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The Product is the Byproduct
Written pieces, talks, and other bits by Zach Holman.
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Startups Are Bands for Hackers
Growing up as a young musician in suburbia, I fantasized about being in a band: playing music in front of thousands of people, signing a record contract, enjoying the successes (and excesses) of...
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All or something (2009)
One of the most pervasive myths of startup life is that it has to be all consuming. That unless you can give your business all your thoughts and hours, you don’t deserve success. You are unworthy of the startup call. This myth neatly identifies those fit for mission: Young, without obligat…
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Jonathan Coulton on MegaUpload and piracy
I wrote this thing on Twitter this morning about the MegaUpload shutdown, and it’s gotten some crazy traction on the old internet. In addition, I’ve just done a couple of interviews for NPR on the subject, and I think I may have said some crazy, provocative things. There are many comments and questions out there…
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Google Voice lost my business number. How I got it back, and what I learned.
My Story of When Google Voice Lost My Number Google Voice lost my number August 12th, 2012, at around 5pm central time. I was able to log into Google Voice and check my messages at around 1pm that …
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Buying Adobe Photoshop CS6
It was Friday morning. I was sitting at gate 74 at SFO, hoping to get some client work wrapped up before my flight. I’ve been using the CS6 beta of Photoshop...
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37signals invests in The Starter League
Today we’d like to announce that we’ve bought a stake in The Starter League. This is the only investment that 37signals has ever made in another company. What is The Starter League? The Starter League (formerly known as Code Academy) is a small school in Chicago that teaches Rai…
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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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Apple Announces Plans to Initiate Dividend and Share Repurchase Program
The official source for news about Apple, from Apple. Read press releases, get updates, watch video and download images.
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The Macroeconomics of Chinese kleptocracy
China is a kleptocracy of a scale never seen before in human history. This post aims to explain how this wave of theft is financed, what ...
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Trello is now half million strong
Research, expert perspectives, and product announcements from Atlassian on how teams can work smarter with AI. Subscribe for monthly insights on the future of teamwork.
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An Investment Manager's View on the Top 1%
The following article, and the two addenda that follow, were written by an investment manager who works with very wealthy clients. I knew him from decades ago, but in 2011 he e-mailed me with some concerns he had about what was happening with the economy. What he had to say was informative enough that I asked if he…
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The "Wash my Ferrari" Problem: A Meditation on Risk
The Setup Let’s pretend for a moment that you own a car wash. For $5, customers can drive in for a hand wash and wax. One day, in the midst of the stream of Hondas and Subarus, a customer pul…
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Google: We’ve acquired Motorola Mobility
I’m confident the team at Motorola will be creating the next generation of mobile devices that will improve lives for years to come.
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