Nicholas Carlson just published a fascinating in depth article about Larry Page. It covers his evolution over the … Continuă lectura „Larry Page’s story is fascinating”

It’s amazing how Wes Anderson can create a good story out of any material! The way he films … Continuă lectura „The Grand Budapest Hotel is fantastic!”

As you can see from my article on The Evolution of Marketplaces, Craigslist is facing a great unbundling. … Continuă lectura „Recommendations for Craigslist”

Anand Iyer, the Chief Product Officer of Threadflip, just wrote a thoughtful blog post on how to build … Continuă lectura „Fantastic article on how to build trust in modern marketplaces to achieve liquidity”

In the early days of the web Craigslist’s horizontal listing based marketplace was all things to all people … Continuă lectura „The Evolution of Marketplaces”

Bitcoin confuses people. They don’t grasp what it is and how it works. The two presentations below are … Continuă lectura „Great presentations on Bitcoin”

It’s hard to describe why, but somehow I find the sensation of gliding in untracked powder quasi-spiritual. For … Continuă lectura „There is something magical about skiing in powder!”

Andy Weir’s book gripped me from the start. I typically don’t like books written in the first person, … Continuă lectura „The Martian is Robinson Crusoe on Mars”

It’s also the best book he co-wrote with Mark Greaney. I suppose the bar is not very high … Continuă lectura „Command Authority is Tom Clancy’s best book in years”

In The Case for Optimism I outlined both why we are better off than we have ever been … Continuă lectura „50 reasons why this is the greatest time ever”

My good friend Saar Gur who is a general partner at Charles River Ventures just posted a brilliant … Continuă lectura „Fantastic presentation on customer acquisition”

I spent most of 2013 living with the consequences of the life changing decisions I made in late … Continuă lectura „2013: The Dawn of a New Beginning”

We live in difficult times. Financial crisis, sovereign debt crisis, euro crisis, Syrian conflict, global warming. We are … Continuă lectura „The Case for Optimism”

Last year I finally resolved my internal cognitive dissonance between my profound optimism about humanity and my pessimism … Continuă lectura „Video of my LeWeb Keynote: The Case for Optimism”

Loic Lemeur asked Jeff Clavier and me to react to Arnaud Montebourg’s presentation at LeWeb and ask him … Continuă lectura „LeWeb 2013 Interview of Arnaud Montebourg”