Mentoring At AFSE
When I've written posts about the stuff I and others are working on to bring more computer science into the K-12 school system, I often hear "let me know how I can help." This post is about how you can...
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Suddenly, Google Plus Is Outpacing Twitter To Become The World's Second...
When Google launched its social networking service, Google Plus, during the summer of 2011, tens of millions of people clamoured to sign up for an account.But within months, critics had panned the new...
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Google In Hot Water Over UK Taxes After Reuters Investigation
LONDON (Reuters) - Executives from Google Inc. and its auditor Ernst & Young will be called again to a British parliament committee to testify on tax, after a Reuters investigation highlighted...
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Marissa Mayer Is Actually Yahoo's Second-Highest Paid Exec
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer gets 2012 pay package of $36.6 million, ranking behind top lieutenantSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer emerged as the Internet company's second highest paid executive...
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A Few Things To Keep In Mind Before Launching A Hardware Startup
For a long time, entrepreneurs and investors shied away from hardware. This seems to be changing. As Paul Graham says, there are many reasons for this:Hardware does well on crowdfunding sites. The...
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These Are The Best And Worst Things To Buy In May
The Marketplace Fairness Act — which requires online retailers to collect state sales tax regardless of an operation's location — may finally come to pass this month, and consumers who have enjoyed...
View ArticleGood Things Come to Those Who Code Campaign Wrapup
The widget came down on Tuesday night at midnight. The DonorsChoose campaign I called Good Things Come To Those Who Code is over. Here are some stats:Total Raised: $25,172Donors: 162Students Helped:...
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Google Says YouTube Has Already Crushed Regular TV (GOOG)
NEW YORK (AP) — YouTube vs. TV? YouTube says the battle — if there ever was one — is over.In a flashy presentation to advertisers Wednesday night, Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt declined to...
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YouTube Says The Battle With TV Is Already Over
Tele-what? YouTube touts itself not as a TV alternative, but a new-generation video platformNEW YORK (AP) — YouTube vs. TV? YouTube says the battle — if there ever was one — is over.In a flashy...
View ArticleFeature Friday: Hack Your Home Screen
I was hanging with Gabriel Weinberg, founder and CEO of our portfolio company DuckDuckGo yesterday. I was lamenting that I could not replace the Google search widget at the top of my android home...
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Departing 48-Year-Old Alibaba CEO Says He's Too Old To Run An Internet Company
Alibaba founder Jack Ma says he's 'a bit old' for the Internet as retirement nearsSANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — Alibaba founder Jack Ma, the billionaire who has run the Chinese e-commerce giant since...
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The World’s Cheapest Tablet Is About To Become The World’s Cheapest Phablet
DataWind, the company behind the $40 tablet, this week finished shipping 100,000 devices to the Indian Institute of Technology. It’s been quite a journey. But DataWind’s founders are already working on...
View ArticleVideo Of The Week: My Talk With Arrington
I talked to Mike Arrington this past week at TechCrunch Disrupt. We covered some fun topics, most of which will be well known to the AVC community. It's just shy of 30mins.Read more posts on A VC...
View ArticleWhy Early-Stage VCs Should Be Careful About Intros from Bankers
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25 Apps That Will Keep Your Life Organized
If we had a nickel for every time we’ve heard “man, the folks at Groove are great AND devastatingly attractive”, we wouldn’t have any money. Nobody’s said that to us (yet).BUT if you gave us a nickel...
View ArticleThe Importance of Proprietary Deal Flow in Early-Stage VC
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View ArticleLife Lessons From Improv
The Gotham Gal and I just watched Dick Costolo's commencement speech which he gave yesterday at the University Of Michigan. He went back to his time doing improv in Chicago and cited two big lessions...
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Barron's: Facebook Is Still Overvalued
(Reuters) - Shares of Facebook, which were given a boost last week when the social networking company reported first quarter results that largely met analysts' expectations, may be over valued,...
View ArticleThe Damaging Psychology of Down Rounds
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View ArticleGreat Entrepreneurs Will Listen To You But Will Follow Their Own Instincts
I told this story in the comments to saturday's video post, but since not everyone reads the comments and I want this to make it into MBA Mondays, I figured I would turn it into a case study.In the...
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