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.
Affordable skyscrapers?
Apparently the critics hate rich skyscrapers. Were there every any affordable ones? From The New York Times Seeing a Need for Oversight of New York’s Lordly Towers The rise of skyscrapers that dwarf their neighbors, sometimes elegantly but too often
Affordable skyscrapers?
Apparently the critics hate rich skyscrapers. Were there every any affordable ones? From The New York Times Seeing a Need for Oversight of New York’s Lordly Towers The rise of skyscrapers that dwarf their neighbors, sometimes elegantly but too often


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