March 2008
32 posts
Watch Charlie Rose - Todd Krizelman, Stephan Paternot A conversation about TheGlobe.com (1999)
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jstn:
The things you’re asking for, I’m going to build them.
On Ignorance Admitted
In the days and weeks ahead, most people will be focusing on Bear Stearns. However, most investors would do better to focus on themselves.
Now is a good time to examine how honest you are with yourself. Admitting when you’re wrong is good. Admitting when you don’t know is better.
Gannon On Investing
WatchArcade Fire - La blogotheque
There’s more creativity when there’s less opportunity.
Jack White
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VC money comes with a countdown. At a certain point the fund ends. At a certain point the investors need to see return. At a certain point there’s a deadline for progress past which it’s no longer worth it to spend any more time or money on a particular startup. When you start a company with an hourglass, it’s no wonder startup CEOs feel the need to work six and seven days a week. The’re battling...
Too much intelligence and energy is being devoted to scraping the crumbs off the table of capitalism instead of preparing the meal.
Warren Buffett
If you have to compromise what you do just to keep doing it, what’s the point?
Seth Godin
It’s not about pop culture, and it’s not about fooling people, and it’s not about convincing people that they want something they don’t. We figure out what we want. And I think we’re pretty good at having the right discipline to think through whether a lot of other people are going to want it, too. That’s what we get paid to do. So you can’t go out and...
Elaine St. James on the importance of imagination
“Einstein said, ‘Imagination is more important than information.’ I experienced this first hand after I canceled my magazine and newspaper subscriptions. I’ve never been much of a TV watcher, but I just kind of unplugged from everything. I found out that I could take the time at the end of the day to just sit and daydream, opening myself up to...
NIN makes a ‘Ghost’ of the record machine Trent...
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