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"He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me."
- Thomas Jefferson, via Mike Masnick

Nov 17

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I believe that services such as Skype and Twitter or marketplaces such as Etsy could do this successfully and in doing so align the interests of investors and the company much better than by simply selling to a bunch of institutional holders with no affinity for the company or its service.

Once the first company does this, I believe many will follow.

The question is who will have the courage to go first.

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IPOs 2.0 - Continuations

This model/idea solves many issues around alignment of stakeholders (mgmt, investors, customers, etc). A really interesting, simple thought that could go a long way to addressing the many institutional issues in business these days.

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(via Réparateur d’antenne à 540m d’altitude)

This is my worst nightmare.

h/t @hornokplease

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Nov 16

A VC: Fragmentation

Interesting dynamic at work here for sure. If I was smart I’d start some cross-browser compatibility outsourcing firm. Boring, but $.

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Nov 12

Casteller (by Mike Randolph)

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Nov 02

“As we all know, tomorrow is election day here in America. So in the spirit of democracy, I have decided to campaign for the privilege of running Twitter. I will now present you with my platform, which will explain what Twitter needs to do to be successful. In the interest of expediency, I will do this by conducting a Randy Moss –style press conference, in which I will only answer questions that I ask myself.”

(via SiliconANGLE — Blog — I’m Running for Twitter: My Randy Moss Style Press Conference (With Myself))

“As we all know, tomorrow is election day here in America. So in the spirit of democracy, I have decided to campaign for the privilege of running Twitter. I will now present you with my platform, which will explain what Twitter needs to do to be successful. In the interest of expediency, I will do this by conducting a Randy Moss –style press conference, in which I will only answer questions that I ask myself.”

(via SiliconANGLE — Blog — I’m Running for Twitter: My Randy Moss Style Press Conference (With Myself))

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Oct 26

“ So children are bright if left to their own thinking but will believe what an adult tells them. For marketers targeting children, this means having an adult delivering the sell message may be more effective than anything else.

— Study: Children Will Believe Anything… From Adults

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“ Every 34th wage earner in America in 2008 went all of 2009 without earning a single dollar, new data from the Social Security Administration show. Total wages, median wages, and average wages all declined, but at the very top, salaries grew more than fivefold.

— tax.com: Scary New Wage Data

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Oct 24

» The Future of Television & The Digital Living Room | Both Sides of the Table

Recommended reading

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Oct 14

“ The most visited internet portal in China is owned, not by a US giant or a Chinese government-owned site, but by what was a start-up only a decade ago - Tencent.

— BBC News - Emerging rivals threaten Facebook’s dominance

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Kiva President On The Next 5 Years And Why Zynga Is Their Biggest Rival (TCTV)

This is a great vid on many levels…attention econ, recruiting, TC showing some depth of thought (and not just b/c ‘it’s a nonprofit’), etc

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Oct 13

I think I figured out the simplest way to describe the difference between LA and Silicon Valley. If you’re driving down the street and blaring Snoop Dogg in LA, it’s awesome. If you’re doing that in SV, it’s just weird. I can’t put my finger on why, it just is how it is.

I don’t care who you are, or what car you drive…the feeling is the same.

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Oct 11

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Game theory looks at weak vs strong tells to gauge the likelihood of a player’s commitment, and I am sure you would not be surprised to know that painting your avatar green in support of Iran is not a strong indication that you will be prepared to die on the streets of Tehran.

Clicktivism is clearly more about garnering social capital than actually doing anything

— If the revolution is tweeted it’ll probably get lost in a sea of tweets about Justin Beiber - broadstuff

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Sep 23

“ Facebook is an amazing success as a social network. Anyone who can get 500 million people to connect, share photos, and click on little cows in Farmville deserves major kudos.

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Facebook is not worth $33,000,000,000 - (37signals)

Here’s my current POV on Facebook (which has historically been: they’re evil and lame):

Gut tells me that DHH is right on, but I’m also reading David Kirkpatrick’s effusive yet lucid “The Facebook Effect”, which gets me all wide-eyed.

Tough to say where it all goes. Zuckerberg is definitely stronger in print than in person.

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Aug 25

The Economics of Unethical Behaviour - broadstuff

Brilliant piece from Alan Patrick, as ever.

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Aug 19

“ they have for years used advanced detection techniques devised by the US intelligence community and sophisticated voice analyzing software to tell if executives are lying on their earnings calls.

— How hedge funds analyze your earnings calls | IR Web Report

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