July 2011
86 posts
Making an ocean of difference: restoring life to... →
“When you let people inside your head, they come away smarter. When you work in...”
– The art of working in public « Snarkmarket
via @dianakimball. Thanks!
“I bring a bias to [systemic education reform],” says Mr. Gates. “I...”
– The Weekend Interview with Bill Gates: Was the $5 Billion Worth It? - WSJ.com
“The next big trends is images,” Lisbonne said. “Companies that are...”
– Google-Backed Pixazza Becomes Luminate | Adweek
Really? I like Luminate (and saw them at photo conferences when they were Pixazza, before they were funded), but wonder about this idea.
“What makes [Washington Nationals prospect Bryce] Harper more fascinating,...”
– The game’s future is biding his time in - 08.01.11 - SI Vault
“At first, executives planned to make money through revenue-sharing deals with...”
– Google-Backed Pixazza Becomes Luminate | Adweek
I have a conversation similar to this with different startups a couple times a week.
Listened to President Clinton talk for 45 minutes tonight at the Rockefeller Foundation Innovation Forum tonight. Always a joy. Pictures and more notes to come.
“Finally, he leaned forward and fired his best shot, what he came to call “the...”
– “Google: The Beginning” par Douglas Edwards qui raconte son entretien d’embauche avec Sergey Brin chez Google en 1999 sur WSJ.com (July 16th, 2011)
“Real identities” have real benefits to users — creating communities of trust,...”
– Caterina.net» Blog Archive » Anonymity and Pseudonyms in Social Software
“Wanderfly this week announced its first ad campaign, a UK partnership with The...”
– Travel startups capitalize on hot venture capital market | Adweek
Financial Modeling for Entrepreneurs - a... →
Co-taught by me and Rahul Gandhi of High Peaks Venture Partners, we’ll focus on teaching entrepreneurs how to think about and build financial models. Practical and relevant to anyone starting a business.
August 17 at Dogpatch Labs in NYC. Sign up here.
“I think my wife is more worried about it all,” says the Padres’ very...”
– Heath Bell of San Diego Padres enjoying every bit of being wanted on trade market - ESPN
A shout-out to Google Alerts. Hello Heath’s Mom!
“I wish I’d been given toy businesses to play with at school, just as playing...”
– Weeknote 315 by Matt Webb of Berg, via Robin Sloan’s wonderful post on working in public (via dianakimball)
“Eric (note: Ries, talking with Chris Dixon) had the idea of creating a stock...”
– eric ries - cdixon’s posterous
OH on the street this morning: “I mean, your dad knows he’s a crack addict.”
The joy of dense city living.
Justin Bieber Takes A Picture Of Traffic,... →
Forget building Scoble-proof products, time to build Bieber-proof products.
“If you want to have the best control over your advertising performance (not to...”
– Talk to Adaptly: Go smaller, not bigger
““I think I was on Extra tonight for@vodaswim, but missed it because I was...”
– Corey Feldman, Will Wheaton and the month in Humblebrag - Grantland
Weekly highlighted humblebrags, culled from Twitter.
“Here’s a good rule of thumb in the NFL: You’re not smarter than the...”
– Bill Barnwell on NFL free agents whom you meet in hell - Grantland
No matter what industry you’re in, there’s a competitor smarter than you. Consider what their actions as important signals. And be careful about attempting to copy them, because the path they took to success isn’t...
“Most people won’t ever hear about what you’re doing. That’s ok. Just make it...”
– How to create change: Lessons from Jared Cohen. | thesquigglyline.com
Found via Ross Hill.
Help me hunt for zombies
Find zombies in the wild (person walking the streets typing away, dead to the world outside their phone). Post a picture of your zombie sighting! Use #zombiealert
Background: http://letterly.net/tdavidson
Going Down, New York, NY →
Going down, from the High Line.
Going down, New York, NY, July 2011
“The “cost per click” of an ad placed on Facebook has increased by 74 per cent...”
– Facebook ad prices soar more than 74% - FT.com
“The lean startup methodology is the analogue to the Moneyball approach in...”
– A snippet from 52- How Moneyball was the precursor to the Lean Startup methodology, by Taylor Davidson. Subscribe now to read the rest.
“Think about it: would having a catalyst for reviewing everything material in the...”
– Information Arbitrage: Why investors matter
“The fact that there are some startups in Silicon Valley that are doing trivial...”
– Yes, Silicon Valley Is Filled With Trivial Startups… And That’s A Good Thing | Techdirt
“… the sweet is never as sweet without the sour.” (quote) And that goes for startups too. Big innovation requires some small innovation (and outright misses) to work.
“VCs and entrepreneurs are not interchangeable. … We are joined at the hip...”
– Steve Blank On The Broken Relationship Between Investors And VCs | Fast Company
“… our Blackboard installation had full integration with Turnitin. For...”
– Why I will never pursue cheating again - A Computer Scientist in a Business School
I had no idea such a thing as a plagiarism-detection software, integrated with Blackboard, even existed.
Rest of the post about cheating is awesome.
“It’s unlikely that any combination of routine, legitimate medical...”
– Chris Jones on New York Yankees pitcher Bartolo Colon - Grantland
Out, Barbados →
Headed out, Barbados. More images from Barbados on Flickr.
Out, Barbados, July 2011
Working with the @MicroInterns →
Recapping a great morning spent with the MicroInterns.
Working with the MicroInterns, New Work City, NYC, NY, July 2011
Chris Dixon:
… the next big thing always starts out being…
“Google is also making a big investment in ad technology for tablets, Spero said....”
– Google’s Jason Spero On Making Mobile Ads Better | Adweek
