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When are you too old to be a founder?
[Edited a bit.] When are you too old to be a startup founder? A friend was lamenting recently the “Standard Model” that angels search for: young, college/dropout, coder, product-centric, naively bold. My friend isn’t these thing (except coder – he
When are you too old to be a founder?
[Edited a bit.] When are you too old to be a startup founder? A friend was lamenting recently the “Standard Model” that angels search for: young, college/dropout, coder, product-centric, naively bold. My friend isn’t these thing (except coder – he
Pablo De Sarasate: “For 37 years I’ve practiced 14 hours a day, and now they call me a genius. “
Pablo De Sarasate put it, "For 37 years I’ve practiced 14 hours a day, and now they call me a genius. " via The Aging Entrepreneur « Startup Boy.
Pablo De Sarasate: “For 37 years I’ve practiced 14 hours a day, and now they call me a genius. “
Pablo De Sarasate put it, "For 37 years I’ve practiced 14 hours a day, and now they call me a genius. " via The Aging Entrepreneur « Startup Boy.
Pmarca on hiring. Worth re-reading (updated link)
How to hire the best people.. All true. Hire for drive, curiosity and ethics. (+a genius ethics test). On process: use a concrete process. On firing: do it!
Pmarca on hiring. Worth re-reading (updated link)
How to hire the best people.. All true. Hire for drive, curiosity and ethics. (+a genius ethics test). On process: use a concrete process. On firing: do it!
This is why David Brooks makes the big bucks
Real-time cultural critique and epochal historical perspective Normally, presidents look weak during periods of economic stagnation, overwhelmed by events. But Obama has displayed a kind of ESPN masculinity: postfeminist in his values, but also thoroughly traditional in style — hypercompetitive,
This is why David Brooks makes the big bucks
Real-time cultural critique and epochal historical perspective Normally, presidents look weak during periods of economic stagnation, overwhelmed by events. But Obama has displayed a kind of ESPN masculinity: postfeminist in his values, but also thoroughly traditional in style — hypercompetitive,
Gadget startup from a lab
2006: Stanford professor starts working on this camera 2011: raises $50mm 2011 Q4: launches http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lytro
Gadget startup from a lab
2006: Stanford professor starts working on this camera 2011: raises $50mm 2011 Q4: launches http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lytro
The New Yorker cover nails it, this week
Though it is from an arbitrary week in 2011, it is spot on. The journalism too. Stories about TS Eliot and foraging? Bring it. (Part of my Last Years NYer reading series) Sent from a Peek-like device
The New Yorker cover nails it, this week
Though it is from an arbitrary week in 2011, it is spot on. The journalism too. Stories about TS Eliot and foraging? Bring it. (Part of my Last Years NYer reading series) Sent from a Peek-like device
What the “giving up citizenship” thing means
It means Saverin made his insane fortune in America, and now he doesn’t want to pay tax on it. He couldn’t have done the same in Brazil or Singapore – cofound Facebook as a college student. Which is why people
What the “giving up citizenship” thing means
It means Saverin made his insane fortune in America, and now he doesn’t want to pay tax on it. He couldn’t have done the same in Brazil or Singapore – cofound Facebook as a college student. Which is why people
Siri transcribes a song
Singing: Call five mom I I did it all alone and no one helped me all of mine is fine Leybridge long and hard and they just washed me Speaking: All by myself I did it all alone and no
Siri transcribes a song
Singing: Call five mom I I did it all alone and no one helped me all of mine is fine Leybridge long and hard and they just washed me Speaking: All by myself I did it all alone and no
I, for one, welcome our new botnet overlords
IAmA a malware coder and botnet operator, AMA via IAmA a malware coder and botnet operator, AMA : IAmA.
I, for one, welcome our new botnet overlords
IAmA a malware coder and botnet operator, AMA via IAmA a malware coder and botnet operator, AMA : IAmA.
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