Francine Hardaway

"The worst is #13, where the VCs make this a bigger market than it should be, and ruin it for everyone. It's like crowdfunding: can be good on a small scale, and will cause terrible repercussions on a grand scale, just because of human nature. Once there are a few bad actors, in comes the government to regulate and ruin it." - Francine Hardaway

"Phoenix, Mark. We are ready." - Francine Hardaway

"I really don't think so. What they're doing is working." - Francine Hardaway

"I find it's more a matter of what Steve Blank says "a startup is a science experiment." Most experiments fail. And data doesn't give you all the predictive answers. Some startups fail because the founders break up, or the entrepreneur doesn't listen, or other non-data related issues." - Francine Hardaway

"Dana, a systems approach is best for happiness just like everything else. As a foster parent, I learned that putting a child in a more stable family doesn't necessarily improve their school performance --just as getting the mother a job doesn't solve all her other problems like health care or child care." - Francine Hardaway

"Could not agree with you more, so I will stop commenting right now." - Francine Hardaway

"The Daily failed because it had no real reason for being. And besides, it sucked. And I forgot about it." - Francine Hardaway

"Can ZEDO answer those questions? We'd love to:-)" - Francine Hardaway

"As someone who follows your blog and often your Twitter, I am literally thrilled to have your river. It is a way of curating my news, using a person with intelligent perspectives whose judgment I trust. That's the value of a river of news to me. You have to respect the curator. A river of news from Fox news might not be quite as appealing to me." - Francine Hardaway

"And since when is alexa an authority" - Francine Hardaway

"So then why wouldn't something like app.net work, and I know it already doesn't." - Francine Hardaway

"Gangplank has had a MakerBot for a year. I really like it for rapid prototyping, although most of the GPers use it to make toys for their kids." - Francine Hardaway

"Same thing. Convention is a metaphor for "journalists have become sheep." And thanks so much for the books. Will be talking to my class about it:-)" - Francine Hardaway