November 2009
60 posts
October 2009
85 posts
The slow movement - otherwise known as patience in...
I enjoyed the most recent post from Fred of USV about slow capital. He lists some basic tenets of slow capital:
1) doesn’t rush to conclusions and doesn’t expect entrepreneurs to do so either
2) flows into a company based on the company’s needs, not the investor’s needs
3) starts small and grows with the company as it grows
4) has no set timetable for getting liquid:...
Guide to New York power meals.
well put, i like this. what about going for froyo?
gretagirlguide:
My lovely friend Ricky put this out there and I think it pretty much sums it up. ;)
rickyv:
Dinner means you really want a relationship, a deal or both. Lunch means you’d like to get to know someone to see if you want a relationship, a deal or both. Breakfast means you’ve got a current deal to discuss (if you already have a...
London, Paris, Stockholm or Tokyo?
parissss.....
ideas are abrewin’
true story.
Jacquie: you know how long that meeting was?
me: how long?
Jacquie: long enough to put up a wall.
“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn,...”
– Dr. Seuss
bad dreams.
Rich: now I understand how soldiers get conditioned.
Me: what?! you can't compare you working with me to war!! it's not like you get post traumatic stress from working with me.
Rich: *silence*
Me: UGH.
“Just because I’m skinny doesn’t mean I’m not tough.”
– BARACK OBAMA, saying he won’t be rattled by critics who say he has accomplished little in his first year in office.
(via Time Magazine)
mommy
now my mom is following me on tumblr and twitter and facebook. and liking my posts. i feel…special.
where in manhattan should i live?
“Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.”
– Truman Capote
“I learnt never to bet on any one feature or deal or anything to bring you...”
– Paul Graham’s article
What Startups Are Really Like →
mikehudack:
caterpillarcowboy:
Paul Graham asks his YC founders what surprised them about starting their startups.
Everyone should read this. There’s so much truth in this post that there’s nothing to excerpt. One wants to excerpt the entire thing. Read it.
Well summarized and very true.
the weardrobe conference: PARIS in SP10.
richtong:
…looks like its gonna happen…
…possibly attending: slanelle & le blog de betty
giggle giggle.
3 more minutes on the most comfortable couch in the world. Don’t make me leave restoration hardware!
omg like.
really.
“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”
– Theodore Roosevelt
A sad realization.
It has taken me 24 years to finally give into the fact that the following styles just do not suit me: florals, flowy tops, flowy dresses, anything flowy really unless it’s my pjs, and crazy mixed prints. I give into the suit, I do. Now it’s time to be creative ;)
“After every major milestone, the company has to ask: what did we learn? Why...”
– Lessons Learned: Inc Magazine on Minimum Viable Product (and a response) (via hiten)
i am going to start cooking. →
“It is better to be hated for what you are than loved for what you are not.”
– André Gide
i forgot -
how cold it can get in offices and that i should always wear layers and how much i like working with teams and that coffee/tea/water is unlimited and how much i like people saying good morning in the morning (and not in the afternoon). yay!
nice
rich: (trying to open a package) do you have anything sharp?
me: yes. my wit.