February 2012
2 posts
January 2012
5 posts
“But that argument, however well meaning, misses a larger point: technology is an...”
– Internet Access Is Not a Human Right - NYTimes.com
Roger and Mike's Hypernet Blog: Technology Waves... →
thehypernet:
A few weeks ago, I had the chance to go surfing off the coast of Waikiki. The waves there are perfect because they are just the right temperature and they are forgiving enough that I can get up on the board and have a great time, despite being pretty out-of-shape. I have always been inspired by…
December 2011
6 posts
“The smartphone, called the Streak Pro, is the first handset that uses the “Baidu...”
– Dell and China’s Baidu launch new smartphone ( - Consumer Electronics
Rafer sez: Google Mobile Maps is going to get it from all sides in 2012. Here’s part of that assault.
(via omniar)
Truth
“If you walked up and down Sand Hill Road with a basket of securities, and the...”
– Want A Piece Of Founders Fund’s Latest $625M Fund? Start By Trying To Change The World | TechCrunch
“What skills? Well it depends on the industry you’re in, but generally great...”
– The Startup Team « Steve Blank
I have been thinking a lot about this topic and how it relates to our own founding team. Steve Blank, as always, says it better than I could, but I wanted to add a couple additional thoughts around these 4 roles.
1) Tech Visionary: if you are building something...
November 2011
8 posts
caro:
flavorpill:
nervemedia:
The 25 GREATEST Love Songs of the 1990s
Cosign this list so hard
A list I actually like. They picked the right Smashing Pumpkins song, highlighted the fact that in 1994 Weezer was a novelty band and lovesick nerds were not cool, and it all leads up to an inarguable #1. Which I sung at live-band karaoke once, by the way.
I don’t agree with the...
“we expect that our revenue growth rate will decline in the future as a result of...”
– Yelp Form S-1
Always interesting to read the risks in S-1 filings. Revenue growth will decrease, cost will increase but profitability should be just around the corner.
Breaking the Overspending Habit →
informationdeluge:
“1. Your Coffee Habit: Whether you stop at the closest $2 drip coffee joint or you fork over $5+ for a special latte drink, your coffee habit can break you. Just multiply $2 by 7 to result in $14. Then, take that $14 and multiply it by 365, and you’ll find that you’re spending $5110 per year on coffee — and that’s the conservative drip coffee price.”
This irritates me....
“Then Pierre Lamond, the Sequoia partner on the deal, began working out of our...”
– The Shitake Hits the Fan | Redfin Corporate Blog
DOH temporarily closes Muzzarella Pizza →
informationdeluge:
Oh no! I really like this place. But 65 violation points? Very happy I haven’t eaten there in a long while.
Best slice in the East Village. A sad day for us all.
October 2011
7 posts
Nothing quite like NYC
informationdeluge:
I love traveling and leaving town. It’s one of my favorite things to do. But I absolutely love coming back to NYC after being away for awhile. Nothing feels quite like NYC. Waking up early and being out on the quiet and relatively empty streets before the crowds overtake them Riding my bike through the East Village and Soho to get to my morning work-out class, then back....
BRYCE DOT VC: You're Doing It All Wrong →
brycedotvc:
Close your eyes.
Imagine, if you will, a startup that meets the following criteria:
Their recruiting process is fundamentally flawed
Their operations are a mess
They make engineers pretty much do everything, which leaves almost no time for coding
They don’t (care) about charity or…
Bryce channeling his inner Matthew McConaughey from “A Time To Kill”
“1. Maps When the iPhone was first released Steve Jobs called Maps on iPhone the...”
– What’s Next for Apple — Matt Mullenweg
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September 2011
8 posts
“On Thursday, developers will be elated, users will be shellshocked and the...”
– Prepare Yourselves: Facebook To Be Profoundly Changed
Like that dude, Jesus, but bigger and better.
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Understanding Why Netflix Changed Pricing «... →
caterpillarcowboy:
So here is what I think happened with Netflix’s recent price change (for the record, I have no inside data here, this is just an educated guess). Netflix has for the past several years been negotiating with Hollywood for the digital rights to stream movies and TV series as a single price subscription to users. Their first few deals were simply $X million dollars for one year...
“I’ve been tossing around the word fundable without defining it. Every...”
– Should you launch at a conference? - Joel on Software
“The amount of information squeezed into a two-page spread like this is...”
– ongoing by Tim Bray · Two Maps
Working at a mapping startup makes you appreciate even more how much information cartography conveys. Looking at old paper maps and new digital maps gives you inspiration to continue to build upon this legacy. And like Tim says in his article, I too love maps and...
August 2011
9 posts
2 tags
“The problem with the Internet startup craze isn’t that too many people are...”
– Steve Jobs’s Best Quotes - Digits - WSJ
DIY Standing Desk for $20
Like many others I recently converted to a standing desk. I went the DIY route and spent $20 for what turned out to be a highly functional standing desk. It might not be the most aesthetically pleasing desk (as pointed out by my co-founders many times) but it works great.
There are many variations of standing desks and this is a platform to place on top of your existing desk. The main...
Top 5 Myths of Working at a Startup: MBA Edition
profitably:
Guest post from our outgoing and fabulous summer intern, Eugene Song. Great to have your help this summer, Eugene!
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In business school, you become very acquainted with “recruiting” (or what most normal people call “job searching”). From day one, you’re inundated with corporate presentations, job postings, and panel discussions about the...
“Q: I don’t blame you for bringing up Shawshank too much, AMC runs it on a...”
– Summer of Mailbag: The Revenge - Bill Simmons of Grantland
http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/6855994/revenge
One of life’s great unanswered questions finally answered.
The Real Innovation Happening at Y Combinator
brycedotvc:
While the media debates the recent billion plus dollar valuations being thrown at Y Combinator alums AirBnB and Dropbox, they’re missing an opportunity to discuss what I see as the most interesting innovation happening among Y Combinator startups.
This profile of Weebly in The San Francisco Chronicle touches ever so slightly on it:
Despite significant user growth since 2007,...
“Dunn, the team’s designated hitter, has a B.S. batting average of .292, in a...”
– Groupon’s Strikeouts Reveal an Unspoken Truth: Jonathan Weil - Bloomberg
“We ‘lift the bun’ to hear from Rep. Emanuel Cleaver who explained to...”
– Congressman Explains Debt Deal is a “Sugar Coated Satan Sandwich”
Based on this post on Allrecipes, sounds pretty good to me…
Sugar Coated Satan Sandwich - A sugar-coated red devil food cake moon-pie with a chocolate cayenne marshmallow filling.
“By the way, you may hate “advocating that people should have to be...”
– - Thisisgoingtobebig.com - “You can get ransacked from AirBnB” is this year’s “You can get fired from blogging”
July 2011
10 posts
“Along the way, VC has ceased to be the funder of the future, and instead has...”
– What Happened to the Future? « Founders Fund (via iamdanw)
“The story goes that ESPN president George Bodenheimer attended the first Disney...”
– Excerpt from Those Guys Have All The Fun: Inside the World of ESPN
“It’s hard to imagine such well-backed startups, with silly names like The...”
– Google Plus is Eating Startups
Eric Stromberg: How to Choose the Right Startup to... →
estromberg:
The idea of joining a startup is exciting. But the overwhelming desire to leave something old to join something new can become a double-edged sword. Just because you are eager to get your foot in the door does not mean you shouldn’t be picky. You are a valuable asset, and it’s important to…