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2010
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Jeff Bezos: Regret Minimization Framework

I went to my boss and said to him, “You know, I’m going to go do this crazy thing and I’m going to start this company selling books online.” This was something that I had already been talking to him about in a sort of more general context, but then he said, “Let’s go on a walk.” And, we went on a two hour walk in…

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My zero-equity co-founders

One of the unusual aspects of my online backup startup is that I'm a sole founder. Despite such commentary as Gabriel Weinberg's Will single founders please stand up? and Ray Grieselhuber's The Royal We: Single Founder Startups , single-founder startups are still unusual and carry with them some stigma — Paul Graham…

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You Should Self-Publish

Your experience has been an inspiration to me, Joe, as I've noted on my own blog . I've always believed that self-publishing was the mark of permanent amateurism. Now, I've self-published my own book, Dead Furst . I've sold... next to nothing. But I'm obscure, and patient, and have a lovely Carl Graves cover. So…