May 2012
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BRYCE DOT VC: The World is Your Parking Lot →
brycedotvc: In 1964 Phil Knight started selling shoes from the trunk of his car at local track meets. Each sale was to an individual. Each individual had a chance to engage with the man behind the brand, to hold the shoes in their hands, to ask questions and to transact right there in the parking lot. That… What a great “get you thinking” piece.  I agree that a return to the...
May 25th
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May 15th
Mike Hudack: The $144,146,165 Button →
unwieldy: The average New York City taxi cab driver makes $90,747 in revenue per year. There are roughly 13,267 cabs in the city. In 2007, NYC forced cab drivers to begin taking credit cards, which involved installing a touch screen system for payment. During payment, the user is…
May 15th
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“The success rate of a first-time venture-backed entrepreneur is about 18%. If...”
– Joe (via brycedotvc)
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“Don’t spend all your time refining, get your ideas out there and see if people...”
– So many great lines from Barbara’s post: Can you Teach Someone to Be an Entrepreneur (via garychou)
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April 2012
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“Just keep playing, no matter how weird it gets.”
– kind of a great life lesson too, no? Bob Dylan, to Levon Helm and The Band before their first concert together. (via davehyndman)
Apr 20th
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Bijan Sabet: The Innovator's Patent Agreement →
bijan: Patents were designed to protect the innovator. The idea was if you built something special that you would have the ability to protect that right. And in many ways the essence of the patent system was originally intended to help the little company vs the big company. But those days are long…
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March 2012
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#UberMadness! →
joshmohrer: The Uber Chicago team invented this promotion and its honestly one of the most clever marking gimmicks I’ve ever been a part of. Brilliant promotion.  I am playing #ubermadness with Michigan
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30K feet
I am at 30K feet using wireless internet and looking at Google Analytics on a flight tonight.  Made me think, while in flight what state is my web usage getting tagged to?  Anyone know how this works?
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February 2012
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January 2012
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BRYCE DOT VC: Our Investment in TimeHop →
brycedotvc: About a year ago, while on a trip to NYC, I had back to back to back meetings at Pastis. For those who know, this isn’t that far out of the ordinary. What was unusual about this particular morning were the two names that kept surfacing in each of the three meetings- Wegs and Benny…. TimeHop sounds amazing.  I find myself looking at my Tumblr archive and having memories...
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