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Dreyfus model of skill acquisition (en.wikipedia.org)
4 points by sayemm 14y ago|0 comments
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by sayemm 14y ago
I think his point was that there's a lot more to a business than just shipping the product, although it's obviously incredibly important to do that well. Marketing and sales is what makes a business at the end of the day, and if I was a "bu
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The top 25 technology books of all time(venturebeat.com)
3 points by sayemm 14y ago|0 comments
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What are some things humans are better than computers at doing? (curiosity.discovery.com)
1 points by sayemm 14y ago|0 comments
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I Have Sex With My Co-Founder. And I Like It.(businessinsider.com)
7 points by sayemm 15y ago|1 comments
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by sayemm 15y ago
"A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship." - John D. Rockefeller
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by sayemm 15y ago
Love Radiohead, they're an intellectual group. They're also competitive bridge players too, cool piece on them: http://www.followmearound.com/presscuttings.php?year=1993&#3...
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by sayemm 15y ago
Regardless of how experienced he was technically, think this is another case, among many, that demonstrate just how important it is to have sharp marketing instincts. Behind every internet hit was a lot of clever marketing and positioning t
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by sayemm 15y ago
Best book on the topic: http://www.amazon.com/How-Get-Rich-Greatest-Entrepreneurs/dp... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Dennis
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Math For Programmers (steve-yegge.blogspot.com)
167 points by sayemm 15y ago|50 comments
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A Programmer's Portfolio(codinghorror.com)
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by sayemm 15y ago
Thanks a lot, that's helpful. I do think is Steve Blank is more legit, but not because he did multiple companies - if you worked on several venture-backed companies throughout your life but they all went nowhere, you must suck as an entrepr
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by sayemm 15y ago
Nice write-up, but their history/bio still doesn't give me any proof of their success in the startup world, outside of marketing lean startup stuff to other entrepreneurs, ironically. Taking advice from failed entrepreneurs is dangerous and
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by sayemm 15y ago
Just curious... what makes Eric Ries and Steve Blank successful startup founders? I'm just not very read-up on their backgrounds, but which companies have they started and successfully built? Anyone know? Are they currently working on any b
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Why Bayes Rules: The History of a Formula That Drives Modern Life(scientificamerican.com)
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Twitter Co-Founder – Damn Impressive Interview(stager.tv)
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LinkedIn Industry Trends: Winners and Losers During the Great Recession(blog.linkedin.com)
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by sayemm 15y ago
I'm currently working through SICP and watching the 1986 lectures of Abelson & Sussman, and one interesting bit in Lecture 2b on Compound Data is when a student raises his hand and asks Hal Abelson about the axiom of doing all of your d
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3 dimensions of intelligence(highiqpro.com)
1 points by sayemm 15y ago|0 comments
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by sayemm 15y ago
Just curious... how was he like in person? Anything unusual about him? I've read both of the books on him and they're two of my most favorites startup reads.
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by sayemm 15y ago
Even better is "Netscape Time", which is written by Clark himself - http://www.amazon.com/Netscape-Time-Billion-Dollar-Start-Up-...
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by sayemm 15y ago
"Joel recommends SICP, The C Programming Language, The Unix Programming Environment, and Introduction to Algorithms as solid books for programmers who want to brush up on their fundamentals and potentially do well at programming interviews.
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by sayemm 15y ago
Just read your post - very detailed and informative, thanks so much for sharing. I highly recommend "Moonwalking With Einstein" by Joshua Foer about his experiences training alongside memory championship competitors. Also, working memory te
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by sayemm 15y ago
The researchers behind this have pretty solid backgrounds: http://www.highiqpro.com/high-iq-pro/high-iq-pro-expertise Here's a study on improving fluid intellience from Jaeggi and Buschkuehl (two of the people on their team): http://www.
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Making it Big in Software: Get the Job. Work the Org. Become Great.(amazon.com)
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by sayemm 15y ago
Best book on fat loss and getting ripped is Tom Venuto's "Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle" - http://www.burnthefat.com It's around 500 pages, but once you read it, you'll never have to read another book diet/nutrition. This book, and the ti
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by sayemm 15y ago
A great college textbook I had for intermediate probability theory is "A First Course in Probability" by Sheldon Ross, highly recommend it: http://www.amazon.com/First-Course-Probability-Sheldon-Ross/...
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Diet 'can stop brain shrinking'(bbc.co.uk)
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Jeff Bezos Biography(achievement.org)
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by sayemm 15y ago
Love his post on how he got it all started: "How I Started a Dating Empire" - http://plentyoffish.wordpress.com/2006/06/14/how-i-started-a...

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