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BRK afternoon.

BRK afternoon (2) The investing strategy is essentially lPO Alternative For Established Businesses. B: We like to buy from founders or their families. B: Know when you are playing a game that you are going to win C: Not difficult

BRK afternoon.

BRK afternoon (2) The investing strategy is essentially lPO Alternative For Established Businesses. B: We like to buy from founders or their families. B: Know when you are playing a game that you are going to win C: Not difficult

Latertweets from BRK morning session

Latertweets from BRK. Morning session. Mostly quotes from Warren Buffett (“B”). C is Charlie. Teary moment. Coke ad. Another one. Paul Anka duet. My waaaay. Started. First time in a room with Warren Buffett and bonus: Bill Gates. Carol Loomis.

Latertweets from BRK morning session

Latertweets from BRK. Morning session. Mostly quotes from Warren Buffett (“B”). C is Charlie. Teary moment. Coke ad. Another one. Paul Anka duet. My waaaay. Started. First time in a room with Warren Buffett and bonus: Bill Gates. Carol Loomis.

An amazing story. Outline.

An amazing story from a friend. Names changed. Based on real events. Screenplay, draft 1. Us: 0 Them: 0 Us: 0 Them: 1 Us: 0 Them: 2 Us: 1 Them: 5 Us: 2 Them: 9 Us: 4 Them: 9 Us:

An amazing story. Outline.

An amazing story from a friend. Names changed. Based on real events. Screenplay, draft 1. Us: 0 Them: 0 Us: 0 Them: 1 Us: 0 Them: 2 Us: 1 Them: 5 Us: 2 Them: 9 Us: 4 Them: 9 Us:

Disrupting the web.

Knotable is getting closer to announcing so reflecting on our dev costs. Web app – 1 year, 20 guys. iOS app – 5 months, 2 guys.

Disrupting the web.

Knotable is getting closer to announcing so reflecting on our dev costs. Web app – 1 year, 20 guys. iOS app – 5 months, 2 guys.

The theory of the first read (mobile edition)

Newspapers used to (still?) think about first reads and second reads. In a market (say a city or a country) there is a paper that the top/most/local people read first. So if you aren’t the #1 guy, you shouldn’t cover

The theory of the first read (mobile edition)

Newspapers used to (still?) think about first reads and second reads. In a market (say a city or a country) there is a paper that the top/most/local people read first. So if you aren’t the #1 guy, you shouldn’t cover

A great old post on how to be startup talent

http://www.drownout.com/blogdrwn/2011/12/managing_startup_talent_and_be.html Thanks to John Gannon for the pickup

A great old post on how to be startup talent

http://www.drownout.com/blogdrwn/2011/12/managing_startup_talent_and_be.html Thanks to John Gannon for the pickup

Investing fast and slow

Spray and pray resembles modern financial  market operation. I think it is a forward movement in the way seed and VC work. Software, math, algos, networks, information. Think fast. Invest fast.  However,  there is a slow model and IT TOO

Investing fast and slow

Spray and pray resembles modern financial  market operation. I think it is a forward movement in the way seed and VC work. Software, math, algos, networks, information. Think fast. Invest fast.  However,  there is a slow model and IT TOO

New York: “Staggering”

Non-NY investor to me: – NY deals in venture are massive velocity. As big as London and London “is most of europe” – But NY firms are not proportionate – many foreign investors (SF, Boston) and many non-VCs like angels

New York: “Staggering”

Non-NY investor to me: – NY deals in venture are massive velocity. As big as London and London “is most of europe” – But NY firms are not proportionate – many foreign investors (SF, Boston) and many non-VCs like angels

Modern marvels in Spring.

Dear friends, What you see above is a little bag of purple rings, featuring a small sculpture of my head. Modern times are amazing and I want to share with you **three aspects** of what has amazed me as Spring

Modern marvels in Spring.

Dear friends, What you see above is a little bag of purple rings, featuring a small sculpture of my head. Modern times are amazing and I want to share with you **three aspects** of what has amazed me as Spring