This is a 2007 essay from Marc Andreessen. “The most important thing you need to know going into any discussion or interaction with a big company is that you’re Captain Ahab, and the big company is Moby Dick.” | learn more
I’m only now learning about this Speiser’s approach – it’s fascinating! “Speiser currently has a roughly 20% hit rate of his companies achieving multi-billion dollar valuations.” | learn more
In 2018 this startup raised $1 billion at inception. It caused Steve Blank to ask Is the lean startup dead? Then we saw the fat startup’s launch teaser in January of this year. Here, the story ends, as “the first high-profile casualty of […]
The data here is interesting, although the reporting is not exactly unbiased. The number is so low that I am suspicious about how it’s calculated, and the article doesn’t elaborate, but it does say the source is the police department. | learn […]
This is a Quora link. First up, a convincing “yes” answer. Next, a convincing “no” answer. I had almost chosen a side until I read the comments. Truth is hard! | learn more
“Far less common is the belief that vampires live among us. Only 13 percent of Americans say that vampires definitely or probably exist.” | learn more
“Masatoshi Kumagai was a high school dropout whose conglomerate now dominates cloud computing in Japan—and he has an unusual approach to management.” | learn more
This is a 2002 interview with Ellison, the founder of Oracle, 5th richest person in the world, and a University of Illinois dropout 🙌. The author’s introduction of Ellison is my favorite part. | learn more
“The awards are part of the Healthy Longevity Global Competition, a multiyear, multimillion-dollar international competition seeking breakthrough innovations to extend human health and function later in life.” | learn more
Be aware of the drug interactions! “From its name, to its hazy origins, to its drug interactions, there’s a lot going on beneath that thick rind.” | learn more