December 2008
43 posts
Watch‘chasing the sun’ by MotherJane
Stress buster by Tariq Adeeb
“I climbed and climbed
Where is the peak, my Lord?
I ploughed and ploughed,...”
– Former President APJ Abdul Kalam: ‘A Leader Should Know How to Manage Failure’ - India Knowledge@Wharton
Why 'Y' combinator?
F|R: What is the mathematical function from which Y Combinator takes its name, and why did you choose this?
Graham: It's a function that builds recursive functions without them needing to have names. The Y Combinator is one of those things that seems miraculous when you first encounter it. You wouldn't necessarily have expected such a thing to be possible. We named the company after it partly because we thought it was such a cool concept, and partly as a secret signal to the kind of people we hoped would apply.
Why James Bond Would Drink Motor Oil Before... →
The first time I saw the James Bond Coca-Cola ad, I didn’t think much about it. But now it turns my spit to bile
“Obama might be on the younger side of the generation gap, but the rules...”
– Bruce Schneier, Security Guru
Does She Love You? by Pasha Malla - The Morning... →
If one night you go out drinking and end up back at her place, pass out together on the bed with your shoes on, and wake up a few hours later only to discover that you’ve peed the bed, which she takes in stride, changes the sheets, and then the next morning has a laugh about it, later leaves some pamphlets from the local health clinic about child bedwetters in your mailbox, and eventually after a...
“I predict that there will be a new trend soon. It is what I would call...”
– New trend: the management funds
“If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a single one of us is...”
– John Forbes Nash, Jr.
A Top Venture Capitalist on Energy Entrepreneurism... →
Economic growth will depend on innovative entrepreneurs, not incumbent corporations. - Vinod Khosla
Venture Capital - Hit the Reset Button
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A survey of India: An elephant, not a tiger | The... →
For all its chaos, bureaucracy and occasional violence, India has had a remarkably successful past few years. James Astill (interviewed here) asks how it will cope with an economic downturn
Don't go to business school →
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Canaan Entrepreneur Pitchbook
This workbook-style presentation is intended to give entrepreneurs just the information they need to give a successful pitch to venture and angel investors.
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A Quick And Dirty Guide To Starting Up
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Most Dangerous Airports: Saint Martin →
How to Use Twitter as a Twool →
"49-O" of Constitution of India to "not vote"
Do you know that there is a system in our constitution, as per the 1969 act, in section “49-O” that a person can go to the polling booth, confirm his identity, get his finger marked and convey the presiding election officer that he doesn’t want to vote anyone!
This is section in our constitution which says that if u feel that no deserving candidate is standing in elections u can...
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“But the best answer to the terrorists is to dream bigger, make even more money,...”
– Op-Ed Contributor - What They Hate About Mumbai - NYTimes.com
November 2008
53 posts
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Something is wrong in Venture Capital
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When to Make the First Offer in Negotiations - HBS... →
(via mikehudack)
When everybody's fighting for the 'Promised Land'
What we’ve got here is failure to communicate.
Some men you just can’t reach…
So, you get what we had here last week,which is the way he wants it!
Well, he gets it!
N’ I don’t like it any more than you men. My hands are tied
The billions shift from side to side
And the wars go on with brainwashed pride
For the love of God and our human rights
And all these...
“Twitter even lets competitors (like FriendFeed or Facebook) slurp its content...”
– Why I Love Twitter - O’Reilly Radar
