Disruption and My Next Startup… You Help Decide
Aug 17**Dear people from Draper Fisher Jurveston (DFJ) who frequently visit this post (multiple times a week and close to 50 times total according to my analytics)- You should say hi via email. Nope, not looking for funding or to “pitch” you. I just enjoy talking to smart people who want to change the world, which you guys and gals definitely like to do.** What needs serious...
A Year on Hacker News
Mar 15Most online communities turn to garbage over time. There’s no formula as to why this happens exactly. In the broader scheme of things, it probably has to do with the growth of the community and the signal to noise ratio. Digg seemed to head down the tubes after V3 was released in mid 2006. I’ve never been a big reddit user, but people seem to feel the community there has gone...
The Quickest Way To Tank Your Company
Feb 08“The quickest way to tank your company is to believe what you read in the press, especially if it happens to be about you. The vast majority of journalists are not interested in covering what is actually happening. They are interested in covering what they think people want to think is actually happening. Everything is sensationalized.” -Bo Peabody, Founder of Tripod/ Village...
Everytime a VC Makes a Bad Investment, Seal Clubbing Occurs
Feb 03Me youre fucking kidding me right? These guys got funding. Mark WHAT THE FUCK Me i met the vc that invested in them at a conference in May. sigh, i thought he was smart Mark graphic images of seal clubbing Me am i gonna die laughing? Me LOL. Everytime a VC Makes a Bad investment, Seal Clubbing...
Why I Started To (and still do) Read TechCrunch
Jan 29First off, before the trolls decide to start dicking around and call this linkbait/sucking up, it’s not. TechCrunch or Mike Arrington have never covered any project I’ve been a full time employee of or had an equity stake in. Honestly, I don’t care if they do. It would be nice, but only if it merits the write up. I’ve only spoken personally with Mike once at the...
Always Treat It Like It’s Your First Project
Jan 24“The key to staying, on top of things is treat everything like it’s your first project, knahmsayin? Like it’s your first day like back when you was an intern Like, that’s how you try to treat things like, just stay hungry” -Notorious BIG I know it gets really hard out there, and things seem difficult. Failure is inevitable. Maybe now, maybe later, or maybe in...
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