Allen Barteld

Adding Google's +1 (plus one) button to your Posterous - How Do I...

2011-11-23T01:02:00.001-08:00

As well all know, Javascript isn’t allowed in Posterous themes. Luckily, iframes are and that’s what we’ll use to go around the no Javascript limitation.

Simply go to your Posterous dashboard, click "Settings" on the top right, then click the "Edit Theme" button and select the "Advanced tab". Now, all you have to do is paste one of the following snippets where you want the button to show up and click the "Save, I’m done!" button.

Standard button:
1 
<iframe src="http://dev.syskall.com/plusone/?url={Permalink}" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="border:0;width:110px;height:30px;"></iframe>
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Tall button:

1	<iframe src="http://dev.syskall.com/plusone/?url={Permalink}&size=tall" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="border:0;width:50px;height:60px;"></iframe>

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That’s all you have to do to integrate Google +1 to your Posterous.

If you want to host the script yourself, the source code is available on Github:

git clone https://olalonde@github.com/olalonde/google-plusone-posterous.git

Thanks to Olivier Lalonde for writing this tutorial!

Let us know in the comments if you are experiencing any problems!

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If you're looking to add Google+1 to your Posterous posts, here's a way. Autoposting to Google+ is won't happen until the API is released, See: http://www.quora.com/When-will-Posterous-allow-autoposting-to-Google+

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F8 changed Dan Lyons' life forever....

2011-09-24T22:42:00.001-07:00

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"All of life has been utterly, profoundly changed thanks to Facebook’s new features, and nothing will ever be the same, and all I can do is sit here and weep at the beauty and magic that Mark Zuckerberg has brought to this world...."

Good satire for certain, but replace Facebook/Zuckerberg and he could post that blog after after tech company's major announcement.

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Bartz not the cause of all Yahoo problems....

2011-09-13T12:43:00.001-07:00

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This is the result of clicking on Yahoo leading news story, and happens again with other articles. Don't spend much time on Yahoo and long ago stopped wondering if they will ever get their act together.

But worth a read is Jason Calacanis's take on their future and next CEO. Check it out: http://bit.ly/r9G5y5

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#Entrepreneur #Start-up read @fredwilson comments http://bit.ly/cOCnSQ on @davemcclure investment post http://bit.ly/9ljGTn

2010-07-31T09:53:00.001-07:00

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@davemcclure Lays out his angel investment strategy: http://bit.ly/9ljGTn #angel #leanstartup

2010-07-30T19:40:00.001-07:00

And no one can accuse him of not being straightforward, passionate or holding back what he thinks.

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#attorneys Urge start-up and angel investor clients to watch YCombinator's AngelConf 2010: http://bit.ly/aI1i3M #legal

2010-07-29T14:21:00.001-07:00

Video of YCombinator's conference on 'how to be an angel investor.' Ron Conway, the first speaker, is a must see.

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Does This Document Prove Mark Zuckerberg Signed Away 84% Of Facebook? #legal

2010-07-23T10:47:00.001-07:00

The last few weeks a story that a man claims to own 84% of Facebook has been circulating. Now the contract in question has come to light and some feel he has a legitimate claim.

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If a start-up client says they're in stealth mode, tell them to reconsider. #legal

2010-07-22T19:08:00.001-07:00

Too frequently I meet or hear of entrepreneurs who say they are in stealth mode. I believe this is a mistake. Whatever the reason, they do so under the misguided belief that it is better for their business. Here is a post by the well respected Chris Dixon on why you shouldn't keep your start-up a secret.

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Share with business clients this great post on positive mindset. Worth the read. bit.ly/bIpzyz #legal

2010-07-20T12:32:00.001-07:00

This blog post was written by Mark Suster, a 2x entrepreneur and VC who sold his last company to Salesforce.com.

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Attorneys see @Microsoft & @Facebook app for client development use: http://bit.ly/cgsjde #legal

2010-07-16T10:31:00.001-07:00

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Advice to know/share for start-ups seeking 'seed' funds. Chris Dixon http://bit.ly/a6Ju8e #legal

2010-07-15T13:41:00.001-07:00

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To share with start-up clients on the myth of protectable advantage: http://bit.ly/9JqZA9 #legal

2010-07-15T08:35:00.001-07:00

Another concept he alludes to and worth noting, is that stealth mode makes little sense. Yet I meet many entrepreneurs claiming they are doing so which I think is a mistake.

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To share with start-up clients: The myth of the protectable advantage. #legal

2010-07-15T08:30:00.001-07:00

(Editor’s note: David Goldenberg is co-founder of PigSpigot.com, a user-generated greeting card site. He submitted this column to VentureBeat.)

“What’s your protectable advantage?”

It’s often the first question a potential investor asks a startup, but it’s a bad one. Besides being unrealistic and confusing for most companies, attempting to create a protectable advantage stifles creativity, hurts communication and generally diminishes an entrepreneur’s prospects for success.

Here’s what investors mean when they ask for your protectable edge in the market: They want to know if you have any patents or secret algorithms that your competitors can’t touch. It makes sense for them to ask: They want to minimize as much risk as possible, and having an effective monopoly on technology is a great start.

But it’s also stupidly unrealistic. Entrepreneurs can hem and haw about their IP, but the reality for the vast majority of online companies out there is that an elite team of coders can reverse engineer and rebuild their sites in a couple of weeks without too much trouble.

So what does that mean for an entrepreneur with a good – but not patentable – idea? For many of us, the first inclination is to hide it in a refinery deep underground until the entire company has been pieced together and polished. Every interaction with a potential partner comes thick with NDAs and secrecy. And if there’s any worry that someone we’re talking to might spill the beans, we cancel the meeting or hold back information.

The goal, of course, is to stop other people from stealing our million-dollar ideas. But here’s the rub: For most of us, there’s no such thing as a valuable idea until it has been executed. And executing it means exposing it to the world.

It’s not like you’re going to keep your business a secret forever, after all. Almost all Internet businesses rely on exposure to be successful, and with lots of customers come lots of competitors.

Secrecy is not a protectable advantage. A head start is not a protectable advantage. There are a few reasons to think about things on your own at first – there’s a too-many-cooks maxim that sums it up well – but protecting your idea from the harsh light of day isn’t one of them.

So you probably don’t have a protectable advantage – and you can’t manufacture one using a cloak of secrecy. But all is not lost when it comes to your IP. Here are two heartening pieces of information to consider.

There are very few people who want to be in the business of copying you – Even if you’ve got a great idea, it takes tons of time and talent to turn it into something worthwhile. There aren’t many people out there who are both evil enough to swipe your idea and driven enough to turn into something better than you could.

Sure there are some. If you’ve come up with a cool idea that a larger company knows could be beneficial to them, then it may decide that it’s easier to copy the idea than to partner with or buy your company. But you’re going to be on their radar no matter what, so you might as well open the lines of communication with them early on. (Hell, it might even make them feel bad about ripping you off down the road.)

There’s likely plenty of space in your field for competition – It’s not like our company, PigSpigot.com, is the only site in the world where someone can find a greeting card online, personalize it, and have it sent by mail to friends and family. The greeting card business is a $10 billion industry, and lots of players are trying to get in on the next logical step in its evolution. Sure, we’re proud of our specific tech development, but we know we don’t need to be the only company doing what we’re doing in order to be successful.

So what should you tell potential investors who want to know what your company’s protectable edge is? Ask them what Facebook’s protectable edge is. Or Twitter’s. Or any of the myriad other startups that are successful not because they’re the only ones doing something but because they do it better than everyone else does.

Actually, that’s kind of a jerk-y thing to say to people who are thinking about giving you money. Instead, tell them that your protectable advantage is a group of smart, motivated founders willing to work for not much more than equity. Plus, if they invest in you, you’ll have something most startups never have: Cash. And that’s definitely a protectable advantage.

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Another concept he alludes to and is worth noting is 'stealth mode' makes little sense.

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Share with your start-up clients to emphasize importance of discussing desired exit now: http://bit.ly/cLg6zp #legal

2010-06-10T13:16:00.001-07:00

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For your start-up tech clients: suggest they sign-up for StartupDigest at http://bit.ly/cAvI5J. Highly recommended.

2010-05-27T11:14:00.001-07:00

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Two interesting legal tech discussions on what's next (http://bit.ly/95iTne) and cloud apps (http://bit.ly/dpXKk1). #legal

2010-05-25T13:15:00.001-07:00

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Practice Tip

2010-05-24T12:52:00.000-07:00

Saw this and thought it was of use.

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New Timekeeping Survey by Adam Smith Esq. for legal. See http://bit.ly/aA7XG6. #legal

2010-05-23T19:27:00.001-07:00

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Venture capital is blowing through the Columbia Gorge

2008-08-25T20:03:00.000-07:00

Entrepreneur Allen Barteld, who has homes in Hood River and Vashon
Island, Wash., is both a participant and an instigator in the push for
the gorge's clean-tech investment.

See article: http://www.keribrennercommunications.com/pdfs/venture.pdf

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Entrepreneur aims to launch Hood River tech incubator

2008-07-28T20:09:00.000-07:00

It's taken Allen Barteld more than a year to raise $350,000 for his
Seattle-based software startup. But it's taken less than three weeks
to land more than $1 million in committed cash for a clean tech
incubator Barteld proposes to start in Hood River.

See article: http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2008/07/28/tidbits1.html

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Entrepreneur mulls clean tech incubator

2008-07-15T19:52:00.000-07:00

While raising money for a new legal software business, a strange thing
happened to Allen Barteld.
Potential investors started asking him if he knew about opportunities
in clean tech.....

See entire article: http://blog.seattlepi.com/venture/archives/143591.asp

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Use of temporary lawyers slowly catches on in PDX Read more: Use of temporary lawyers slowly catches on in PDX - Portland Business Journal

2006-12-01T23:21:00.000-08:00

Allen Barteld, chief executive officer of The Associates National, a Portland agency that places attorneys, legal secretaries and other legal professionals on a contract basis, said another factor in the increasing use of "free-lance" attorneys is the large number of baby-boomer-age lawyers who want more flexibility in their lives and are more willing to work on contract or in temporary positions.

"They have significant experience, they're looking to transition out [of law firms] and can pick and choose," he said.

Barteld's firm plans to take advantage of this increasing awareness of contract lawyering and its efficiencies by opening additional offices next year, including one in California, where contract attorneys are more widely used. His agency also plans to set up a 24-hour "litigation support" service in Bend to provide secretarial, paralegal and other legal work for attorneys as "back-office" support.

See article: http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2006/12/04/focus3.html?page=2

Firms paying recruiters bonuses to find lawyers

2000-04-10T20:09:00.000-07:00

How hot is the demand for some lawyers? Hot enough that some
recruiters are being offered very large bonuses for finding clients
the right kind of legal talent. Allen Barteld, chief executive officer
of The Associates, a Portland-based attorney staffing service, said a
client with offices in Portland, Seattle and Silicon Valley is
offering an additional $15,000 above the firm's standard fee for
attorneys who are members of the state bar and hired during the next
few months.

See article: http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2000/04/10/newscolumn4.html

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Intellectual property lawyers can write their own tickets these days Read more: Intellectual property lawyers can write their own tickets these days - Portland Business Journal

1999-11-19T23:16:00.000-08:00

A good IP lawyer is hard to find. Actually, any IP, or intellectual property, lawyer is hard to find, according to local law firms that are bulking up IP practices.

Allen Barteld, attorney search coordinator for The Associates, a Portland legal staffing and recruiting firm, fields at least one call daily from a law firm desperately seeking IP talent. "No other area of law is even close," Barteld said. "IP is definitely it."

See Article: http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/1999/11/22/story6.html?q=allen%20barteld

Staffing firm expands

1998-12-07T19:54:00.000-08:00

Business has been so good for the The Associates, a legal staffing and
recruiting firm, that founders Allen Barteld and Ian Shearer want to
set up shop in Seattle, too.

See article: http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/1998/12/07/newscolumn4.html

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