An Accent Can Be An Advantage
A recent interview with Ycombintator's Paul Graham on Inc. created somewhat of a backlash online for his comments on using startup founders' accent as a filtering criteria for future success. .@paulg...
View ArticleFounder’s perspective on AngelList syndicates
AngelList recently launched a new feature called syndicates. In simple terms, it allows investors to get behind other investors and invest together as a group (termed a syndicate). The investor who...
View ArticleNobody cares what “Growth Hacking” means to marketers
Everybody and their grandma is now a "Growth Hacker", a term originally coined to describe marketers who use unconventional approaches and measure their effectiveness with analytics instead of gut...
View ArticleGetting Shit Done
Another startup culture bash was making the rounds, this time about a common term in the startup world - "getting shit done", and what a terrible mentality it is to have. Disclaimer - I know the author...
View ArticleOpen salaries considered useful?
Buffer, the social sharing platform, released a blog post today detailing their employees' pay scale and specific salaries. The approach of open salaries is very interesting to me, but I'm wondering...
View ArticleShould you be working at a startup?
Why do people go to work at startups? is it the excitement of being a part of something new or is it the chance of being compensated unproportionally if the company blows up? Sam Altman of Ycombinator...
View ArticleWhy Israel Is A Startup Nation
Israel has a population of 8.1 million and yet has more companies listed on the NASDAQ than any country outside the U.S.A, except China. A book released a couple of years ago called Startup Nation, has...
View ArticleHow videogames shaped my path in life
I just finished watching "The Art of the Game" (embedded below), a documentary about the evolution of digital games as the dominant media format. Me and computer games go back a long way. I got my...
View ArticleNetwork
Silicon valley is generally considered by most as the best place to build a technology company, due to the large concentration of talent and capital, unmatched anywhere else in the world at that scale....
View ArticleBinpress Postmortem
For over 5 years, my life revolved around growing my previous company, Binpress. In the months since we found a buyer for it, I've had some time to think about why it failed. Now that we've sold the...
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