March 2009
The Boxer Rebellion. A twenty minute live set and interview. Perfect sound quality and crystal clear video. Watch it, going to see them live in Berlin on the 9th.
My Favorite Blog: Trizle.com - Rock. Business. →
“Trizle helps you rock. With your business.”
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Shai Agassi: The Physics Of A Startup
Folks, I know. A lot of my latest posts were about Better Place or its founder Shai Agassi in particular. You might be tired of this but for me it’s the opposite. I can’t get enough.
Last Thursday, I visited my friends Alex & Eric over at the SoundCloud offices and we briefly talked about my application post, about how inspiring Shai is and agreed on how visionary and ambitious...
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The stronger your people, the more energy you get. And that’s the physics...
– Shai Agassi
But the key is to understand that Twitter will remain free for all to...
– Twitter confirming to sell premium accounts - Biz Stone in an interview with Silicon Alley Insider
Wicked cool!
On the Web, what counts is not your resume, but what you can contribute.
– Fantastic article on the future of management and the workplace for the digital generation.
via Dave Morin
Much against the popular perception, going green is no rocket science. It...
– Green Leadership from an Unexpected Place - Harvard Business Publishing
Check out Morgan Stanley’s Little Green Book mentioned above right here.
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Announcing Start@Spark
bijan:
I’m excited to share something we have been working on some time now. Today our firm Spark Capital introduced a new program called Start@Spark.
My partner Santo wrote a post describing our thinking and the new site describes our various initiatives including a new seed program.
I’m very excited about Start@Spark. Lots more stuff coming. Stay tuned!
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The NYT wrote a piece about...
At least Better Place is not naive and understands it isn’t just the electric...
– Developing the Better Place Vision - Electricnick.com
Don't forget the second tumblr meetup tomorrow...
tumblrmeetupberlin:
See all details here.
Kevin Malone from The Office on Twitter →
Ladies & Gentlemen,
please welcome Mr. Brian Baumgartner aka Kevin Malone to the Twitter.
You may now follow him here: http://twitter.com/BBBaumgartner
Me
Edit: Holy crap. By the time I posted this, he went from 10 followers up to more than 1300. 1500. 1600. And counting.
pheelmore:
VC Panel: Where’s The Money Gone? From the Plugg conference (via Vimeo)
Watch this if you are in a technology, venture, startup or finance environment. There are great insights and real tough talk in there.
Still haven’t watched all Plugg videos so far but there really is some interesting stuff in the three videos I watched. This one’s great too. Tough talk indeed,...
What I am saying is that we need more people wanting to build companies, not...
– SAMBA Blog: The Startup Myth
Rafer sez: Thank you, thank you, thank you.
(via rafer)
David says:
YES!
Internet & Economy Trends March 2009 - Mary Meeker... →
(link to PDF)
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Here’s a recent video from CBS News about Better Place, the company I applied for using this blogpost I wrote earlier this week.
Reporter: “And has nobody said ‘By the way - this is crazy?’”
Shai: “Oh, about 9 out of 10 people say that is crazy but the other one are actually saying ‘Where can I put my money’”
Watching this makes me want to...
So, my best advice is to say, “Today, right now, your contribution is...
– Seth’s advice on equity split for young companies. Perfect. I was looking for this.
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