February 2012
26 posts
“That’s the way it has to work in a knowledge organization. You don’t build a...”
– A VC: The Management Team - Guest Post From Joel Spolsky
oh yes yes yes.
“When our parents sent a letter in the mail, nobody was allowed to open it to...”
– I Don’t Care About The Entertainment Industry’s Profits, And It Enrages Me That You Think I Should - Falkvinge on Infopolicy (via rafer)
“Most of what is written about the tech world — both in blog form and old school...”
– Says an ex-blogger who admits he was part of the problem.
I agree, and seeing bloggers and journalists write about startups sometimes is really painful. Seeing the other side, knowing what really went on, and what certainly didn’t, makes you cringe many more times than you’d think.
“Compared with uninfected men, males who had the parasite were more introverted,...”
– How Your Cat Is Making You Crazy - Magazine - The Atlantic
Welcome to our US trip tumblr!
seedcamp:
This is where we (the Seedcamp team and our companies who are coming with us) will update you on our 4 week roadshow through the United States.
We will visit all major technology and startup hubs, starting from the East Coast with New York and Boston, moving on to San Francisco, the Valley, Seattle, Los Angeles, and finally Austin for SXSW.
We’re leaving London on February 18 - stay...
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“2011 waren 64,1 Prozent der Österreicher katholisch, etwa 5,5 Millionen...”
– Wie der Staat die Kirche finanziert - Religion & Politik - derStandard.at › Inland
o_O
“Critical thinking is difficult to do in large groups. Criticizing in a group...”
– one of many reasons that a small venture capital partnership is a good venture capital partnership
Cooper Journal: The eye of the brainstorm (via soxiam)
“We plan to continue to make acquisitions, which could require significant...”
– Registration Statement on Form S-1
good.
January 2012
49 posts
“Apple’s overall gross margin for the quarter was 44.7 percent.”
– The Day Apple Left The Tech World’s Collective Mouth Agape | TechCrunch
This is for mostly hardware, mind you. Incredible.
Also - remember about a year ago, when they announced margins were going to tank because of some cool new thing? What will come out of Apple next if they are going to...
“The dark humor in this is that the same people who delight and celebrate...”
– On the Evolution of Investing — Matt Mullenweg
“Selfish, authoritarian leaders may appear attractive at first. But the appeal...”
– David Hornik: Nice guys finish first. Eventually. (Wired UK)
Especially in well connected and networked industries with lots of change and turnover. Like ours.
Courtney Love does the math - Salon.com →
A very long, not always coherent, but nevertheless eye-opening look at the music industry.
If only artists understood half as much about the business side of labels, distribution, and risk - we would probably all be better off for it. Acta, sopa, pipa - all that crap because of the incredible power of some gate keepers that don’t want to deal with change (unless it is a change of the laws...
“A year ago I noticed a pattern in the least successful startups we’d...”
– A Word to the Resourceful
Startups are universal.
Watchcaterpillarcowboy:
section9:
Wish I had a Portal Gun.
Fantastic. Simply Epic.
Wish I had a Portal Gun
Laughing so hard.
Fred: In favour of Eric Ries and the Lean Startup →
fredstevenssmith:
I, like most other entrepreneurs in existence, hungrily devoured Eric Ries’s book in the space of a few nights. Eric sells a pretty seductive promise in the Lean Startup, which can be characterised as a methodology for creating successful startups. Don’t underestimate the significance of…
Fred is right.
Caterpillar Cowboy: Bucket Lists & Limitations →
emotionalcreativity:
I was reading killingcharlemagne’s bucket list, I think it’s charming and wonderful that many of his items are impossible (Learn Latin ha!) and I realize that my own list is oh so possible even probable. I hate when I accidently apply limitations. Although I do…
Sorry, El bulli closed.
