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Quora and the Merits of Shark Jumping
All ur commentz are belong to uz Like most professionals who give some thought to their online profile, I’ve spent some time on Quora in my fields of interest. I’m not a ninja at it, like Suster and...
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The Perils of Gridlock, or Why My Wife is Always Right
My wife and I were in Cairo about 8 months ago, serving on an Endeavor international selection panel. For those who don’t know about Endeavor, you should, it’s a fantastic organization. They work in...
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Which Buildings Do We Burn Down?
The first task of a revolutionary is figuring out which buildings to burn down. In that same sense, the first task of an entrepreneurial firm is to figure out what of the existing order to keep, and...
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Orthogonal Feedback
source: http://rmstar.blogspot.com I was meeting with some entrepreneurs last week, a terrific young team with an interesting company, and we were discussing their business. About halfway in, I said...
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As Balzac once said, “Behind every great fortune lies a great crime.” In the past few weeks, we have been treated to scandalous-if-true stories about the founding of Facebook and Twitter. Allegedly,...
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It never ceases to amaze me how frequently startups manage to beat large companies. I was in a big bank the other day, and couldn’t help but be impressed by the resources they had at their command....
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I was talking to a fellow VC the other day, who I know but not well, and he was clearly searching for something to compliment me on, and what he come up with was “hey, I really appreciate how you’re...
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