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this is a story of two individuals
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an entrepreneur andan academic
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who were both in pursuit of the
hottest trends on Twitter
.unbeknownst to each other, they independently uncovered the same, key finding
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that there is a 'landgrab' for attention on twitter.in exploiting this finding, the entrepreneur, whoseculture embraced experimentation, was able to grow a successful business. his team was active in the community and quickly incorporated new ideas into their product.the academic, on the other hand, faced many strugglesin an established culture of academic rigor andanonymous peer-review. she had to deal with multipleset-backs before attaining even the modest achievement of speaking at a conference.
by brynn m. evans
meanwhile...
patsy writes up theresearch proposal. Submits to advisor. next, a plea to the IRB
*
and she can soon begin her study! she revises it, andresubmits to her advisor. At the same time, Startup.com was born.
...i'll build anapp with the
twitter api
!
a l i t t l e a m b i t io u s pa t s y, b u t go fo r i t!
r e d o !
youstill need irbapproval!
twitter
is thehottest thingaround... my advisor willlove this Twitteris blooming into a lively,dynamic community
–
my newproject should be researching the current trends!
* irb = human subjects review board.
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