🖋️ LongForm
Want to reduce the noice and just focus on things with a little more meat - the this category is for you. Like so much on this site we have a ‘WIP’ as i take some out - and put some in - but safe for at least starting in 2026.
An Interesting List
An interesting list of Twitter accounts - being all the people that presented at last weeks @BlackboxVC progam ... https://twitter.com/jgphilpin/lists/blackboxvc/members - come follow along.
Hell Fire !!
The Growth Of $1 Million Dollar Properties In San Francisco in the past 4 years. (Red is where the properties are)
Get It Right
People - It’s An Internet of People ... and ‘things’ - things that are in the service of people.
But Are You Happy ?
The Atlantic writes about 'Why So Many Smart People Aren’t Happy' ... touching on a lot of points that I have held true for a while now. Good to see that the topic is getting focus.
You Cannot Make This Stuff Up ...
Question : Is it OK if I work at home on Friday ?
Answer : No - you need to open and close the office.
Question : But nobody is in the office. Everyone is out in meetings except for two people taking the day off.
Answer : You will be.
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#TrueStory
Crunchbase : Monday May 23rd
SharesPost said it called off the proposed Uber deal.
A broker of private technology stocks recently called off a proposed deal to purchase shares of Uber and package them in an investment fund. The broker, Sharespost, cited a “lack of investor interest†in the shares, which a Bloomberg article attributed partly to terms requiring shareholders to keep their stake until Uber was acquired or went public, with no visibility into the company’s operations or finances.