September 2009
18 posts
“Once you have profits, it’s impossible to just make stuff up. That’s why we’re...”
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PRESS RELEASE: 37SIGNALS VALUATION TOPS $100 BILLION AFTER BOLD VC INVESTMENT - (37signals)
“Bartz says not to worry, that middle America still loves them: ‘When you...”
– Mike Arrington on Yahoo and it’s new CEO, Carol Bartz — Can We Please Have Jerry Back?
“I’m learning a lot of different ways of California. Is this Southern...”
– - Ron Artest, new Laker, in legendary form.
The upcoming NBA season is shaping up to be one for the ages. The five best teams from last year (Lakers, Celtics, Spurs, Cavs, Magic) have become bonafide powerhouses, each adding superstars in the offseason (Artest, Rasheed Wallace, Richard Jefferson,...
“There was a reason he called the company Netflix and not, say, DVDs by Mail.”
– NetFlix Everywhere: Sorry Cable, You’re History
Creative destruction at its best.
“The thing that makes business development fascinating is that the best deals...”
– Seth’s Blog: Understanding business development (via hiten)
Blogging Democratizes Advice
I had a conversation with @msuster a few weeks ago about the merits of grad school, and now, this excellent blog post with this thoughts on the subject (Are MBAs Necessary for Start-ups or VC?) is available to everyone.
What’s really remarkable about posts like these, and blogs like Mark’s that develop genuine communities around them, is the richness that develops in the comments....
“Awesomeness happens when thick — real, meaningful — value is created by people...”
– The Awesomeness Manifesto - Umair Haque - HarvardBusiness.org
Umair Haque gets a little mixed up on Starbucks’ embrace of Fair Trade (which is more half-hearted marketing than genuine “awesomemeness”), but does capture something important nonetheless about inspired innovation.
Three New Years are Better than One
Celebrating three separate New Years* every time the earth travels around the sun has its perks — three opportunities to reflect & resolve, to think & be thankful. Shanah Tovah to all those celebrating tomorrow.
* In addition to New Years as we commonly know it, I have the Persian New Year (Nowruz) in the Spring, and the Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashanah) in the Fall.
“It was the stupidest, most southern-fried, lamebrained decision I ever made in...”
– Navy Seal Marcus Luttrell describes his decision to not kill innocent Afghani goatherds he encountered behind enemy lines. Those goatherds later warned the Taliban of his presence and cost 19 American lives. Michael Sandel famously illustrated the complexities of justice with such real life...
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Obama's Health Care Speech, Some Reactions
Some reactions:
I was initially, wowed. It’s hard not to get swept up by Obama. His nuanced explication of the American creed and his ability to capture ‘the moment’ in words are second to none. I thought the end of his speech with his line about “We did not come here to fear the future; we came here to shape it,” was particularly powerful.
It was a remarkable...
“The earlier the policyholder dies, the bigger the return — though if people live...”
– Back to Business - Wall Street Pursues Profit in Bundles of Life Insurance - Series - NYTimes.com
This makes me uneasy. The last thing we need is Wall Street rooting for us to die… and then having to bail them out if we don’t?
“If I’d asked my customers what they wanted, they’d have said...”
– Why Google won’t create the next Twitter or Facebook or Posterous - scobleizer’s posterous
Google bigotry « BuzzMachine →
“In my favorite movie, Wonder Boys, Prof. Grady Tripp is a writer who hasn’t had...”
– F|R: How to Avoid Feature Creep with Your Software Apps
I Want to Write More. i will write more. A Fall goal…