Paul Buchheit

A Third Solution

The quest for freedom and safety: Why I donated $100,000 to YesOn19

The common theme uniting most of my efforts is the desire to be free. One of the reasons I'm so interested in startups is that they give peo...

Help me distribute $100,000 to new entrepreneurs in Africa

I love the idea of microlending, small loans of a few hundred dollars made to entrepreneurs in impoverished areas so that they can start or...

Facebook knows who you are, and that's worth more than you think

It's very fashionable to declare that Facebook is an over-hyped fad and will never make any real money, certainly not enough to justify its ...

Paul Buchheit: Open as in water, the fluid necessary for life

"Open" is a great thing. Everyone likes it. Unfortunately, nobody agrees what open is. There are many meanings, but in general, I think "ope...