Tag: Technology
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Jack and Jill Went to Sand Hill…
Jack and Jill went to Sand Hill to raise their Series A They went from Andreessen to Kleiner and Greylock and then to DFJ Jill spoke of disruption Old term sheets’ destruction And when they will move to the Bay. Jack said said to VCs “Our app’s the bee’s knees” “I see you have…
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Why, Complicator? (Okay, Computer.) – On Technology | An Excerpt
I am writing a long essay about technology. Its thesis is fairly simple: We live in an increasingly ugly world. To escape its ugliness, we seek diversion. Whether it’s on Facebook, Twitter, Second Life, Farmville, or any number of games we can play on our mobile devices, many are integrating an ethic of escapism into…
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Winklevoss, v. [trans.]
1) [tech startup-specific] Coerce (someone) with technical expertise in computer science to build the startup idea of a non-technical founder, usually with a minimal ownership stake in the final product. : Tony has a really good idea for a web application, but will have to winklevoss a technical cofounder. 2) [general] Manipulate those with expertise to…
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The Upstart’s Conundrum: Time Crunch
College entrepreneurs around the country are at once impelled by their institutions to “innovate” and launch ventures, yet stymied by organizational structures and other systemic constraints that render college an inopportune time to gain entrepreneurial experience.
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Why Young Geeks Leave School
For this series, I’ve Skyped gawky, venture-capitalized college kids who’re still grappling with acne. It seems as though tech entrepreneurs are getting younger.
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#LessonsLearned @SWChi
It’s kind of like speed-dating. You’ve got this little window of 10-20 seconds in which you must capture your audience’s attention and engender the ineffable, refulgent glow of potential recognized. You know, to kick that internal monologue: “That, man… THAT idea’s got LEGS!” How’d I get me summa that? Or at least that’s how I…
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Are you too smart for college?
What I believe the value of a “college education” to be is the following: the formalistic academic environment provided by our nations’ colleges and universities provides its young people with the framework–the papers, the reading assignments, the problem sets, etc.–to undertake the rather formidable task of consuming and digesting giant quantities of information, and, hopefully,…