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crashdev

  1. "I contend that the European Union itself is like a bubble." Fascinating read from @GeorgeSoros, HT @jimacmcdermott
  2. @JoshMullineaux Whoa! All OK now?
  3. A startup is a machine for systematically accomplishing things that others believe to be impossible
  4. @daryn @ggoodale @crashdev Yowza! Entrepreneur / investor spycams hidden within the @Amazon fortress. Who knew? ;)
  5. @pejmanjohn Thanks, Pej -- not rocket science I know but came up often enough that it seemed worth writing down
  6. Love this! In talent economy #Edu system should be designed to produce more entrepreneurs + fewer employees business.time.com/2012/06/01/why…
  7. +1 "people who are heavily motivated by money are never the ones who make the most money in the power law world." blakemasters.tumblr.com/post/218699342…
  8. So much good stuff in here -- any early stage founder or investor not reading these notes is making a huge mistake: blakemasters.tumblr.com/post/218699342…
  9. Well done, guys! @redrussak + @randfish bring back the Seattle Startup 100 startupcity.org/startups/top10… via @startupcity
  10. "Raises come in twos": understand that every VC financing contains embedded assumptions about the next one crashdev.com/2012/05/capita… #VC
  11. What every founder knows: "their greatest pleasures are exploration and discovery and making the world a better place" timescolonist.com/business/Comme…
  12. Channeling @cdixon "Capital raises come in twos" crashdev.com/2012/05/capita… #VC
  13. @grouptalent A little close to #gigolo, but hey, they're independent contractors too, right?
  14. This is the future of work, and it's coming faster than most folks realize fastcoexist.com/1679903/the-ri… cc @grouptalent
  15. @mgibsonsf Thanks for the props and a belated happy birthday!
  16. The silly side of tech: Put Clippy on your Web site with this startup's nostalgic hack: geekwire.com/2012/silly-sid… 22 @smorepages
  17. Remember Clippy? "People love two things: failed Microsoft technologies and obscure Javascript libraries" smore.com/clippy-js @SmorePages