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Gust Blog - Thoughts on startups by investors that fund them

Gust

And in January I saw that digital music overtook physical media for the first time in 2011, something I expected since 1998. I used to think you could use convenience and common sense to predict markets. Somewhere in the mix, timing matters a great deal and first isn’t often the most significant mover advantage.

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My Routine

This is going to be BIG.

Routines help me conserve my mental bandwidth so that I can use it for more things that move the needle. Thinking about when to go to the gym isn't a good use of that bandwidth. 1) What I eat: I've been following the Four Hour Body since June 1, 2011. Cottage cheese and almond butter mixed together is my staple snack.

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Free money for your impact tech startup

David Teten VC

Our program mixes the best of both Washington and Silicon Valley, bringing together stakeholders in policy and technology to train the next generation of policy entrepreneurs. Future Labs Flash Pitch. “For For pre-seed and seed companies based in the US and Israel with a focus on AI for social impact”. Aspen Tech Policy Hub.

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Making sense of Klarna

TechCrunch

“If I am buying some items and feel a bit unsafe about the merchant I’m using, if there’s a credit card, I don’t feel like I’m risking my money. Pitch perfect, you might think. In December 2011, General Atlantic and DST would invest $155 million in a round that gave Klarna the coveted status of a unicorn.

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

Both Sides of the Table

In in the early 90′s I was in my early 20′s and I programmed on mainframe computers using COBOL, CICS and DB2. By the mid-nineties we had the World Wide Web, which gave us a standard way to publish web pages using HTML. There were chat rooms, discussion groups, dating, classified ads – you name it.

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Making sense of Klarna

TechCrunch

“If I am buying some items and feel a bit unsafe about the merchant I’m using, if there’s a credit card, I don’t feel like I’m risking my money. Pitch perfect, you might think. In December 2011, General Atlantic and DST would invest $155 million in a round that gave Klarna the coveted status of a unicorn.

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Free money for your impact tech startup

David Teten VC

Our program mixes the best of both Washington and Silicon Valley, bringing together stakeholders in policy and technology to train the next generation of policy entrepreneurs. Future Labs Flash Pitch. “For For pre-seed and seed companies based in the US and Israel with a focus on AI for social impact”. Aspen Tech Policy Hub.

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