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DECEMBER 28, 2011

"I am a convert to religion of Lean Startups. The principle tenet of Lean is: your job as a start-up entrepreneur is get to 'product-market fit'. This story is not about the Lean Startup approach, but rather about big corporate culture, and the primacy of Shareholder Value. The New York Review of Books.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2014

Must read for anyone living the roller coaster ups and downs of startup life." What Malcolm Gladwell is to business books, so too is Ira Glass to radio. Check out these six links that we''re recommending to one another: I Can Has Redemption - Backchannel. "I''ve Alistair for Hugh). The Real Roots of Midlife Crisis - The Atlantic. "I

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JUNE 16, 2017

When you're wildly successful in a tech startup, why would your next venture be a grilled-cheese-and-soup franchise? book a futurists manifesto. lean analytics. press books. Tags: advertising agency. Check out these six links that we're recommending to one another: . Alistair for Hugh). Ah, hubris. Well, look.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Check out these six links that we're recommending to one another: . Framed - The Los Angeles Times. Well, it's back to school time, and nothing says back-to-school like PTA drama. But this is more like Serial. Nick Bilton 's long-form journalism does this juicy story of suburban vengeance justice. Alistair for Hugh). Alistair for Mitch).

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JUNE 8, 2012

This year's theme is Startups That Matter. Steve Blank , the Godfather of Eric Ries ' Lean Startup movement, is a Berkley professor with a long understanding of the patterns that shaped Silicon Valley. "I'm on the West Coast this week, and seeing many of my Burner friends again for the first time in a while.

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JUNE 17, 2016

Is Your Startup Idea Already Taken? But with AirBnB , Uber , and a few other giants occupying most of the mental models, you get a lot of 'it's Uber for dog-walking' startups. It was intended as a tongue-in-cheek testament to startup saturation. Check out these six links that we're recommending to one another: . SingularityHUB.

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OCTOBER 20, 2017

WeWork: A $20 Billion Startup Fueled by Silicon Valley Pixie Dust - The Wall Street Journal. Check out these six links that we're recommending to one another: . Our Shitty Restaurant: My Experience With Agile, Bureaucracy and Unnecessary Complication - Steemit. Ever had to deal with dogma and Byzantine complications? Hugh for Alistair).

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JULY 13, 2013

"This past week, Alistair, Hugh and I spent a good chunk of time at International Startup Festival held in Montreal. Julien has been making a lot of noise (and raising significant capital) for his startup, Breather. In it, Bernbach laments the death of creativity that often accompanies a growth in size. " (Hugh For Alistair).

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FEBRUARY 2, 2017

The Epic Guide to Bootstrapping a SaaS Startup from Scratch -- By Yourself (Part 1) - Clifford Oravec - Medium. The problem is, most of what people talk about is glib showmanship and Chicken Soup for the Startup Soul. The problem is, most of what people talk about is glib showmanship and Chicken Soup for the Startup Soul.

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MAY 10, 2014

This MIT Technology Review article talks about one startup, Bug Labs , whose new service, Freeboard , is a really easy way to capture data about a thing and share it. The New York Review Of Books. "One of the weirdest things on the Internet. This is, in some ways, a great example of collaborative storytelling. What is going on?"

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

"Now we have a computer on our wrist, and sarcasm and vitriol in our feeds. But it wasn''t always this way. Here''s a 1995 promotional video for Neoglyphics - a Web design company. Watching this video a friend pointed me at made me remember just how idyllic things were, or maybe I''m just a grumpy old man. Get off my lawn!" Regulate This!

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JULY 20, 2018

I've been working on a new book -- Just Evil Enough -- that preaches a similar gospel: You need to be subversive to get a better return on your efforts than everyone else. Option number one: this is the best (and rarest) book our world has ever seen. Check out these six links that we're recommending to one another: . Hugh for Mitch).

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APRIL 9, 2016

For lean biotech startups, the key to success is building an MVG (minimum viable genome)." Check out these six links that we're recommending to one another: . Miniatur Wunderland - MiWuLaTV - YouTube. I'm going to Hamburg. When I asked around, apparently this was the thing to do. Yep, it's a model railroad. Friction used to matter.

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AUGUST 10, 2018

Decades ago, I equipped my startup with Nerf weapons that fired small rubber donuts, spinning lazily among the cubicles in an almost laughingly stereotypical display out of the episodes of Silicon Valley. Check out these six links that we're recommending to one another: . Humans have been thinking about automata for centuries.

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APRIL 21, 2017

Check out these six links that we're recommending to one another: . Jungletown - Viceland. Documentary filmmaker Ondi Timoner first showed up at Startupfest , a conference I chair, years ago, working on a film about a founder and his quest to build the next Facebook. It's about a bunch of kids who try to set up a sustainable village in the jungle.

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DECEMBER 13, 2013

"I just came back from the Lean Startup conference, run by Sarah Milstein and Eric Ries. "The only way this headline could sound more like a cyberpunk novel is if assassins were required to use 3D printed swords with nano-sharp edges. Pantene Breaks Down Every Sexist Workplace Stereotype in One Ad - Time. I love Montreal.

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MARCH 27, 2015

If you play in the startup, tech, Silicon Valley space, then the name '' Chris Sacca '' is a known entity. What it''s like to sell your startup for $120 million before it''s even launched. Check out these six links that we''re recommending to one another: Can Predictive Technology Make Us Less Predictable? Now there''s a web version.

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OCTOBER 26, 2013

"It''s the middle of the fall conference season. In gearing up for O''Reilly''s Strata , I''ve spoken with dozens of sponsors and keynote speakers, helping them to hone their presentations. In gearing up for O''Reilly''s Strata , I''ve spoken with dozens of sponsors and keynote speakers, helping them to hone their presentations. My head hurts."

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APRIL 21, 2017

Check out these six links that we're recommending to one another: . Jungletown - Viceland. Documentary filmmaker Ondi Timoner first showed up at Startupfest , a conference I chair, years ago, working on a film about a founder and his quest to build the next Facebook. It's about a bunch of kids who try to set up a sustainable village in the jungle.

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MAY 11, 2013

What can other startup learn from Instagram''s meteoric rise and how deals in Silicon Valley get done. But given that most of Tesla ''s life looks like that of a displaced time-traveler from the 21st century, it might be worth thinking about, anyway." " (Alistair for Hugh). The Matrix Retold by Mom - Pixels Per Second.

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OCTOBER 5, 2013

Now, he''s widely recognized as one of the hottest music managers, and he''s an active investor in startups. "We humans are daft, making all kinds of mistakes from the data around us. David McRaney has made a career of reminding us of this, and his post on how easily we misread the information around us is fascinating and funny.

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AUGUST 1, 2015

The Faulty Walnut - The Book of Life. Whether it's through the types of forward-thinking conferences that I am invited to, or the company I keep with certain interesting startups in Silicon Valley. Check out these six links that we're recommending to one another: How Our Brains Make Memories - Smithsonian. Alistair for Hugh).

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JUNE 6, 2015

Digital Journalism: The Next Generation - The New York Review of Books. Check out these six links that we're recommending to one another: How People Consume Conspiracy Theories on Facebook - MIT Technology Review. Italian researchers trolled conspiracy theorists with stories like the presence of Viagra in chemtrails. Alistair for Hugh).

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DECEMBER 13, 2015

He's the guy behind Creative Commons , and this excerpt from his new book, Republic Lost: The Corruption of Equality and the Steps to End It. Tech Startups Long for the Days of Yahoo's Binge Acquisitions - Bloomberg Business. "So, Check out these six links that we're recommending to one another: . Alistair for Hugh). Hugh for Mitch).

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NOVEMBER 9, 2013

Science, Startups, and Quantified Self - Cyborgology. "We ran a Strata online event on November 5th that looked at privacy and ethics in a digital age. While lots of the content was good, Amanda Pustilnik blew my mind. Did you know that there is a cap which police can deploy in the field to test whether you''re lying? By Whom, For Whom?

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FEBRUARY 8, 2014

P2P rideshare startup Lyft recently announced insurance , but the real story is Uber, which sent a letter to drivers about background checks. "I grew up reading Asimov ''s Laws of Robotics. Turns out that wasn''t escapism -- it was just preparation. " (Alistair for Hugh). The honeymoon, however, may be over. Or, Brisbane?

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JULY 25, 2015

Being a startup has become synonomous with having an app or some cloud-based business. Check out these six links that we're recommending to one another: What happens when pirates play a game development simulator and then go bankrupt because of piracy? Greenheart Games. Alistair for Hugh). Web Design: The First 100 Years - Idle Words.

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JANUARY 10, 2014

"This year''s International Startup Festival ''s theme is, The City and the Startup, and we''ve been looking for relevant content. " (Alistair for Hugh). 40 Maps That Will Help You Make Sense of the World - A Sheep No More. "I''m a visual thinker, so I love maps. " (Alistair for Mitch).

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JANUARY 17, 2015

When you''re in venture capital, you get to see a lot of business/startup ideas. In fact, they don''t just have an eye for it, but they keep a list of technologies that they are waiting for startups/companies to create. Check out these six links that we''re recommending to one another: The Toxoplasma Of Rage - Slate Star Codex. "We

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OCTOBER 19, 2013

"A few years ago, I interviewed Anne Wojcicki about her fledgling startup. We bonded over the fact that neither of us had cavities until relatively late in life. We bonded over the fact that neither of us had cavities until relatively late in life. Later, with the arrival of my daughter, we sequenced her, my wife, and my mother.

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MARCH 13, 2014

"This one is for Canadian history books, with a funny bit of local colour. Move over, small-time Bitcoin exchange startups--Wall Street has arrived - ArsTechnica. "This is an important topic. If we want to report on the future, we need to understand the decisions these algorithms make." " (Alistair for Hugh).

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MARCH 22, 2014

"My friend Meg Athavale, from Winnipeg, is in Silicon Valley for four months as part of Highway1 - a hardware startup accelerator. "If something doesn''t kill you, as the saying goes, it makes you stronger. Guess what? The rest, you can probably figure out." " (Alistair for Hugh). Lumo Play - Give It 100.

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MAY 4, 2010

Check out Phil’s blog too ) Your new book The Next Wave of Technologies deals with how organizations can adopt and adapt to new processes and advances. Each chapter in the book provides, at high level, detail about when, why, and how to implement each technology. Absolutely. Change takes time. Enterprise 2.0 is different.

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APRIL 5, 2017

Before becoming a marketer, Brian sold insurance. Alfred was in the army. Arielle was a health coach. I was a sports reporter. And now look at us! We’re a team of eight Buffer marketers , with vastly distinct backgrounds and educations, who collectively bring in 20,000 Buffer signups each week. Here’s what I came up with.

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MAY 28, 2016

BC Startups: The Government Is Not Your Friend - Ben Fox - Medium. Anyone considering loans, tax credits, or other government incentives for a startup needs to read this carefully." Check out these six links that we're recommending to one another: . Alistair for Hugh). The Tragically Hip - Genius. "If And hug a Canadian."

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JUNE 12, 2014

"I know you''ve been watching the Amazon / Hachette Book Group wars closely. Just look at Healthkit , which centralizes health data on a phone (and crushes dozens of fledgling startups along the way.) "Including an infographic of almost a dozen laundry-related startups." " (Alistair for Hugh).

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JUNE 27, 2014

Between the launch of hardware accelerator Highway1 ''s new crop of startups and the unbridled curiosity of Foo Camp ''s attendees, it was a weird miasma of FOMO and Impostor Syndrome. "It was the most secretive of times; it was the leakiest of times. In a post- Snowden era, whistleblowers are all the rage. Interesting times, indeed."

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