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  1. Just heard that more than 50% of all companies on NASDAQ have market caps less than $100 million. Wow! That's a high cost to being public.
  2. Healthcare reform:unintended consequences always bite hard! Needed = 4 yrs incremental reform - not 1 fell swoop. No gov't can do that well
  3. What an ironic tragedy if Iraq stabilizes/liberalizes (with Bush's historical reputation burnished) and Afghanistan becomes Obama's Vietnam.
  4. As WSJ and NYT becoming only surviving national US newspapers, which is advantaged: the clearly liberal NYT or the clearly conservative WSJ?
  5. Counseling two startups that might compete, I said: "Startups never put startups out of business; only big companies do". Thoughts?
  6. Sun Valley Writers Conference last few days. Good quote about Afghanistan: "The Americans have the watches but the Pashtuns have the time."
  7. Go see the new movie, "District 9". Hugely better than expectations (which were that I was going to see "Transformers 3". Worth it.
  8. Jargon Watch: recently heard this a bunch: "Industrial Logic" as a way of justifying an acquisition. Old phrase, "Synergy", never occurred.
  9. Mostly, airlines no longer pay fees to online travel agencies. Now, hotel booking fees pay all the freight. Long term implications?
  10. Airline tickets get more expensive closer to date of travel; hotel rooms get cheaper. Each has the same "perishable" inventory. Why is this?
  11. I just heard that $20 million in annual revenue puts one in the top 20 Paypal merchants on the web. That's a short head and a long tail!
  12. Ever notice that, after the fact, hugely successful companies have many "co-founders", while failed companies have only "early employees".
  13. It's truly good that the two journalists are now free (thanks Bill Clinton). Wonder who paid for Clinton's trip? Must have cost > millions
  14. How big is the Facebook App "economy", compared to the revenue FB gets from its own advertising? Is FB becoming a "dumb pipe"? Is Twitter?
  15. I hate AT&T Wireless. It is the worst, absolutely worst, wireless network! 10 calls today; all of them dropped! I hate AT&T Wireless!
  16. Should VC's organize our startups as LLC's, not corporations? "Dividends" might be the new way to get return on $ if no IPO's or mergers
  17. Any recommendations for good but "cheap" patent attorney (i.e., one in solo or small firm practice who costs less than one at a big firm)?
  18. No directory of angel investors (people or "firms") exists, so I'm doing one. Suggestions of folks to add welcome at amorgan@mayfield.com
  19. Just me, or there more JavaScript out on www these days? Every web site seems to want to install it. Seems new. Anyone else?