May 2012
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The Founding Fathers of Silicon Valley →
During the start-up phase at Fairchild Semiconductor there had been no sense of bosses and employees. There had been only a common sense of struggle out on a frontier. Everyone had internalized the goals of the venture. They didn’t need exhortations from superiors. Besides, everyone had been so young! Noyce, the administrator or chief coordinator or whatever he should be called, had been just...
March 2012
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“Products are born from usage patterns and not from something that imposes a...”
– Sparrow takes flight: how a startup built the Gmail app Google couldn’t | The Verge
January 2012
2 posts
Checkered History
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Jason Putorti: From Mint to Votizen →
putorti:
After a year of building Votizen with the team, I finally had a chance to take a small break over the holidays and reflect. I’ve worked in the Valley for almost five years now. Crazy to think how fast the time flied, and how I’m more excited than ever. Since I haven’t written much lately, I…
December 2011
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Naveen The Dream Olajuwon →
no matter whether you believe in fate or free will, they both affect many paths in life: from the college we go to, to where we live, to the jobs we take and to the people we run into and with whom we become friends and lovers. but i think the most powerful of these factors is location – where we are now and where we choose to live. i think that location, more than anything else, is a powerful...
November 2011
3 posts
October 2011
1 post
Steve Jobs on Startups
“I hate it when people call themselves ‘entrepreneurs’ when what they’re really trying to do is launch a startup and then sell or go public, so they can cash in and move on. They’re unwilling to do the work it takes to build a real company, which is the hardest work in business.”
September 2011
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August 2011
3 posts
betashop: The Fab.com Social Design Commerce... →
betashop:
Here at Fab.com we’re compiling some awesome data on the design industry and consumers’ tastes and interests with regards to design.
Our goal over time is to publish a regular “Fab.com Social Design Commerce Index” with data on what’s trending.
Here’s a manual version as a first step towards…
July 2011
2 posts
June 2011
17 posts
Larry David on Golf
The third stage was Bargaining, and I did my share of that. “Please, God. All I want to do is hit the ball. What is it You want? Good deeds? Give me a swing and I’ll give You good deeds up the wazoo. I’ll help sick kids, the homeless … well, sick kids. I’ll stop all the mocking. I’ll give up cookies, coffee, coffee cake, cashmere. I’ll go to temple. Is that what You want? Temple? Done! Can I...
Wearing shorts on plane.
Shameless and self-aggrandizing link →
Big thanks to Chris Dixon and Shana Fisher for reading this beforehand.
More Thoughts on What Makes Great Entrepreneurs Great
I had the privilege of speaking at TechCrunch DISRUPT last Monday with Michael Arrington and Ron Conway. The subject of the talk was “What Makes Great Entrepreneurs Great.” Initially the scope of the talk was to have Ron share some of his stories to give a birds-eye...
May 2011
20 posts
“There are plenty of smart people who get nowhere. -Paul Graham”
– http://techcrunch.com/2011/05/24/y-combinators-paul-graham-were-looking-for-people-like-us/
“Nassim Taleb once advised people to ignore any news you don’t hear in a...”
– Chris Anderson: What I Read - The Atlantic Wire
“It’s your curiosity and enthusiasm that will get you noticed and make your life...”
– Steve Blank (via brycedotvc)
“Indeed, the bank was betting so much money on mortgages that its executives had...”
– The People vs. Goldman Sachs | Rolling Stone Politics
“We don’t spike the football.” — President Obama Sunday night...”
– Tennessee Titans like what they have in rookie quarterback Jake Locker - Peter King - SI.com