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[My batphone rings occasionally. It is awesome.] “I fucked up. We are out of cash. Not much runway left. I gotta get our guys to put in more cash asap.” Now this can be a long conversation. In the event

Phone rings. “I fucked up” he says.
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Google: organize the worlds information SoftBank: happiness for everyone through information Because information stops loneliness. It sounds cheesily Japanese. But read the 133 page deck written by one of the worlds most successful entrepreneurs here: http://cdn.softbank.jp/en/corp/set/data/irinfo/presentations/vod/2010/pdf/press_20100625_01.pdf Notable: – SoftBank has

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Why do people overpay? Understand that and you can be a better seller. The publishing industry apparently mints new novelists each year and pays them say $30k advances for novels. But each year, says my friend the novelist, a few

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Try: coconut MCT oil 1 tablespoon in AM with coffee. Aim: brain function and lower glycemic flux/appetite. Result: it tastes in your mouth for hours. Not sure if it smells.

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In the news lately is the war between Amazon and publishers, and the NYT has an awesome detail piece on it. http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/07/13/technology/amazon-a-friendly-giant-as-long-as-its-fed.html?_r=0 Makes Amazon look very good I think, and Hachette look like a PR agency, and makes one worry

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In the news lately is the war between Amazon and publishers, and the NYT has an awesome detail piece on it. http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/07/13/technology/amazon-a-friendly-giant-as-long-as-its-fed.html?_r=0 Makes Amazon look very good I think, and Hachette look like a PR agency, and makes one worry

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