May 2012
16 posts
“We would not want a web that’s shaped only by those who can afford Oracle.”
– Sep Kamvar
The Farmer & Farmer Review . Mastery and Mimicry . What Lies Upstream
“Tesla wasn’t an ignored god-hero. Thomas Edison wasn’t the devil. They were both...”
– Nikola Tesla Wasn’t God And Thomas Edison Wasn’t The Devil
Really interesting and fact based article that digs into the controversy around Tesla/Edison.
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“Investing is not the simple act of purchasing a stock, any more than buying a...”
– Paul Kedrosky, So You Think You Might Be in Love With Facebook Stock
Well said…
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notes.unwieldy: The $144,146,165 Button →
unwieldy:
The average New York City taxi cab driver makes $90,747 in revenue per year. There are roughly 13,267 cabs in the city. In 2007, NYC forced cab drivers to begin taking credit cards, which involved installing a touch screen system for payment.
During payment, the user is presented with three…
“This stuff will shrivel your nuts and give you zits all over,” Lawrence Lenihan,...”
– Startup steroids: Pinterest feels the burn of Facebook’s Open Graph | The Verge (via taylordavidson)
“At a certain point I’ve just concluded that for me, personally, it is...”
– Barack Obama
YES!
“You can buy Twitter followers (if you’re willing to spend money stupidly), but...”
– John Scalzi via http://whatever.scalzi.com/2012/05/03/amanda-palmer-kickstarter-and-everything/ (via msg)
This is where I see the weakness in Facebook in the future. Facebook is making its money by trying to allow a company to buy your friendship. This will only work for companies that are you...
April 2012
20 posts
“We will hit the point, likely soon, when the cost of starting a business is...”
– i said the same thing up at HBS last month. i think we are there now. maybe we’ve been there for several years. but it takes time to wake up and smell the roses.
Is it a Tech Bubble?…NO…Just too many Wantrepreneurs | Howard Lindzon (via fred-wilson)
WatchOne of the trails I mountain bike on in LA has this section of crazy jumps. We always wonder who the hell does these and today we get our answer.
The guy in the video, Scott, is 44 years old. Super cool guy just out there alone violating gravity.
Made me think that getting old is a lot more mental then physical.
Scott whoever you are, today you inspired me.
“One could argue that Amazon.com has had more impact on the startup community...”
– and one would be correct. (via brycedotvc)
Amazon’s cloud services have changed everything and tilted it in favor of the smaller cash strapped entrepreneur. Their cloud has personally allowed us to do things that I would not have been able to pull off without major investment. Thanks again...
“The first question was “what do I think of the phrase ‘Silicon Beach’ for the LA...”
– Brad Feld
i’ve been saying the same thing about silicon alley since the late 90s. every time i hear it i about puke.
Feld Thoughts (via fred-wilson)
“being self-led is exhausting!”
– Yesterday my buddy Nate left this comment on the discussion of home schooling.
It has been on my mind, since. Doing things your own way can be really difficult to handle. Especially if you are someone trying to change the way people interact with their world. You will encounter naysayers that...
“I think the future of open-source software will increasingly belong to people...”
– The Social Context of Open-Source Software
I think the part, “leaving behind the cathedral and embrace the bazaar” is a perfect analogy on many other things happening right now not just in open source and even outside of tech. I need to make up some shirts, “leave behind the...
“You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do.”
– Henry Ford (via livejamie)
mark[sweep]: The Beer Game -or- Why Apple Can't... →
This is a great post and is something I have thought about a lot. If the US wants to take back certain parts of manufacturing, which I think it needs to, we will need to treat it like a startup at this point. Bootstrapping our way back into the industry is the only way to do it as explained below the web of suppliers needed for a complex product like the iPad might be so deep that it is not a...
March 2012
29 posts
“Nope, I have no guilt. I’m not trying to scam anyone, or upload viruses to...”
– Steve, 24 year old Pinterest Spammer making over $1k per day, A Pinterest Spammer Tells All
These things are never scalable but I love seeing how creative people find these loopholes to make decent money. The whole interview is worth reading.
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Kickstarter - Galileo. Your iOS in Motion. →
Just backed this project. It was the video that got me, Oliver does the same thing as this guys kid. Every time I am away and doing some sort of video thing with him he talks to me and then walks around to do something else. Would be awesome to be able to follow him around using something like this.
“Coding is the literacy of the 21st century.”
– Zach Sims, CEO Code Academy
Going Viral: How Codecademy Snagged 200,000 Users in Seven Days
parislemon: NUTS! →
parislemon:
Business Insider on January 6, 2011 after OMGPOP’s $10 million Series B:
IS HE NUTS? This Guy Thinks He Can Beat A $5.5 Billion Company With A $10 Million Funding Round
Business Insider today after OMGPOP was purchased for about $200 million by aforementioned $5.5 billion (now public) company,…
Always nice to see MG putting things into perspective. OMGPOP did something...
“A final thought: On average, you have 78 years total to live. The first 18-20...”
– A Moment of Clarity in the Pursuit of Happiness (via kareem)
Awesome.
WatchSpent the day putting tables together for our upcoming SnapGarden testing.
“I agreed to put $100k into the new fund and Jessica agreed to quit her job to...”
– -How Y Combinator Started
Wish I could have gotten in that round…
