Henry Mackintosh</a>, helped out a panelist at the beginning of the conference he randomly met in the queue.&nbsp; Bumping into her later on in the week, Henry mentioned the new service he&#8217;d just launched: <a href="http://www.twitterjobsearch.com">twitterjobsearch</a>. Minutes later she&#8217;d tweeted in to her 4000 followers. And then one of her followers re-tweeted it to his 30,000 followers. </li>
<li><strong>People</strong><br />SXSW is the place to finally meet all the people you&#8217;ve only ever &#8216;followed&#8217;, emailed or talked to on the phone. From Joe Shmo through to the Internet superheroes. I got to talk to <a href="http://scobleizer.com/">Robert Scoble</a> and a couple of the others and loved how genuine and approachable they all were.&nbsp; </li>
<li><strong>Panels</strong><br />The debates were current and candid. With panelist challenging each other regularly and plenty of probing questions from the audience. And then there was the UnPanel (#kebab). A bunch of Brits high-jacked a room and set up an impromptu session called ‘Not Another Social Media Panel’. Less probing but more candid. Look at what happened <a href="http://bambuser.com/channel/chrisunitt/broadcast/86585">here</a> (though you kind of had to be there&#8230;)!</li>
<li><strong>iPhones</strong><br />I have never seen so many iPhones. 95% of the attendees had iPhones. Clear evidence that cutting edge mobile is currently only happening in one place. </li>
<li><strong>Twitter</strong><br />Despite occasionally having to endure inane micro commentary, I am now convinced of the value of this tool (if used with self-discipline!). It was used to track session topics, to contribute to panel discussions, to find people, to set up meetings, to broadcast party itineraries. </li>
<li><strong>BBQ</strong><br />You can&#8217;t come to Texas and not talk about BBQ. That and the rooftop bars are part of the quintessential Austin experience. </li>
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<p> Oh&#8230;did I mention the parties already??
<p>A big thank you to the <a href="http://www.chinwag.com/digitalmission">companies</a> that sponsored us and the <a href="http://www.chinwag.com/digitalmission">people</a> from the Digital Mission that helped organise the event.</p>
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		<title>Home alone</title>
		<link>http://blog.snagsta.com/2009/03/13/home-alone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 11:20:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alexgardner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Phil and Alex have left me alone while they head off to see the world (insert sad face emoticon if you are that way inclined). Well actually they have left me to go show off Snagsta to the world, but it amounts to the same thing. Alex G is alone at the controls&#8230; On the odd occasion [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.snagsta.com&amp;blog=2131219&amp;post=271&amp;subd=snagsta&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-274" title="home-alone1" src="http://snagsta.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/home-alone1.jpg?w=450" alt="home-alone1"   />Phil and Alex have left me alone while they head off to see the world (insert sad face emoticon if you are that way inclined). Well actually they have left me to go <a href="http://blog.snagsta.com/2009/03/05/austin-brussels-here-we-come/" target="_blank">show off Snagsta to the world</a>, but it amounts to the same thing. Alex G is alone at the controls&#8230;</p>
<p>On the odd occasion that I am left at home alone, I like to do the things that I usually don&#8217;t have permission to do &#8211; move things around, throw stuff out or secretly store things in the spare room, etc. These rare moments of complete dictatorship invariably lead to punishment at a later stage, but that doesn&#8217;t stop me.</p>
<p>What then can I do at Snagsta, while the &#8220;cats&#8221; are away?</p>
<p>We&#8217;ve been talking about colour a fair bit recently, with the existing purple getting mixed reviews since its inception all those months ago. Some people like it, some don&#8217;t, some call it pink, some call it mauve. Some guys like it, some girls don&#8217;t. There hasn&#8217;t been a formal poll, but I think it might be fun to see if I can&#8217;t switch it out while nobody is looking.</p>
<p>Any suggestions on what to change it to?</p>
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		<title>Austin &amp; Brussels here we come!</title>
		<link>http://blog.snagsta.com/2009/03/05/austin-brussels-here-we-come/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:42:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Moore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  In addition to giving up several terrible vices too horrible to mention here, one of our key resolutions for 2009 was write regular blog posts again. We haven&#8217;t quite managed either yet but, in true Snagsta style, we will persevere. Since our last post, two rather nice things have happened to Snagsta. First, we [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.snagsta.com&amp;blog=2131219&amp;post=266&amp;subd=snagsta&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<div id="attachment_267" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 409px"><img class="size-full wp-image-267" title="SXSWi" src="http://snagsta.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/sxsw.jpg?w=450" alt="Hide under the table!"   /><p class="wp-caption-text">Hide under the table!</p></div>
<p>In addition to giving up several terrible vices too horrible to mention here, one of our key resolutions for 2009 was write regular blog posts again. We haven&#8217;t quite managed either yet but, in true Snagsta style, we will persevere.</p>
<p>Since our last post, two rather nice things have happened to Snagsta. First, we were selected by the wonderful people at <a href="http://www.chinwag.com/digitalmission" target="_blank">Digital Mission</a> to accompany them to North America’s biggest Internet trade show: <a href="http://sxsw.com/interactive">South by South West Interactive</a> or SXSWi for short.</p>
<p>If you’re not familiar with Digital Mission it’s run by <a href="http://www.chinwag.com/">Chinwag</a> on behalf of UK Trade &amp; Investment. Its 5 year mission is to explore strange new digital worlds, seek out new life and new civilisations and to boldly go where no man has gone before (or something like that). SXSWi will be the perfect platform for us to shout about Snagsta and hopefully make a few more friends across the pond. A big thank you to the insightful and unbiased selection committee.</p>
<p>Phil leaves to conquer America next Thursday. Please Tweet him @hofmeyr if you&#8217;d like to meet him when he&#8217;s there. </p>
<p>Second, we were selected to present Snagsta’s wares at <a href="http://plugg.eu">Plugg</a> which also takes place next week. Plugg is a one day conference that takes place in Brussels next Thursday (12th March). Snagsta will be one of twenty companies taking part in the event’s Startup Rally. If you’re planning on being there please send a Tweet to me via @alexandermoore so that we can arrange to meet up.</p>
<p>As has become our tradition, we will end this post with a list.   We’ve chosen one that might be of use to someone if they have been unlucky enough to be suffering from the effects of the recession. It was donated to us by the irrepressible Robert Scoble. It offers some great advice to anyone who&#8217;s just been laid off and might be looking for a job. Hope it helps spark a few ideas for those in need of some pointers.</p>
<p><strong> What to do if you&#8217;re laid off in a recession </strong></p>
<p>By Robert Scoble</p>
<p><strong> 1. Volunteer. </strong></p>
<p>Let&#8217;s say you are going to be out of work for six months. What could you do with six months of your time? Make sure you come away with it with a great project under your belt. Why not volunteer your time with a charity that could use your skills? Not only will you feel good about yourself, you&#8217;ll come away with job experience so you won&#8217;t have a hole in your resume (building an IT system for the Red Cross looks damn impressive &#8211; saying you were &#8220;on the beach&#8221; for six months does not). Plus you&#8217;ll make great friends with people who are trying to improve the world (they are typically the kinds of friends you should have anyway).</p>
<p><strong> 2. Do the basics. </strong></p>
<p>I got my NEC job by sending a resume into a job that I found on Craig&#8217;s List. Yes, my blog helped me AFTER I got the interview, but I got the interview just by having a great cover letter and an interesting resume.</p>
<p><strong> 3. See if you can keep coming into the office. </strong></p>
<p>This isn&#8217;t open to everyone, but at Userland I kept coming into work everyday after the paychecks stopped. That made me feel better, plus it gave me the ability to use phones, stay away from negative situations (do you really want to be around family all day, everyday, who might remind you that you need to find a job?) as well as give you a place to work hard on finding your new job.</p>
<p><strong> 4. Start a blog on the field you want to work in. </strong></p>
<p>Want to be a PHP programmer? Start a PHP blog and make sure you put world class stuff there. Link to EVERYONE who has a PHP blog. But that&#8217;s only the beginning.</p>
<p><strong> 5. Do a video everyday on YouTube that demonstrates something you know. </strong></p>
<p>Loic does a video everyday. If you&#8217;re laid off you have absolutely no excuses. Get a cheap Web cam and get over to YouTube or Seesmic.</p>
<p><strong> 6. Don&#8217;t get lazy. </strong></p>
<p>It might seem dire, but if you work it you WILL find a job. Some of my friends went on vacation, started drinking, or generally just hung out with their families. Those people took a LOT longer to find a job than the friends of mine who approached their time off with these tips.</p>
<p><strong> 7. Take a little bit of time to work on family and health. </strong></p>
<p>You probably haven&#8217;t been paying enough attention to these two things. This is the time to start some healthy habits. Give up smoking, if you&#8217;re doing that. Drink less (the temptation will be to drink more, don&#8217;t give in). Get more exercise. Yes, I should take my own advice (I went for a long walk this morning in Davos and had fish last night).</p>
<p><strong> 8. Make sure you spend at least 30% of every day trying to find a job. </strong></p>
<p>That means working on your resume. Getting your cover letter finished. Sending out resumes. Searching the web for work. Networking. Etc. At first your time spent on these tasks should be a lot higher, but after weeks of watching the job sites for jobs and having your resume checked over by 10 of your friends you will naturally have more time to spend on other things.</p>
<p><strong>9. Go where the money is. </strong></p>
<p>If you are laid off and you haven&#8217;t sent your resume to Matt Mullenweg this morning, why not? People with new funding are the ones who are hiring. You want to work for them, so do what you can to at minimum get an informational interview. Why don&#8217;t you interview Matt for your blog? You never know, he just might give you an interview and that might lead to a discussion about how you could fit into his company. Even if it doesn&#8217;t, at least you get an interesting interview with someone in the industry who is seeing success. Other employers want to be like Matt, so if you have some insights to his success you might be surprised by how that gets you job interviews.</p>
<p><strong> 10. Go to any job networking session you learn about. </strong></p>
<p>All of them were valuable to me, even though they didn&#8217;t necessarily bring me a job. Part of it is just feeling like you&#8217;re doing everything you can to get back on your feet. It&#8217;s an attitude thing. If you have an attitude that you&#8217;re going to work at this that will come across and will bring opportunities to you.</p>
<p><strong> 11. Don&#8217;t feel bad about taking government assistance. </strong></p>
<p>You&#8217;ll need it to pay your bills. I took it and it helped me get over that tough period.</p>
<p><strong> 12. Always have your suit ready.</strong></p>
<p><strong></strong> Some interviews happen fast &#8220;can you be here this afternoon?&#8221; The one who is ready will get the interview.</p>
<p><strong> 13. Show your friends your resume and cover letter. </strong></p>
<p>Don&#8217;t have any friends? Now is the time to make some. Call up some interesting people and ask for an informational interview. This is particularly key if you work at a big company and are getting laid off. I watched people at Microsoft get laid off and the ones who had tons of internal informational interviews got new jobs fast. The key is to meet people everyday and get in front of them. Not to beg for a job, but to do research on the industry you want to work in. You&#8217;d be amazed how showing some interest in your industry will get noticed itself.</p>
<p><strong> 14. Do things that will get you to be recognized as a world leader in the field you want to be in.</strong></p>
<p><strong> 15. Are you a programmer? </strong></p>
<p>Build something and put it up! Share your knowledge on your blog (give tips you&#8217;ve learned). Are you a program manager? Those jobs will be tougher to find, but you should demonstrate that you are a great manager of people as well as that you&#8217;re expert on the kinds of things you want to do. Demo! Demo! Demo!</p>
<p><strong> 16. Go to every business event you can attend. </strong></p>
<p>Can&#8217;t afford to get in? Me neither and I have a job! Hang out in the hallways. You never know who you might meet. At minimum you&#8217;ll get interesting interviews for your blog. Have your resumes ready.</p>
<p><strong> 17. Learn from Loic Le Meur. </strong></p>
<p>How did he get thousands of videos uploaded on Seesmic everyday? He networked. He visited tons of journalists, bloggers, executives. He is a consumate networker (you should watch him work the halls here at the World Economic Forum).</p>
<p><strong> 18. Make sure you take advantage of any help your former employer is offering. </strong></p>
<p>Sometimes they have retraining or other programs that might help you land an even better job.</p>
<p>This list is available on Snagsta <a href="http://snagsta.com/people/robert-scoble/lists/what-to-do-if-youre-laid-off-in-a-recession">here</a>.</p>
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		<title>10 lists to inspire you in 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phillip Hofmeyr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was talking to one of our users yesterday and he was complaining that we hadn&#8217;t updated our blog (with the exception of Mr Moore&#8217;s posts he said he quite missed our stories). We&#8217;ve been so busy road-testing the site we haven&#8217;t had a chance to finalise our tagline competition so the wine is still [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.snagsta.com&amp;blog=2131219&amp;post=262&amp;subd=snagsta&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>I was talking to one of our users yesterday and he was complaining that we hadn&#8217;t updated our blog (with the exception of Mr Moore&#8217;s posts he said he quite missed our stories).</p>
<p>We&#8217;ve been so busy road-testing the site we haven&#8217;t had a chance to finalise our tagline competition so the wine is still on my desk &#8211; quite a testament to our self discipline in these trying times. Reviews from our first batch of users back inside Snagsta have been fairly promising. Thanks to those of you who have sent us feedback.</p>
<p>The original plan was to give all our readers a Mont Blanc pen for Christmas but out of respect to all the bankers that have lost their jobs we thought something humble would be more appropriate.</p>
<p>Instead we thought we&#8217;d share some of our favourite lists with you.</p>
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<li><a href="http://snagsta.com/people/michael-kalmar/lists/things-to-do-in-the-bay-area-northern-california">Things to do in the Bay Area / Northern California</a> (Michael Kalmar)</li>
<li><a href="http://snagsta.com/people/rebeccah-rumph/lists/no-fail-date-places-in-london">No fail date places in London</a> (Rebeccah Rumph)</li>
<li><a href="http://snagsta.com/people/steve-catling/lists/5-places-so-good-i-almost-dont-want-to-tell-you-about-them-because-then-too-many-people-might-discover-them4570">5 places so good I almost don&#8217;t want to tell you about them</a> (Steve Catling)</li>
<li><a href="http://snagsta.com/people/burak-alpar/lists/highly-recommended-podcasts4718">Highly recommended podcasts</a> (Burak Alpar)</li>
<li><a href="http://snagsta.com/people/marie-foster/lists/clues-youre-getting-old">Clues you&#8217;re getting old</a> (Marie Foster)</li>
<li><a href="http://snagsta.com/people/dianne-hofmeyr/lists/picture-books-every-child-should-be-given4534">Picture books every child should be given</a> (Dianne Hofmeyr)<br />
This user, who I might be related to, has made some great lists &#8211; check out the ones on travel. Thanks mom <img src='http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </li>
<li><a href="http://snagsta.com/people/richard-pickering/lists/when-insults-had-class">When insults had class</a> (Richard Pickering)</li>
<li><a href="http://snagsta.com/people/nick-pickard/lists/things-to-do-in-and-around-cape-town4571">Things to do in and around Cape Town</a> (Nick Pickard)</li>
<li><a href="http://snagsta.com/people/vanessa-vettier/lists/best-places-to-kiss-in-paris">The best places to kiss in Paris</a> (Vanessa Vettier)
<p>And finishing off with something on the racier side&#8230;</li>
<li><a href="http://snagsta.com/people/neil-foreman/lists/food-to-get-their-knickers-off">Food to get their knickers off</a> (Neil Foreman)</li>
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<p>Have a great Christmas!</p>
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		<title>How important is a vote anyway?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 07:53:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alexgardner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  As you may have noticed, the subject of voting has been in the news spotlight recently – yep, that’s right, it was election time in New Zealand. Plus, weren’t they doing something in the U.S. too last week?   No, of course, it was a massive deal in the U.S., but here in the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.snagsta.com&amp;blog=2131219&amp;post=253&amp;subd=snagsta&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;">As you may have noticed, the subject of voting has been in the news spotlight recently – yep, that’s right, it was election time in New Zealand. Plus, weren’t they doing something in the U.S. too last week?</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;">No, of course, it was a massive deal in the U.S., but here in the Snagsta Thailand office, we decided not to endorse either candidate, partly because we try to remain suitably impartial, but mostly because we don’t have any eligible voters on staff.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;">Personally, I like to support the underdog, but this was tricky, because who I thought was the underdog, turned out to be the favourite and who I thought was the favourite suddenly declared himself the underdog.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;">Funnily enough though, the subject of voting has been in the spotlight here at Snagsta HQ, thanks to the programming team adding in some new functionality allowing users to vote on a list.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;">We had an interesting debate on the suitability of a voting system for us, seeing as one of our core functions is to provide recommendations based on a user’s preferences, rather than other people’s preferences. However, the over-riding factor was the probability that many of our users will not necessarily be members, so of course if we can give them a way of knowing which lists are good and which aren’t, this helps them.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;">To be honest, I was more concerned about how many negative votes my lists will get, but hopefully I can convince the programmers to secretly build an admin function that allows me to cast multiple votes at one time. Democracy, with a dash of corruption. It’s the Thai way.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;">Before I close with a list (that you will not be able to vote on!), I’d just like to remind everyone to get their entries in for the tagline competition. Some of you are amazingly creative, and some of you…not so much.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;">Just kidding, please do submit your own entry soon.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;">Finally, here is a list of my favourite online memories of the 2008 U.S. election:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;">The ordinary people – <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3c-Ijky95dc" target="_blank">funny Arab lady</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFC9jv9jfoA">Joe the Plumber</a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;">The music – <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/us_elections_2008/7693995.stm">The Obama Girl</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4LzHcM_rho">American Boy</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjXyqcx-mYY">Will.I.Am</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;">The SNL skits – <a href="http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/couric-palin-open/704042/">The Couric Interview</a>, <a href="http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/vp-debate-open-palin-biden/727421/">The VP Debate</a>, <a href="http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/presidential-debate/704121/">The Debate</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;">The Funny or Die collection – <a href="http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/cc65ed650d/ron-howards-call-to-action-from-ron-howard-and-henry-winkler">Ron Howard</a>, <a href="http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/8174eb51ba/natalie-portman-rashida-jones-speak-out-again-from-natalie-portman-and-rashida-jones">Natalie Portman</a></p>
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		<title>Tagline contest. Win a bottle of wine!</title>
		<link>http://blog.snagsta.com/2008/10/30/tagline-contest-win-a-bottle-of-wine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:11:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phillip Hofmeyr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the spirit of online collaboration we&#8217;re kicking off a competition to find the best Snagsta tagline. The most original, funny, best and worst taglines will all win a bottle of wine. Some of you may even be lucky enough to have it hand-delivered by a founder [depending on your postcode and vital statistics]. This [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.snagsta.com&amp;blog=2131219&amp;post=243&amp;subd=snagsta&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<br />In the spirit of online collaboration we&#8217;re kicking off a competition to find the best Snagsta tagline. The most original, funny, best and worst taglines will all win a bottle of wine. Some of you may even be lucky enough to have it hand-delivered by a founder [depending on your postcode and vital statistics]. This is not a joke, you <em>could </em>win! Impossible is nothing.</p>
<p><strong>So, what makes a great tagline?</strong></p>
<p>Skype: Take a Deep Breath.<br />
Orange: The Future&#8217;s Bright, the Future&#8217;s Orange.<br />
Apple: Think different.<br />
Amex: Don&#8217;t leave home without it.<br />
Smith Barney: We make money the old-fashioned way &#8211; we earn it.<br />
DeBeers: A diamond is forever.<br />
Audi: Vorsprung durch technik.<br />
Heinz: Beanz meanz Heinz.<br />
Carlsberg: Probably the best beer in the world [even though we all know it's crap]</p>
<p><strong>Some topical ones:</strong></p>
<p>AIG: The strength to be there.  [I wonder how their customers feel at the moment?]<br />
Lehmans: Where Vision Gets Built.  [And, apparently, destroyed]</p>
<p><strong>And our favourite:</strong></p>
<p>Heineken&#8217;s: Refreshes the parts other beers can&#8217;t reach.<br />
The inspiration for our current tagline:<br />
Snagsta. Helps you find the things Google can&#8217;t.</p>
<p>Love it or hate it [incidentally marmite's tagline] you have to admit, it&#8217;s actually true. Consider searching for restaurants in London on Google&#8230; 1.5 million results later, have you really &#8216;found&#8217; any? But ask a friend for a list of their 5 favourite restaurants in London and I&#8217;ll bet you&#8217;d have one picked out in no time.</p>
<p>Of course Google might find a reason to hate it. Hence the competition.</p>
<p>So what is Snagsta? Snagsta is a recommendation site that uses lists of your favourites to help you find things you&#8217;ll like. The one-phrase benefit of Snagsta is: Find remarkable things you can trust.We need your help making that sentiment sexier and turning it into a tagline.</p>
<p><strong>To get your juices flowing here are some possibilities:</strong></p>
<p>Snagsta. Helps you find the things Google can&#8217;t.<br />
Snagsta. Find things search engines can&#8217;t.<br />
Snagsta. Find things you&#8217;ll like.<br />
Snagsta. Take the lottery out of discovery.<br />
Snagsta. Hidden little gems.<br />
Snagsta. Search, refined.<br />
Snagsta. The internet distilled by your friends.<br />
Snagsta. Needles without the haystack.<br />
Snagsta. List. Share. Discover.<br />
Snagsta. List. Connect. Discover.<br />
Snagsta. Finders keepers.<br />
Snagsta. Better than the rest.<br />
Snagsta. Where people in the know go.</p>
<p>And finally &#8230;</p>
<p>Snagsta. Probably the best site on the web.</p>
<p>Any gems in there?  Or do they all taste like Carlsberg?<br />
Let us know and submit your suggestion in the comments.</p>
<p>Just do it!</p>
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