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Why Facebook is killing Silicon Valley
We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energi…
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The default state of a startup is failure
programming, philosophy, history, internet, startups
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Light Table is in YCS12
I’m happy to announce that as of yesterday Light Table has joined a host of amazing startups for the Summer 2012 batch of YCombinator . Under the guidance of YC we believe we have the best possible chance to not just make Light Table a reality, but to help craft a new future for the way we create software.
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Candy Japan April Income Report
How much money can you make by sending surprise candy to people around the world?
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US Rail Construction Costs
Update 2017/7/1: this is the most linked-to post of mine about construction costs, even though the dataset here is relatively small. You can see links to more posts, with more datapoints, on my sta…
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The Coming Meltdown In College Education & Why The Economy Won’t Get Better Soon
Remember the housing meltdown ? Tough to forget isn’t it. The formula for the housing boom and bust was simple. A lot of easy money being lent to buyers who couldn’t afford the money they were borrowing. That money was then spent on homes with the expectation that the price of the home would go up and it could easily…
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Dear StackExchange: Thank You
Miami-based DJ, producer, and songwriter blending Dance-Pop, Tech House, and Festival energy. Latest single 'Somethin' Right' out now.
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Dutch Judge Who Ordered Pirate Bay Links Censored Has Conflict of Interest
Judge Chris Hensen, who ordered the Dutch Pirate Party to censor all links to The Pirate Bay recently (something Techdirt calls Censorship Crazy), appears...
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Miso pays disputed $10k referral bonus to ex-engineer, apologizes
UPDATE 2: There's a few things I want to clear up here about certain assumptions made about what exactly happened. Prior to the database...
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I'm a former Miso engineer and the founders screwed me out of 10k
UPDATE 2: There's a few things I want to clear up here about certain assumptions made about what exactly happened. Prior to the database...
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Compelling Startup Pitch Archetypes (with examples from YC companies)
Over the past few weeks, I’ve helped a handful of startups work on their YC applications and interviews. I spent much of the time brainstorming with the founders on the best way to explain their business in the most clear and compelling way possible. These founders knew a lot
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I'm calling this Bubble 2.0, and it's ready to burst
The smart, fashionable startup-people these days are all trying to come up with brilliant and innovative new business models that disrupt struggling industries and synergize for break-out growth potential forming new markets. (Ahem. At least that's what they say.)
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Hey Paydirt: Your Site Works Just Fine In IE
One of the things that I’m passionate about in my role at Microsoft is helping developers ensure that their sites provide an awesome experience in every browser. Yeah, yeah I know it seems odd th…
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