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“Everything around you that you call life, was made up by people that were no smarter than you.”
When you grow up you tend to get told the world is the way it is and your life is just to live your life inside the world. Try not to bash into the walls too much. Try to have
“Everything around you that you call life, was made up by people that were no smarter than you.”
When you grow up you tend to get told the world is the way it is and your life is just to live your life inside the world. Try not to bash into the walls too much. Try to have
Book review: The Brain that Changes Itself
Amazing tales of how to change the brain through the training, learning, gadgets, and therapy. Of course you can watch our talk from Maker Faire and get the highlights: http://fora.tv/2013/09/21/brain_hacking The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from
Book review: The Brain that Changes Itself
Amazing tales of how to change the brain through the training, learning, gadgets, and therapy. Of course you can watch our talk from Maker Faire and get the highlights: http://fora.tv/2013/09/21/brain_hacking The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from
Review: Anki Drive
The robot cars unveiled by Tim Cook at WWDC in the fall wowed everyone. I missed the big demo. But my friends at Two Sigma invested a bunch of money in the company along the way (first money in!) and
Review: Anki Drive
The robot cars unveiled by Tim Cook at WWDC in the fall wowed everyone. I missed the big demo. But my friends at Two Sigma invested a bunch of money in the company along the way (first money in!) and
Great product details: Spotify edition
One of the early Spotify people told me what he thought made Spotify win. I remembered it today in Australia, trying Rdio. They have the feature here too. Press play on any song on your screen. The music pops on
Great product details: Spotify edition
One of the early Spotify people told me what he thought made Spotify win. I remembered it today in Australia, trying Rdio. They have the feature here too. Press play on any song on your screen. The music pops on
Book review: The Inner Game
Andrew Paulson himself (great entrepreneur and chess impresario) recommended this book by Dominic Lawson about the esoteric yet cool: chess world championship match of 1993 between the “animal” Kasparov and Nigel Short, the greatest recent Brit but ultimately a second
Book review: The Inner Game
Andrew Paulson himself (great entrepreneur and chess impresario) recommended this book by Dominic Lawson about the esoteric yet cool: chess world championship match of 1993 between the “animal” Kasparov and Nigel Short, the greatest recent Brit but ultimately a second
Q&A: How detailed a model should I show potential investors for my pre-seed startup?
Answer: None. Avoid any idiot who asks for one for they will never invest in your mobile ad-tech platform. Corollary: Brent Hoberman told me his dad’s (legendary investor) reaction to the LastMinute.com investment pitch. “Anyone who backs your business plan
Q&A: How detailed a model should I show potential investors for my pre-seed startup?
Answer: None. Avoid any idiot who asks for one for they will never invest in your mobile ad-tech platform. Corollary: Brent Hoberman told me his dad’s (legendary investor) reaction to the LastMinute.com investment pitch. “Anyone who backs your business plan
When to give up
The answer is not “never”. That’s the newbie die-hard answer. One answer is when you haven’t even begun to fight yet (eg not raised the first round) AND you are still hearing what you were hearing a year ago. That
When to give up
The answer is not “never”. That’s the newbie die-hard answer. One answer is when you haven’t even begun to fight yet (eg not raised the first round) AND you are still hearing what you were hearing a year ago. That
Toys, where big ideas come from
Tinkering and toys is where lots of great ideas develop. Not a lot at stake. Chris Dixon had a great toys post a few years ago (the next big thing will start as a toy, basically – like Twitter he
Toys, where big ideas come from
Tinkering and toys is where lots of great ideas develop. Not a lot at stake. Chris Dixon had a great toys post a few years ago (the next big thing will start as a toy, basically – like Twitter he
Re-tweeting the archives
A couple days ago I started re-tweeting the archives. Hope it’s not too annoying.
Re-tweeting the archives
A couple days ago I started re-tweeting the archives. Hope it’s not too annoying.
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