Will Your College Go Out of Business Before You Graduate?
I’ve been getting a lot of questions from High School kids asking whether or not they should go to college. The answer is yes.
Dear WordPress
Has it really been 10 years? It seems just yesterday we were playing around on my blog, and the blogs of a few high school friends. Two of those friends are married, one isn’t anymore, two are stil…
Jonathan Coulton vs. Glee
With all the controversy surrounding Glee’s ripoff of Jonathan Coulton’s Baby Got back I thought I would makes a remix that combines the two versions. The remix alternates between the t…
How To Fire A Co-Founder
The two biggest reasons startups fail is running out of money and founding team implosions. One Y Combinator founder I spoke with felt that about ~20% of startups in his batch blew up in the first 9-12 months after entering YC due to founder issues.
Dwolla Begins PayPal-Style Account Suspensions for Bitcoiners
99Bitcoins is your trusted guide to Bitcoin & crypto, offering easy tutorials, expert insights, and in-depth reviews to help you navigate the crypto world.
My self published book made $11,000 before I finished writing it
That is what I earned on my book for software team leaders before it was even finished. This august I finished writing and publishing my first self-published book. Last month I got done adding a print and an audio…
Upside risk
Everyone claims that they understand the power law in angel investing, but very few people practice it. I think this is because it’s hard to conceptualize the difference between a 3x and a 300x...
Steal These Freelance Business Ideas
Brian Casel's personal site, portfolio and blog. Brian Casel is a multi-time founder, software product designer and developer.
One Way to Write A Powerful Cold Email
The cold email tactic I’m about to share is not only for sales and business development professionals; it’s a unique cold email strategy that can be used
Why Bitcoin is a significant breakthrough, but perhaps not as a currency
So it’s a scam, and you’ll lose all your money, but on the plus side, you’ll have helped make the only habitable planet we have uninhabitable.
The best founders are futurists
Building a great company is about predicting the future. You build something people want now and predict they'll continue to want it in the future. There's something Garry Tan sometimes says: he...
Adventures in Self Publishing
My journey from an empty text file to a successful book launch, including pretty graphs!
The “I just got bought by a big company” survival guide
Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a venture capital firm in Silicon Valley, California, investing in bold founders, innovators, and entrepreneurs building the future through technology.