November 2011
“Beliefs and actions are like two separate musical tones, each with its own...”
– Jack Cheng
“It’s none of their business that you have to learn how to write. Let them think...”
– Ernest Hemingway (via simplegirldreaming)
“VCs favor younger founders. Partly because they think outside the box, think...”
– Michael Arrington, in the comment section of his post, STARTUPS ARE HARD. SO WORK MORE, CRY LESS, AND QUIT ALL THE WHINING
Mike loves to say shit that antagonizes so I should not even blink at this one, but for some reason I just have to call bullshit on this one. If you look at many of the great...
“Spend your money on the things money can buy. Spend your time on the things...”
– The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (via dailymurakami) training your brain to think this way is hard but worth it.
“If you use a tool or handy shortcut as a matter of course, I’d recommend...”
– diana kimball
“Between identified, liberated individuals and the nameless, faceless drones of...”
– What comes next by Christina Cacioppo - USV
I couldnt agree more. Focus on what you are good at/love and let others take care of the rest.
“It appears that Tumblr built in a day or two what no D.C.-based technology...”
– The statement above is false. I’m one of the co-founders of Mobile Commons, though I no longer work there. The Mobile Commons technology that Tumblr used to build a very nice graphical interface has been available to any organization for going on five years. In fact, it’s been used by many...
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AERIALIST OVER THE WILLIAMSBURG BRIDGE (ft. Seanna Sharpe)
NEW VIDEO! This summer, Seanna Sharpe did an illegal acrobatics show 285 feet up the Williamsburg bridge.
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YOU ARE GONNA WANT TO WATCH THIS IN FULL SCREEN
“The TSA‘s response when asked about the decision in Europe was to point towards...”
– Airport full-body X-ray scanners banned across Europe as unsafe – Tech Products & Geek News | Geek.com (via rafer) YOU ARE GONNA WANT TO ASK TSA FOR MANUAL SCAN NEXT TIME U FLY
“It seemed crazy to me that you have to be an accredited investor to invest in a...”
– Steve Case (via entrepreneurwisdom)
Introducing 1% of Nothing →
mattgalligan:
Earlier this year, Shervin Pishevar and I (Matt Galligan) were at an event called Summit at Sea, on a cruise ship, sailing to the Caribbean with a thousand like-minded entrepreneurs, social entrepreneurs, entertainers and more. Among the many sessions that we were able to attend one was on philanthropy, causes, and social entrepreneurialism. In all honesty I didn’t plan on...
“Starting a company requires you to become oddly unemotional. That means dumping...”
– Max (via brycedotvc)