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The Collaborative Web: Github is the New Flickr

This is going to be BIG.

Once with Docracy, once with a super cool company launching in the first quarter of 2013.). The features in Flickr seeded the consumer web gene pool for the following 7 or 8 years--tagging, favoriting, commenting, permalinks direct to content, newsfeeds, social consumption of media, sharing and embedding.

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As Populist as it May Feel, 98% of VCs Aren’t Dumb

Both Sides of the Table

The problem is the illiquidity because investors are often locked in for 7-10 years. In 2013 it is expected to be around $35 billion. Compare the state of play in 2013 versus 15 years ago. 2013 = $25 billion of which Apples stage is more than $8 billion at > 90% gross margin. Here the data is not always kind to VCs.

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I’m Back. Why I Love January

Both Sides of the Table

I miss blogging because it serves as a great repository for me of my current thinking, as a way of organizing my thoughts and clarifying what I think and as a conversation started with so many of you (as Hunter Walk elegantly said, “Blog not to show how smart you are, but in the hope of soliciting feedback from smart people.

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Why Seed Funds Have Scaled

Haystack

For those following this blog and the seed market over the past decade, you may have noticed that every year, we see increases across the board — more investors, newer funds, and funds that get larger. Rather, this short blog is filled only with my own observations from being in the middle of the evolving seed market since 2013.

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Sketchy wants to replace boring textbooks with ‘Pixar-like’ videos

TechCrunch

So far, Sketchy has more than 30,000 paid subscribers and is on track to hit $7 million in revenue this year. The company began in 2013 when then-med students Saud Siddiqui and Andrew Berg were in desperate need of a better study solution for microbiology. While Sketchy’s strategy might seem odd, it’s actually well-known. The story.

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Even well-funded fintech companies are laying off workers

TechCrunch

Surely not I, when my family moved here in 2013. PayPal was the latest large company to announce layoffs — with about 2,000 full-time employees, or 7% of its workforce, affected. I know, I know — Austin is known for its 100+ degree temperatures in the summertime. Who would have expected this to happen here?

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4 Tips for Reaching Productivity Nirvana in 2016

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Here’s the gist from his blog: “Those of you who often over-commit or feel too scattered may appreciate a new philosophy I’m trying: If I’m not saying “HELL YEAH!” From 2007-2009 and again from 2012-2013, I said yes to way too many “cool” things. ” about something, then I say no.

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