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More Tech Start-Ups Call It Quits(online.wsj.com)
18 points by condor 18y ago|13 comments
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by condor 18y ago
I really appreciate his idea on the responsibility of power/success: "I don't think that people have special responsibilities just because they've done something that other people like or don't like. I think the work speaks for itself." Pre
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Smithsonian Institution Oral History Interview with Steve Jobs (1995)(americanhistory.si.edu)
14 points by condor 18y ago|5 comments
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by condor 18y ago
checklists are great when combined with independent thought. however they can be a problem when they're relied on instead of independent thought (brainless checking).
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Codecon is back, who's excited?(codecon.org)
5 points by condor 18y ago|1 comments
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Geithner forces Citi to cancel jet order(ft.com)
19 points by condor 18y ago|28 comments
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Europe in shock antitrust attack on Microsoft(ft.com)
1 points by condor 18y ago|0 comments
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by condor 18y ago
never said capital (or access to capital) doesn't influence value creation. it can negatively or positively affect value creation depending on how that capital is allocated. however the act of capital allocation does not create value. why i
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by condor 18y ago
I agree he allocated resources by buying/selling assets, but nowhere in the purchase/sale of those assets is value created. Prices move, but value isn't created, the underlying assets don't generate anymore than they would have had he not p
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by condor 18y ago
not disagreeing or saying he didn't 'earn' the money, i think he did. but he did it as an agent of efficiency vs. innovation/creation.
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by condor 18y ago
he created $15B of net worth for his investors, not value. It was a wealth transfer, no net creation.
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by condor 18y ago
I hope she's able to reinvigorate yahoo, but speaking from general ignorance about the person (other than her published resume) this seems like a very conventional hire, just like using heidrick was conventional, and just like most every ya
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by condor 18y ago
While I agree with David's sentiment, the more info the better . . . it sometimes may be appropriate to have a stock answer when the event doesn't really generate real emotion. http://status.37signals.com/ "21:20 - 21:40AM CDT DECEMBER 22
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by condor 18y ago
An important point that is lost on most politicians and tax-payers: "Government can only tax its people so much before they say no. So the government expands the money supply when it has taxed and borrowed all it can. This inflation is a hi
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by condor 18y ago
Just because he might be guilty of possibly believing he was above the law, doesn't necessarily mean all of his ideas are untrue. It's possible he's just a hypocrite.
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Wall Street Lays Another Egg(vanityfair.com)
4 points by condor 18y ago|2 comments
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by condor 18y ago
I'd like to see a graph showing a running total of venture capital invested versus a running total of net income earned by VC investments.
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Indie band turns itself into company instead of signing record deal(nme.com)
28 points by condor 18y ago|10 comments
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Bittorrent lays off again; replaces new CEO after a year.(news.cnet.com)
2 points by condor 18y ago|0 comments
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by condor 18y ago
i've never met zed, but am always impressed with his honesty in everything i've read written by him. I don't think one can ever say that he doesn't actually believe what he claims.
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by condor 18y ago
Besides what is mentioned, I find it interesting what's not mentioned: no lottery, no shotgun approach, no throw 10 different things against the wall and see what sticks.
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by condor 18y ago
its no dirty secret, google finance makes it pretty clear "Sector: Financial > Industry: Insurance (Prop. & Casualty)". It's possible there's questionable accounting in the history, but 30+ years into it, I'm surprised nothing maj
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by condor 18y ago
Chances are that you and buffet could both be right. Buffet is right in getting a guaranteed 10% return on $3B dollars with a potential for upside with his preferred stock, even if you are right in that GE common stock performs badly in com
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by condor 18y ago
Anyone remember the clearification ads/shorts with Demetri Martin for microsoft vista. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4b2QNnVrY0&eurl=http://e... They were brilliant, so much better than the new bill/seinfeld ads.
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by condor 18y ago
Thats true. I think newer (last 15 years) tech company's have been able to not offer dividends and still attract investors (even low capex, software co's that don't necessarily need to reinvest), but the types of investors (venture investo
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by condor 18y ago
That is true, however I think it's fair to make the point that all Venture Capital firms have the same structural incentive to treat companies (equity) as products, to be traded in a marketplace, and consequently are primarily focused on th
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Theo Jansen's kinetic sculptures/creatures.(ted.com)
1 points by condor 18y ago|0 comments
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by condor 18y ago
"They say it's hard to live in San Francisco and not take funding, but I beg to differ: out here it's easy to get lucrative consulting gigs and fill your bank account. Contract for someone else with funding, make some money, save it up, the
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by condor 18y ago
"I don't see how anyone could argue that selling was not optimal for security. Sure, you could gradually save money, but that's not optimal; it's not more secure than getting a lump sum upfront." That's a pretty bold statement. If you thin
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by condor 18y ago
I hear you and do understand pg's point. While the first part 'doing what you love' is really easy to do, one simply chooses it, the second part 'finding something the market loves' (which is the 'security' point of pg's essay) is basicall

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