Great speech on the five trends reshaping the global economy

mai 21, 2013    ·    < 1 min read

Dominic Barton, the managing director of McKinsey, recently gave an insightful speech at Stanford Business School. I encourage … Continuă lectura „Great speech on the five trends reshaping the global economy”

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Is risk aversion really the fear of feeling?

mai 15, 2013   ·  < 1 min read

Check out this interesting Harvard Business Review article: http://blogs.hbr.org/bregman/2013/05/the-unexpected-antidote-to-pro.html

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Great article on optimal take rates in Internet businesses

mai 9, 2013   ·  < 1 min read

Bill Gurley is a partner at Benchmark and an investor and on the board of Uber, OpenTable and … Continuă lectura „Great article on optimal take rates in Internet businesses”

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The latest Tomb Raider is fantastic!

mai 9, 2013   ·  < 1 min read

I have always been partial to third party action adventure games like Drake Unchartered and the latest Tomb … Continuă lectura „The latest Tomb Raider is fantastic!”

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Don’t blame the Internet for your failings!

mai 9, 2013   ·  2 min read

Paul Miller, a technology writer for The Verge, decided to spend 365 days offline. No email, Google, Facebook, … Continuă lectura „Don’t blame the Internet for your failings!”

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The class notes from Peter Thiel’s Stanford class are a must read for all entrepreneurs

mai 9, 2013   ·  < 1 min read

I just finished reading through all of them and found them very insightful. Some sections are useful to … Continuă lectura „The class notes from Peter Thiel’s Stanford class are a must read for all entrepreneurs”

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The John McAfee story is fascinating!

mai 9, 2013   ·  < 1 min read

I just came across his engrossing story in a recent copy of Wired. In many ways entrepreneurs, myself … Continuă lectura „The John McAfee story is fascinating!”

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I have a confession to make: I am addicted to white powder!

aprilie 6, 2013   ·  < 1 min read

No not the kind you are thinking about. I am talking about the much more expensive and dangerous … Continuă lectura „I have a confession to make: I am addicted to white powder!”

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Thoughts on building successful vertical marketplaces

martie 27, 2013   ·  6 min read

As you know, I love operating and investing in marketplaces. It’s been interesting over the years to observe … Continuă lectura „Thoughts on building successful vertical marketplaces”

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Could it be that stock photography is the best business ever?

martie 27, 2013   ·  2 min read

What is surprising about this business to me is how high the take rate is. Most marketplace business … Continuă lectura „Could it be that stock photography is the best business ever?”

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Be a doer!

martie 4, 2013   ·  < 1 min read

The Man in the Arena „It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out … Continuă lectura „Be a doer!”

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Make them dream!

martie 1, 2013   ·  < 1 min read

„If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people to collect wood and don’t assign them … Continuă lectura „Make them dream!”

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Great inspirational video by Michael Marantz

februarie 26, 2013   ·  < 1 min read

The Future is Ours!

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Raising money from VCs is just like dating!

februarie 20, 2013   ·  4 min read

The first two times I raised VC money, until success simplified things, it occurred to me how the … Continuă lectura „Raising money from VCs is just like dating!”

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Invictus by William Ernest Henley

ianuarie 25, 2013   ·  < 1 min read

Out of the night that covers me, Black as the Pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever … Continuă lectura „Invictus by William Ernest Henley”

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The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost

ianuarie 24, 2013   ·  < 1 min read

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, … Continuă lectura „The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost”

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