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“Move over Wall Street. New Yorkers will be looking to the technology sector to provide jobs during 2012, at least, if office rental statistics are any indication.” — Michael Nunez (via nycdigital)
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Just because.
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Kickstarter - Designer Founders: stories by designers of tech startups -
Join me in backing THE book for designers. This book is the equivalent of Founders at Work, a collection of interviews and stories of startup founder who are also great designers.
Tech focused Silicon Valley has always lauded the engineers. Now it’s time for the product designers to be celebrated. Afterall, doesn’t every product or website need to be designed?
Back it on Kickstarter.
“While we believe that online piracy by foreign websites is a serious problem that requires a serious legislative response, we will not support legislation that reduces freedom of expression, increases cybersecurity risk, or undermines the dynamic, innovative global Internet.” —
Obama for America on SOPA
(via joshuanguyen)
Yes we can.
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Bijan Sabet: Some thoughts about patience in startup land -
One of the hardest things about life in startups, whether you are an employee, founder or investor) is patience.
Few examples, recent and otherwise, worth sharing on this topic:
Hiring
One of our portoflio companies has been looking for an important executive for months. Some of the board…
Spotify Doesn't Sound So Great to Some Artists -
“There were a bunch of artists who wouldn’t sell music on iTunes when that first started, and now it’s standard,” he says. “The same thing will happen with Spotify.”
“Entrepreneurship requires balancing unbridled optimism with delusional foolishness. Most entrepreneurs are mocked and misunderstood until they are wildly successful, at which point the chorus changes from “good luck with that ‘business’, pal” to “I always believed in ya, buddy!” — Ashkan Karbasfrooshan article: http://m.techcrunch.com/2012/01/07/why-bootstrapping-over-rated/?icid=tc_home_art&
Mayor Bloomberg’s New Year’s resolution: learning to code through Codecademy’s Code Year.
