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by segabach 15y ago
Indeed, the lens is what I'm talking about. I'd go so far as to argue that you should never approach a new project as a potential company and instead just build things you find fun/useful/novel. The greatest successes (financially, world im
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by segabach 15y ago
This probably won't be a popular opinion here, but anyone using the term "MVP" has always set off red flags of failure for me. The best products come from people who are in love with technology scratching their own itch. People wanting to "
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by segabach 15y ago
Cool, now they can bypass the painful step of forcing you out of the CEO role, and just never let you take it in the first place. Also, Fred would not invest in this app and Jordan isn't a real VC, so the piece is pretty bogus.
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by segabach 15y ago
The scrum teams don't own the means of production. Individual contributors are human capital. The means of production are owned by the people in control of the finances and business model. If the company were to shift direction and your pro
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VC in 2011: The Haves and the Have Nots(sandhellrd.wordpress.com)
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by segabach 16y ago
The one thing they totally failed to predict was the trend toward much more casual clothing. Partially due to technology becoming available to all the classes but even upper class people would find this level of dress over the top for curre
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by segabach 16y ago
I wonder how a16z would feel about an upstart portfolio company turning down world class talent in the name of friendship? Obviously, don't hire someone if it will sour a relationship that is financially important for your company, but are
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by segabach 16y ago
DON'T: Choose a partner that has a spouse/significant other who won't be supporting the business through the inevitable down times that come with launching a business.
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Windows Phone 7 Developers Can Finally See How Their Apps Are Selling(mobilecrunch.com)
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Android and iOS fragmentation(droidsector.com)
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All social media experts "are actually the same person"(inoveryourhead.net)
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The iPhone is NOT superfluous, easily copied, revolutionary or a premium product(asymco.com)
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LHC experiments bring new insight into primordial universe(press.web.cern.ch)
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by segabach 16y ago
Actually it doesn't have to be the opposite. It just has to be something repurposed into a context not intended by the original meaning.
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by segabach 16y ago
Great points. VCs (and larger angels) will tell you all day long that there's no such thing as pitching too early (cf. http://www.thisisgoingtobebig.com/blog/2009/10/19/never-too-... ). It's simply not true. As Rand mentions the power dyna
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How Inflation Swindles the Equity Investor(valueinvesting.de)
3 points by segabach 16y ago|0 comments