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Failure IS an option | Lightspeed Venture Partners Blog
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Failure IS an option. January 24, 2007. Posted by jeremyliew in browsers. Of the natural cycle in the valley. But what has disturbed me has been some of the mean. Those postings. Often anonymously. It really bothers me. People can (and do! Reasonably disagree about a company’s business plan and prospects, but some of this stuff is just over the top. I don’t personally know the teams at Backfence. Or many of the other companies that have recently entered Techcrunch’s deadpool. Update: Hot or Not. Founder ...
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Technically Dangerous: February 2009
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I know only half of what I'm talking about, you pick the half. Sunday, February 22, 2009. The Value of Plastic Fruit. All plastic fruit looks perfect. I can't help but think there are billions of Chinese factory workers thinking, WTF? And then I think, a billion Chinese can't be wrong. Plastic fruit is a total fake out. Think a bit more. There was a need to 'copy' fruit and make it out of plastic. Was their pain here? Was it something like, hmmmm.I want to display. Back to the Aliens. If today aliens...
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Jarom's Running Page: Our Ultra Cycling Race - HooDoo 500 Miler
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Some examples of MY RUNNING MUSIC! Just click play to listen and enjoy). Thursday, September 20, 2007. Our Ultra Cycling Race - HooDoo 500 Miler. The lowest point on this Elevation Map is about 2,000 ft and the highest point, near Cedar Breaks summits at just over 10,500 ft). The Thurston Cycling Team. So we changed tactics and went to a one-person-at-a-time routine. We took one hour shifts for the rest of the evening and on into the night. Heath was "Lance Armsrtong" of the team. He lead us with his...
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Technically Dangerous: Irregardless, I could care less, oops.
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I know only half of what I'm talking about, you pick the half. Monday, July 20, 2009. Irregardless, I could care less, oops. The world is full of rule breakers, but also full of people making the same mistakes. It comes from a simple delusion that your past actions were correct without a pause to evaluate whether they were ACTUALLY correct. Every situation is different, as a first step, reaching back to your experience 'shelf' will fail without using a bit of brain power. Which am I.hmm. History repeats ...
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Technically Dangerous: Grass, Leaves or Snow - Nobody rides free.
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I know only half of what I'm talking about, you pick the half. Thursday, November 20, 2008. Grass, Leaves or Snow - Nobody rides free. I'm going to get into a little bit of uneducated. Philosophy here.it translates to tech startup advice later in the post.hang on. Humans have a very bad 'decision compass' on what is important. In the spring I spend money and time (M&T) fertilizing my grass, then I spend M&T all summer cutting it, then M&T raking leaves, then M&T shoveling snow. Why? It is FREAKING leaves!
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Technically Dangerous: July 2008
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I know only half of what I'm talking about, you pick the half. Tuesday, July 15, 2008. It Depends.on InchStones. Development is NOT about building the perfect building two years from now while people are getting cold and wet today.ok.bad metaphor. It is better to do it well tomorrow then perfect never.ok.lame cliche'. How to make it more clear? My 30 seconds is almost up. How about this.Incremental development creates success! Isn't the definition of ' right'. Who defines what is right? Incremental, achi...
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Technically Dangerous: September 2008
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I know only half of what I'm talking about, you pick the half. Tuesday, September 09, 2008. Violet Gray was a Venture Capitalist. Violet was Lucy's snobby friend on the Peanuts cartoon. My first 'imprint' of entrepreneurship and getting told 'no'.was learned when I was probably about 12.and it was a cartoon. Here's the frame by frame.play by play breakdown. Frame 1: The 'Inspiration'.a Peanuts character (forgot which one) was watching her cat play with a crumpled up piece of paper. I was given this advic...
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Technically Dangerous: November 2008
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I know only half of what I'm talking about, you pick the half. Thursday, November 20, 2008. Grass, Leaves or Snow - Nobody rides free. I'm going to get into a little bit of uneducated. Philosophy here.it translates to tech startup advice later in the post.hang on. Humans have a very bad 'decision compass' on what is important. In the spring I spend money and time (M&T) fertilizing my grass, then I spend M&T all summer cutting it, then M&T raking leaves, then M&T shoveling snow. Why? It is FREAKING leaves!
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Technically Dangerous: June 2008
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I know only half of what I'm talking about, you pick the half. Monday, June 16, 2008. Are you my mother? Supply chases demand. It's basic economics or is it? Is necessity the mother of invention? Things change. The reason why is less clear. Here's the conventional wisdom. On each product.known as a "loss leader". The it becomes what is known as a commodity where price dictates sales. Would we have so much discussion (and debate) about alternative fuels if gas prices were under two bucks a gallon?
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Technically Dangerous: November 2007
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I know only half of what I'm talking about, you pick the half. Monday, November 19, 2007. Are Ebay users huge nerds? Oklet me make a quick breakdown of the ebay problem. Their active users are shrinking and have been.read carefully, for every quarter for the last three years! Go ahead, read it again, I'll wait.hmm.whistle.hmm. So, their new television advertising is trying to make it sound glorious when you win. I agree, it is better when you win, because it happens so rare. I think ebay knows this. ...
