February 2012
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“Brands that choose Prosodic software to optimize and target their social media...”
December 2011
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November 2011
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October 2011
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September 2011
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“I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge - myth is more potent than...”
– Robert Fulghum
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Afternoon nap.
For 30 minutes or so this afternoon, I watched my little boy take his afternoon nap. For me, lying awake next to him, those 30 minutes were some of the most restful I’ve had in months.
August 2011
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“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be...”
– Steve Jobs
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Are we entering the bizarro world?
So let me get this straight:
Standard & Poor’s downgrades the US’s AAA credit rating because they believe Treasuries are riskier.
The US stock market crashes. Investors flock to US Treasuries. Because, even at AA+, they’re still perceived as a safe haven compared to equities.
China then criticizes the US for borrowing beyond its means.
Yet China continues to be the...
Running a Billion Dollar Startup with Twelve... →
marksbirch:
Startups are feverishly hiring right now to scale up their businesses, but could we in fact be doing it all wrong? While many startups expound the virtues of being lean, once the VC money train rolls in, it is off to the races, going on a hiring binge as we have been witnessing of late in our…
July 2011
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A Moment
I was in a park today. Alone with my son. He was running in the grass with his ball. I was laying on the grass, my head propped up on a knapsack that carried our lunch.
At some point my son ran up to me, stopped, and plopped his head onto my chest. He took a breath, and relaxed.
I looked up at the blue sky and the clouds that passed overhead. Everything was silent. I decided that this...
June 2011
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May 2011
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Knows your name.
Something about your life changes forever when your child can say your name.
April 2011
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The funded on funding →
schuylerdeerman:
This came by way of a good recommendation. If you’re in the middle of fundraising or about to start the process, take ten minutes and watch Henrik’s talk. If you don’t have time to watch, I’ll out line his talking points here:
1) Find a mentor 2) Go to Silicon Valley (don’t stay) 3) Negotiate…
13 Things You Must Do Every Week As A Startup CEO →
betashop:
Being the CEO of a startup is a hard and complex job. Here’s my quick list of the 13 things every startup CEO should make sure to do each week:
Remember your One Thing. Your startup can only do one thing well at a time. Know Your One Thing. Write it on the wall. Repeat it every day. Put it…
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Anyone who is a CEO or is thinking of becoming a... →
Great CEOs face the pain. They deal with the sleepless nights, the cold sweat, and what my friend the great Alfred Chuang (legendary founder and CEO of BEA Systems) calls “the torture.” Whenever I meet a successful CEO, I ask them how they did it. Mediocre CEOs point to their brilliant strategic moves or their intuitive business sense or a variety of other self-congratulatory explanations. The...
March 2011
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Frames
I was in Los Angeles last weekend visiting someone who’s going through some stuff. Actually, it’s more than some stuff, but the stuff is beside the point. This person has a friend in LA who I’d never met in person before, but who invited us over to his apartment to relax and talk.
The apartment is situated near the ocean in Santa Monica. Once our car was parked in the...
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February 2011
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14, 15, 16...
Today (14) is the day I celebrate being married to my lovely wife, my rock, my everything.
Tomorrow (15) is the day we celebrate the birth of our son, the light of my life.
Wednesday (16) was the birthday of my mother, the one who made me who I am.