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11 years to 1mm

Met a startup recently that was founded in 2000. It is at 1mm in revenue this year finally. It only has a couple million invested, which means the founders went long stretches of years getting paid zero salary. This guy

11 years to 1mm

Met a startup recently that was founded in 2000. It is at 1mm in revenue this year finally. It only has a couple million invested, which means the founders went long stretches of years getting paid zero salary. This guy

Victory over The New Yorker, September 26, 2011

The style issue. Daphne Guinness (batty, rich), bulletproof fabric, the excellent Andy Borowitz “alarm bells”, boring rural pharmacist, awesome JP Gaultier piece I read online a while back, and a fascinating Thomas Struth profile. Oh and a rave review for

Victory over The New Yorker, September 26, 2011

The style issue. Daphne Guinness (batty, rich), bulletproof fabric, the excellent Andy Borowitz “alarm bells”, boring rural pharmacist, awesome JP Gaultier piece I read online a while back, and a fascinating Thomas Struth profile. Oh and a rave review for

Victory over The New Yorker, Nov 28, 2011

What a great issue. Peter Thiel (depressed genius), JR (empathic genius), Howard Cosell (voluble), Lasn/Adbusters (creative revolutionaries), Diego Rivera (), and some dumb American/Italian “princess”. A tour de force.

Victory over The New Yorker, Nov 28, 2011

What a great issue. Peter Thiel (depressed genius), JR (empathic genius), Howard Cosell (voluble), Lasn/Adbusters (creative revolutionaries), Diego Rivera (), and some dumb American/Italian “princess”. A tour de force.

RIP Michael Dummett

Much discussed in grad school.

RIP Michael Dummett

Much discussed in grad school.

De Tocqueville, still right

The election of the president was and is corrupt. Luckily, he hasn’t got much stroke. (Note to Colbert Liberalism: it wasn’t better before Super PACs.)

De Tocqueville, still right

The election of the president was and is corrupt. Luckily, he hasn’t got much stroke. (Note to Colbert Liberalism: it wasn’t better before Super PACs.)

Khosla and pretty much every trend

http://techcrunch.com/2012/02/19/unhyped-internet-and-mobile/?grcc=33333Z98

Khosla and pretty much every trend

http://techcrunch.com/2012/02/19/unhyped-internet-and-mobile/?grcc=33333Z98

Ursula: “Oscars?…”

“Oscars? Is that the same as the Emmys?”

Ursula: “Oscars?…”

“Oscars? Is that the same as the Emmys?”

Spectrum reform made law

Wow! The need to finance economic relief has pushed Congress to embrace a shift in the media landscape: the sale of airwaves now used for television to create more wireless Internet systems. http://nyti.ms/w2fM00

Spectrum reform made law

Wow! The need to finance economic relief has pushed Congress to embrace a shift in the media landscape: the sale of airwaves now used for television to create more wireless Internet systems. http://nyti.ms/w2fM00

One reason nobody has meetings anymore

You can have a private conversation over skype/IM for both quick questions up to moderate complexity.   Many meeting types you still want to do face to face (interviewing, hiring/firing, feedback, brainstorming, ‘analysis’, review/QA/progress check).  But the most common meeting

One reason nobody has meetings anymore

You can have a private conversation over skype/IM for both quick questions up to moderate complexity.   Many meeting types you still want to do face to face (interviewing, hiring/firing, feedback, brainstorming, ‘analysis’, review/QA/progress check).  But the most common meeting

The origins of Crappy PR

This entire story turns on a phrase in the email sent to folks holding tickets for the canceled show. “Due to unforeseen circumstances…” we are canceling the show. This is the kind of thing a dummy says. Or…a tight-lipped lawyer

The origins of Crappy PR

This entire story turns on a phrase in the email sent to folks holding tickets for the canceled show. “Due to unforeseen circumstances…” we are canceling the show. This is the kind of thing a dummy says. Or…a tight-lipped lawyer