On January 20, 2025, during President Donald Trump’s inauguration festivities at Washington D.C.’s Capital One Arena, Elon Musk made a hand gesture that ignited…
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Any startup company is agile by design and necessity. There are certain characteristics of a startup that make an agile approach come naturally, and…
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On October 26, Qwiki, a new “information experience” platform, opened its doors to pre-invited users as an Alpha web product. As this year’s winning…
Yammer founder on PayPal: Understanding the power of virality…
I spent an evening last week with the founders of the private social network Yammer, Box.net, and Zendesk, and I wanted to share a…
Why Angel funding is killing innovation
I’m a fan of Max Levchin and his fellow Paypal alumni because this group has spent the past five years creating many of the…
