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Chris Dixon has a great post today on Google's hypocrisy regarding openness. I think the title says it all: Google should open source what actually matters: their search ranking algorithm. His focus is not so much that keeping secrets is bad per se, but that...
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Mark Suster has been killing it lately over at Both Sides of the Table. This gem is from a post entitled "What Makes an Entrepreneur: Perspiration."For every person who comes into my office with a good idea I respond, “Don’t worry about your failure,...
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This post is a follow-on to The Scrappy Startup: Asset or Liability? TechCrunch has a great post today by Vivek Wadhwa: Stealth Startups, Get Over Yourselves: Nobody Cares About Your Secrets. The essence of the article is that operating in stealth usually...
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This just in…SpeakerText, the company I founded in October 2008 amidst the global economic apocalypse, will be launching on stage in front of 700 people at the Jan 5, 2010 New York Tech Meetup. Get your tickets now.
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Mark Suster had a great post recently on "What Makes an Entrepreneur" and the role of street smarts, the need for a willingness to defy social conventions and how elite education and employers can hurt entrepreneurs. I was riffing in the comments about my...
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I sent this email to my congressman today. I urge you all to learn about and support the Startup Founder Visa movement.Dear Congressman Rangel,My name is Matt Mireles. I am a 28 year old Columbia grad and business owner. I had no silver spoon. To pay my way...
