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"I don’t know how to write a business plan. I can only tell you how we read them. We start at the..."

Mon, 24 Dec 2012 12:01:27 -0500

““I don’t know how to write a business plan. I can only tell you how we read them. We start at the back, and if the numbers are big, we look at the front to see what kind of business it is.””

- Tom Perkins from KPCB

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Tue, 04 Sep 2012 21:44:39 -0400

Go ‘cats!

Sun, 03 Jun 2012 23:03:01 -0400

Go ‘cats!

"We would not want a web that’s shaped only by those who can afford Oracle."

Tue, 22 May 2012 00:40:01 -0400

“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
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"The problem with deep specialization is that specialists tend to get stuck in their own points of..."

Tue, 22 May 2012 00:37:03 -0400

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The problem with deep specialization is that specialists tend to get stuck in their own points of view. They’ve been taught to focus so narrowly that they can’t look at a problem from different angles. And in the modern workscape we desperately need people with the ability to see big picture solutions. That’s where being a polymath has certain advantages.

Was Steve Jobs a better product designer than Apple’s lead designer Jonathan Ive? “No,” says author, entrepreneur, and popular blogger Tim Ferriss. “But [Jobs] has a broad range of skills and sees the unseen interconnectedness. As technology becomes a commodity with the democratization of information, it’s the big-picture generalists who will predict, innovate, and rise to power fastest.”

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- The ability to find the connection between disparate ideas is the mark of true creativity. This is what I love so much about Gallatin kids. (via sarahjuddwelch)

Be creative. Own your destiny. Start a small business.

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:06:30 -0400

Be creative. Own your destiny. Start a small business.

tamburina: “Anyone who leads an upright life and experiences real difficult and...

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:01:33 -0400

tamburina: “Anyone who leads an upright life and experiences real difficult and...:

tamburina:

“Anyone who leads an upright life and experiences real difficult and disappointment and yet is not crushed by them is worth more than one for whom everything has always been plain sailing and who has known nothing but relative prosperity.

[…] If only we try to live righteously, we shall fare…

Getting ready for demo day….

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 19:36:40 -0400

Getting ready for demo day….

fred-wilson: nycgov: A few weeks ago, we asked fans on...

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 23:11:20 -0400

fred-wilson:

nycgov:

A few weeks ago, we asked fans on Facebook to show us why they #loveNYC through photos. Fans from all over the country were encouraged to submit their best pictures of the city. The results? 1,900 outstanding photos. The photos showed New York City from the eyes of New Yorkers and visitors alike. It showed why we’re proud of this city and why we find all of its characteristics charming and unique.

We invited a panel of judges to pick the 10 finalist photos from the entries. These 10 photos are now on the City of New York’s Facebook page waiting for your vote. You can vote for your favorite photo to appear in Times Square and on NYC Gov’s social media channels. But hurry because today is the last day to vote!

Awesome photos of NYC

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Sat, 31 Mar 2012 11:25:54 -0400

nycdigital: The City of New York’s Facebook photo contest, #loveNYC is featured in today’s...

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 18:59:23 -0400

nycdigital:

The City of New York’s Facebook photo contest, #loveNYC is featured in today’s Pictorious! challenges. From photos of skylines to subway stations, fans have already submitted more than 550 special moments and places they love most about the city. The contest runs through April 6, 2012. Read the official rules.

"A city that wants to attract creators must offer a fertile breeding ground for new ideas &..."

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 18:58:03 -0400

“A city that wants to attract creators must offer a fertile breeding ground for new ideas & innovation.””

- - Mayor Michael Bloomberg

Source: www.mikebloomberg.com
(via nycdigital)

Just Overheard at a Wedding

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 19:42:46 -0400

All I Really Need To Know I Learned In Kindergarten
by Robert Fulghum

- an excerpt from the book, All I Really Need To Know I Learned in Kindergarten

All I really need to know I learned in kindergarten.

ALL I REALLY NEED TO KNOW about how to live and what to do and how to be I learned in kindergarten. Wisdom was not at the top of the graduate-school mountain, but there in the
sandpile at Sunday School. These are the things I learned:

Share everything.

Play fair.

Don’t hit people.

Put things back where you found them.

Clean up your own mess.

Don’t take things that aren’t yours.

Say you’re sorry when you hurt somebody.

Wash your hands before you eat.

Flush.

Warm cookies and cold milk are good for you.

Live a balanced life - learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some.

Take a nap every afternoon.

When you go out into the world, watch out for traffic, hold hands, and stick together.

Be aware of wonder. Remember the little seed in the styrofoam cup: The roots go down and the plant goes up and nobody really knows how or why, but we are all like that.

Goldfish and hamsters and white mice and even the little seed in the Styrofoam cup - they all die.
So do we.

And then remember the Dick-and-Jane books and the first word you learned - the biggest word of all - LOOK.

Everything you need to know is in there somewhere. The Golden Rule and love and basic sanitation. Ecology and politics and equality and sane living.

Take any of those items and extrapolate it into sophisticated adult terms and apply it to your family life or your work or your government or your world and it holds true and clear and firm.

Think what a better world it would be if
all - the whole world - had cookies and milk about three o’clock every afternoon and then lay down with our blankies for a nap. Or if all governments had a basic policy to always put thing back where they found them and to clean up their own mess.

And it is still true, no matter how old you are - when you go out into the world, it is best to hold hands and stick together.

Rise of the elephants!

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 00:56:45 -0400

Rise of the elephants!

Startup Valuations: Strong Like Bull

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 11:18:38 -0500

Great writeup, agree pretty much:

Startup valuations are going up. The ‘series-A crunch’ and imminent doomsday prognosticators can go suck it. I can’t argue that valuations aren’t ‘high.’ They are. But all any investor should care about now is where they go from here. And my math says they’re going higher because of asset reallocation, uninvested funds, and market under-representation of new digital media companies. These things comprise such a big theme that (almost) nothing else matters.

Asset reallocation….

Corporations (be they people or not) and people (be they corporations or not) are hoarding cash. In my opinion, recent reports of ‘The Myth of Cash on the Sidelines’ are, well, myths. Nominally, toward the end of last year, nonfarm nonfinancial corporate businesses held $2.11 trillion in liquid assets. Moreover, at these businesses the ratio of liquid assets as a percentage of total assets has turned up significantly over the last year reaching the upper end of its 30-year range. Individuals have built cash hoards too. And asset reallocation is a way more influential determinant than anything so let’s look at where this money could go….

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Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:09:10 -0500

surferdude182: (by Brittney Borowski)

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:26:40 -0500

surferdude182:

(by Brittney Borowski)

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Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:12:18 -0500

"The way I see it, there’s a lack of need for any legislation at all. As a publisher, I have a very..."

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 12:48:18 -0500

“The way I see it, there’s a lack of need for any legislation at all. As a publisher, I have a very deep experience here, and the fact is that piracy is not a significant problem. Yes, there are people who are pirating my books, there are people who are sharing links to places where they can be downloaded. But the vast majority of customers are willing to pay if the product is widely available and the price is fair.”

- Tim O’Reilly

Tim O’Reilly: Why I’m fighting SOPA — Tech News and Analysis
(via fred-wilson)

"While we believe that online piracy by foreign websites is a serious problem that requires a serious..."

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 12:47:09 -0500

““While we believe that online piracy by foreign websites is a serious problem that requires a serious legislative response, we will not support legislation that reduces freedom of expression, increases cybersecurity risk, or undermines the dynamic, innovative global Internet.””

- Obama for America on SOPA

(via joshuanguyen)

Yes we can.

(via bijan)