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fdestin

  1. Highland Capital transition: co-founders step back by @danprimack finance.fortune.cnn.com/2012/06/01/exc…
  2. Metasearch and travel review websites gain at the expense of travel supplier websites: phocuswright.com/research_updat…
  3. @ScottKirsner @pmarmier and we will dearly miss him, though great excuse to hot shanghai !
  4. Very proud today of how far @zoopla team have come from seed investment to game changing merger: tcrn.ch/JR3UGL (v. @mikebutcher)
  5. @john_benassaya read“@berreb: Beneath contempt: The Apple TV business model awe.sm/5vmS4
  6. The next big thing is always beneath contempt. A perfect quote. lilly.tumblr.com/post/237196999…
  7. @RMooreAV you bet pardner
  8. 45 times Oscar nominated John Williams celebrates his 80th at #bostonpops twitter.com/fdestin/status…
  9. "I think of my banjoes as my children. Which probably means one of them isn't mine". Steve Martin at #pops
  10. Steve Martin on stage - thanks to Nicole Stata and Boston Seed (@ Symphony Hall) [pic]: 4sq.com/LNqjyI
  11. I am there and we're going to light the town up ! Bill Warner, @Dharmesh Join XSITE 2012 Lineup: Xconomy bit.ly/KLUedp via @gthuang
  12. Google Docs / Drive performance concerning of late. Frequent "Save" brainfreeze, simple tasks like image embeds lead to crash etc. Hum.
  13. e-comm startups take notice: Rakuten is your alternative to Amazon (acquired my co. PriceMinister for $250M in '10): bizjournals.com/boston/blog/st…
  14. @FAKEGRIMLOCK Agreed. saying fear cannot be ignored, needs to be mastered. Like anger: Hold it in your mind as an object, then crush it.
  15. @FAKEGRIMLOCK Fear is real. You need to recognize own, own it, overcome it. Different. Cannot be ignored.
  16. .@rodolfor tough emotional roller coaster for Kayak founders -- been through that once. Preparing for IPO is slavery on top of dayjob.
  17. Feeling sorry for Kayak's management as IPO gets pulled again : mobile.businessweek.com/news/2012-05-3…
  18. @Avodovnik @paulamarttila @nguetta I never know who called me last, interface context changes, dialling confusing ... It's pretty bad :-(