26 days ago
Andy Baio : Daily Dot on the pre-history of Tumblr - interviews with the guys behind anarchaia and Projectionist
nelson : Origins of tumbelogs - Remembering Anarchia, Projectionist
#3 month ago
Anil : Ten Tips Guaranteed to Improve Your Startup Success - Having had the good fortune to work with a broad range of entrepreneurs and get a front-row seat to the foundations of their success, I thought it'd be good to share 10 key tips that I've found work 100% of the time to increase your odds of startup succes
#9 month ago
Anil : To Less Efficient Startups - Most of the technology world, especially the traditional venture funding infrastructure, is justifiably proud of the extreme efficiency of modern internet startups. It is a triumph for Craigslist to serve hundreds of millions of users with only a few doze
#9 month ago
nelson : Billiant Jerk - Terminate problem employees, even if they're technically great
#9 month ago
nelson : Renren history - Details of the messy founding of China's Facebook
#10 month ago
nelson : Sina Weibo's 3rd birthday - Update on the enormous Chinese Twitter-like service
#10 month ago
nelson : OnLive details - Some gossipy insight into the failure of an innovative games company
Andy Baio : The Verge on the unraveling of OnLive - they were burning through $5M/month, with only 1,600 concurrent players
#10 month ago
nelson : Intellectual Ventures profile - Details on the patent troll company
#10 month ago
nelson : Who Cares If Samsung Copied Apple? - Very clearly argued case against IP maximalism
#13 month ago
nelson : Being deaf - Very personal account of being a deaf engineer at a startup
#14 month ago
nelson : Ben Horowitz on Instagram - Completely classy and clear explanation of how the VC handled a conflict
#14 month ago
nelson : Andreessen Horowitz and Instagram - Funny story about VC conflicts. Still, their "failure" netted a $50m+ return
#14 month ago
nelson : Instagram deal terms - I wonder who's benefitting by all this leaked info?
#14 month ago
nelson : Details on Instagram deal - Says it really was Zuckerberg's idea and done quickly
#14 month ago
bmilleare : Instagram: How We Scaled Into A Billion Dollar Company - Good deck from one of the Instagram co-founders. TL;DR: surround yourself with shit hot people and use existing tech where possible.
#16 month ago
nelson : The Etsy Way - A roundup of all the process innovations at Etsy
#17 month ago
nelson : Story of Temple Run - Great interview with an iOS game success
#19 month ago
nelson : More Techcrunch sleaze - TC denies, of course, but why would you trust them?
#19 month ago
Andy Baio : Jamie Zawinski on Mike Arrington and the myths of startup success - "When a VC tells you what's good for you, check your wallet, then count your fingers"
nelson : jwz vs arrington - Legendary hacker calls bullshit on a VC blogger
#20 month ago
Anil : Startup U - For a few months, those of us who care passionately about the New York City tech community have been debating the City's Applied Sciences NYC plan, which will drive the creation of a world-class research university here in NYC. Since a significant number
#21 month ago
nelson : PMOG / Nethernet post-mortem - Long, sad story of a failed startup by one of the Internet's most promising people
Andy Baio : Justin Hall's GameLayers postmortem - emotional, thoughtful look at the failure of PMOG and The Nethernet, his browser-based MMO
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