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by skmurphy 2y ago
This for mentioning this, I found an audio of the talk at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWNBzAgAiMc Update I know see that this is taken from Chapter 26 "Experts" in Hamming's "Art and Science of doing
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Sam Altman claims to be chair of YC board in multiple filings(bizjournals.com)
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by skmurphy 3y ago
It's a reasonable counter-example, two other CEOs of successful firms who emphasized safety were Lawrence Culp at Danaher (he is now at GE) and David Cote at Honeywell. All three had tenures more than a decade where their firms investe
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by skmurphy 3y ago
Cisco ultimately met with a fair amount of success in the market. Their Internet Operating System was certainly a 10B application, perhaps worth 100B.
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The renewed growth and increasing customer satisfaction--and our long-term success--were due to engineering abandoning a poorly thought-out policy before it crippled us instead of merely hampering us. Part of the challenge in a "freeze
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When Frank Marshall was hired as VP of engineering at Cisco in 1992, he assessed after three months that we had a software quality problem and forbade any software engineering activity except "Fixing bugs." This went on for perhap
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There is a distinction between "the technology would never be useful" and "we are in a bubble that will burst." See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_winter for many examples of the latter with regar
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by skmurphy 3y ago
We offer online events for bootstrappers including Bootstrappers Breakfast and Lean Culture. There are also in-person Bootstrapper Breakfast meetings in Las Vegas, San Francisco, and Silicon Valley. These events are for “entrepreneurs who e
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Roundup of Events for Bootstrappers in April 2024(bootstrappersbreakfast.com)
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At this point the formal submission process is designed to filter out applicants. Author needs to find ways to get introduced to the hiring manager or have someone put his resume in the hiring manager's hands. He should also consider
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by skmurphy 3y ago
I would characterize them as a conglomerate operating in multiple lines of business that rely on a financial perspective and a sound investment thesis for much of their decision making. Unlike a mutual fund or most other investment firms th
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by skmurphy 3y ago
This is an observational study that found a correlation but offers no insight into any mechanism of action for why these microplastics might cause blockages. I would be cautious about leaping to conclusions.
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My point is that they don't operate like an investment fund and I am not aware of any technology company that survived the collapse of it's primary revenue stream by changing into an investment fund.
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by skmurphy 3y ago
Sorry "pension fund" was a typo on my part, I meant investment fund.
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Yahoo is a portfolio of brands. Compare https://www.yahooinc.com/our-brands with firms that manage investments: https://www.bridgewater.com/ https://www.schwab.com/ https://www.b
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by skmurphy 3y ago
According to https://www.plansponsor.com/kodak-outsources-management-of-o... it's $6.5 billion. But pension fund management is mandated by regulation. Google "cash on hand" is https://companiesmark
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by skmurphy 3y ago
Can you point to some other examples of technology companies that lost their competitive advantage and were able to pivot successfully into an investment fund? It's an interesting premise but I am at a loss for an existence proof of an
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Conclusion: "Google is sitting on an enormous amount of cash, but if the company does lose AI, and AI in turn eats search, it will lose its core function, and become obsolete. Talent will leave, and Google will be reduced to a giant, s
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Google's Culture of Fear(piratewires.com)
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Permanently stationing US troops on Taiwan is a very different strategy from what the US did with Ukraine. It says we are willing to put our troops in harms way in the event of a Chinese attack on or invasion of Taiwan.
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We offer online events for bootstrappers including Bootstrappers Breakfast and Lean Culture. There are also in-person Bootstrapper Breakfast meetings in Ft. Worth, Las Vegas, San Francisco, and Silicon Valley. These events are for “entrepre
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Roundup of Events for Bootstrappers in March 2024(bootstrappersbreakfast.com)
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Letters of Last Resort(en.wikipedia.org)
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It's a highly regulated product, something they have no experience with.
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What help have they asked you for?
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by skmurphy 3y ago
The actual title is "Why you should never retire" which frames it as a suggestion not an imperative.
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Roundup of Events for Bootstrappers in February 2024(bootstrappersbreakfast.com)
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by skmurphy 3y ago
The skills that make an entrepreneur effective don't always yield political influence. If Garry is understandably frustrated and angry that his efforts to improve SF are being thwarted he needs to change methods, not threaten those who
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by skmurphy 3y ago
Volunteer your time elsewhere so that it will be put to good use.
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Summary 1. Treat your spouse as an investor and board member from the beginning. 2. Lay out a plan and hold yourself accountable on a periodic schedule. 3. Come to an agreement on an overall plan that includes timeframes and limits on finan

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