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Equity or Rent?

“Lease –> same effective grant as your vp of engineering ” They are spending $1.3M unnecessarily over 2 years (10k sf x $65/sf) so that by yr 3 they have room to grow for years 4 and 5…  and will have a

Equity or Rent?

“Lease –> same effective grant as your vp of engineering ” They are spending $1.3M unnecessarily over 2 years (10k sf x $65/sf) so that by yr 3 they have room to grow for years 4 and 5…  and will have a

The world needs more robots

There is a population shortage As I had said  As Ruchir of Morgan Stanley has said above  

The world needs more robots

There is a population shortage As I had said  As Ruchir of Morgan Stanley has said above  

Does regulation work *well enough*? >updated<

Controversy this month about privacy in the tech world. Urgent crisis, brewing for 2 decades. Companies are taking all the information about us and using our identities against us. So are state actors and other malicious agents. Headlines! World leaders

Does regulation work *well enough*? >updated<

Controversy this month about privacy in the tech world. Urgent crisis, brewing for 2 decades. Companies are taking all the information about us and using our identities against us. So are state actors and other malicious agents. Headlines! World leaders

What I learned at TED

I went to TED for the first time, bandit-style (to quote Erin Griffith) not invited. What I learned: 1. “Like the talks?” Many civilians don’t know it’s an actual event. 2. The Al Gore/Inconvenient Truth image of the Earth is

What I learned at TED

I went to TED for the first time, bandit-style (to quote Erin Griffith) not invited. What I learned: 1. “Like the talks?” Many civilians don’t know it’s an actual event. 2. The Al Gore/Inconvenient Truth image of the Earth is

My talk at Columbia’s Alleycon conference

7 bad startup ideas ALLEYCON 2018 – Session 2 (Grow) ALLEYCON – Columbia Business School’s flagship technology conference was a one-day event that some people said was “the best conference I have ever been to in my life!” Here’s some

My talk at Columbia’s Alleycon conference

7 bad startup ideas ALLEYCON 2018 – Session 2 (Grow) ALLEYCON – Columbia Business School’s flagship technology conference was a one-day event that some people said was “the best conference I have ever been to in my life!” Here’s some

(@anildash update) Knotel Announces $70M in Series B Financing

Friends – I am thrilled to announce the closing of Knotel’s $70M Series B financing, led by Newmark Knight Frank and The Sapir Group. The Wolfson Group, Moinian Group, and Wainbridge Capital also contributed. Such widespread support from within the

(@anildash update) Knotel Announces $70M in Series B Financing

Friends – I am thrilled to announce the closing of Knotel’s $70M Series B financing, led by Newmark Knight Frank and The Sapir Group. The Wolfson Group, Moinian Group, and Wainbridge Capital also contributed. Such widespread support from within the

Book idea: Annotated Meditations (update)

If you have read it and care a lot about it, please ping me.   If you haven’t, read it.

Book idea: Annotated Meditations (update)

If you have read it and care a lot about it, please ping me.   If you haven’t, read it.

Napoleon’s Coup d’Oeil

The term “strategy” was coined in English and French as European military theorists raced to describe how Napoleon won, in 1810, not before. The two monolithic bodies of theory are different and both claim to describe Napoleon’s way — Clausewitz

Napoleon’s Coup d’Oeil

The term “strategy” was coined in English and French as European military theorists raced to describe how Napoleon won, in 1810, not before. The two monolithic bodies of theory are different and both claim to describe Napoleon’s way — Clausewitz

On cold intros and “can I pick your brain?” via Seneca

A very bad way to get my attention is the modern “informational interview” request. That is “you seem knowledgeable; can we meet so I can learn something from you?” One cruel response I gave to this once was “That would

On cold intros and “can I pick your brain?” via Seneca

A very bad way to get my attention is the modern “informational interview” request. That is “you seem knowledgeable; can we meet so I can learn something from you?” One cruel response I gave to this once was “That would