(originally posted on Medium) Or the story about Helen Keller, the Kudzu, Babe Ruth, David Copperfield, & Your Startup. The Power of StoriesAs a child I believed logical arguments were enough to convince anyone of anything. You just
(originally published on Medium) The invisible made visible, a literal monster from the id. “Forbidden Planet”, 1956 Lurking behind our thin, rational facade is an impulsive demon. A demon that takes control of us, acts without thinking, and
(originally posted on Medium) While thousands of tourists in Split, Croatia were enjoying Mediterranean bliss, a progressive 1100 were gathered to strengthen the tech-ecosystem of Southeastern Europe, and 1 person, this author, ended up learning a life-lesson on
The positives: The device is very well designed, attractive, and with the right ‘heft’ Amazon’s Echo nails the living room voice recognition problem - it understands you immediately, at reasonable volumes, at reasonable distances,
Brad Pitt walks into a bar, and out with a super-model. Don’t you want to know the cut of his suit? MixPanel raises a $65MM inside-growth round at an $865MM valuation; awesome for them, their customers,
Entrepreneurs who tell stories well can explain complex ideas, attract amazing talent, close customers, create partners, and raise financing with relative ease. Those that can’t struggle at every turn. Sometimes, the story is just too hard to
Last year I went from skeptic to admirer, and ultimately fervent user of Snapchat. Yesterday’s app update brings disappearing text conversations, and real-time video chat to the platform - and while I’ve struggled a
One of the underlying principles of the Internet’s design is that of robustness and decentralization - large parts of our physical infrastructure might fail, and yet the packets will still flow. The great irony is that the
