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When I was studying finance, I read a book that outlined Warren Buffett’s 12 tenets of investing.
- Background and Context
To this day, I always think of Warren Buffett when I make an investment. In 2003, I tried to get him to buy the Montreal Expos and keep them in Montreal. Suffice to say, […]
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When Valleywag is not promocking (promoting/mocking) Robert Scoble or Jason Calacanis, it publishes interesting commentary or identifies insightful reads [side note, I think I just invented the term promocking.]
Anyway, today, Valleywag points to Paul Graham’s How Not to Die post where he basically talks about what startups need to do to avoid from dying (shutting down) so […]
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I used to think that the Montreal to NYC and back to Montreal trip in 12 hours or so was rough, but how about the Montreal to San Francisco, then back to Montreal on a red-eye in 24 hours.
Where am I and what day is it?
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Some time ago I was reading an article on Nick Denton, from Wired, it said:
In summer 2001, Denton left San Francisco with a raised middle finger, writing a blistering attack for UK-based Management Today on the “corrupt and lethargic” city and the “culturally and socially flawed” Silicon Valley.
I thought it was an interesting comment and observation, […]
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Posted By: Ashkan Karbasfrooshan | Aug 5th
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I’m one of the luckiest people on earth. You have to create your luck, for sure, but luck is a key factor in success. I’ve always said that:
Success = Vision + Ambition + Execution + Persistence + Luck.
Initially, I’d omit persistence, partially because it was so obvious, but persistence is arguably the most important […]
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When mainstream media gets on board something, it’s usually too late. I thought the exception to this was the type of things that have sent consumer Web media into a frenzy, that being many of the so-called Web 2.0 startups.
A good barometer of what is new in the space can be found on Tech Crunch, the […]
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Clearly there were many reasons, some of which I listed here, but it is very interesting to see the rationale provided by angel investor here:
Stefan Glaenzer is looking for his third hit, although the German angel investor, now based in London, cannot complain so far. He made several million selling his share in Ricardo, the internet […]
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NOT!
But, today marks the 2 year anniversary of the sale of my old company, a men’s online magazine.
Now, it’s not like I’ve had a reason to look at the legal documents pertaining to the sale since the date of the sale, of course, but when we sold, we had to sign non-competitive agreements for two years […]
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Om Malik sent me a link to an article that got me thinking. It’s an article called “It’s all in the numbers,” written by Basab Pradhan, who’s CEO of Gridstone Research, “which delivers comprehensive data and analysis on public companies to investment professionals on a subscription-based platform,” according to the tagline.
The article talks about the […]
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When you consider how many VC-related sites try to give entrepreneurs an edge, you’d think that venture capitalists were freaking altruistic monks.
AskTheVC is one example. Even entrepreneus are getting into the mix, Venture Hacks is an example of that. And, that doesn’t even include the cornucopia of VC blogs that chime in on everything from music, politics, […]
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