Results for Interesting Articles

May 15,2013

Is risk aversion really the fear of feeling?

Check out this interesting Harvard Business Review article: http://blogs.hbr.org/bregman/2013/05/the-unexpected-antidote-to-pro.html

Great article on optimal take rates in Internet businesses

Bill Gurley is a partner at Benchmark and an investor and on the board of Uber, OpenTable and Zillow amongst others. He just wrote a fantastic article on the optimal pricing strategy for Internet businesses. [...]

Don’t blame the Internet for your failings!

Paul Miller, a technology writer for The Verge, decided to spend 365 days offline. No email, Google, Facebook, texting. He became entirely Internet free. As he puts it, he embarked in his journey because: “I [...]

The class notes from Peter Thiel’s Stanford class are a must read for all entrepreneurs

I just finished reading through all of them and found them very insightful. Some sections are useful to aspiring entrepreneurs as they cover the basics of financing, vesting, etc. Most sections are useful to all [...]

The John McAfee story is fascinating!

I just came across his engrossing story in a recent copy of Wired. In many ways entrepreneurs, myself included, are a little bit crazy. However, after reading his story, I feel much more [...]

Further evidence suggesting consumer Internet series A financings are more difficult to come by

Fred Wilson just wrote an article, What Has Changed, in which he confirms the observation I made in a recent post (And then there were 100…) that Series A funding rounds [...]
September 9,2012

Fantastic interview about what may very well be my next car!

I had the pleasure of meeting both Ron Dennis and Frank Stephenson at the McLaren factory outside of London in August. When they spoke about their design and assembly philosophy, I was struck [...]

I knew it all along: video games are great for you and allow you to live longer :)

Not only do games allow you to live longer, healthier life, recent scientific research suggests that intense game playing allow us to improve multitasking, decision-making and creativity. Watch Jane McGonigal’s great TED speech:
April 21,2012

Great Article on Steve Jobs’ “Wilderness Years”

The May issue of Fast Company has a great article on Steve Jobs’ “wilderness years”. This 1985-1996 period during which he was exiled from Apple is often seen as his least productive. However, the writer [...]