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I wanted your guys' thoughts on this process of finding a co founder that I documented. Fundamentally, building something small and fast is probably the best metric to test the dyn…

I think whether it's addiction of media, drugs, or even Facebook, most people are aware of what they're doing. This notion that we're unaware of our addictions, that "denial is the…

The real difference is that Google's IPO was a Dutch auction. This was particularly accurate because of how much information asymmetry there was with Google. Not everyone knew wher…

I've always believed deeply in this idea. The value of delusion, or rather, calculated delusion, is extremely important to the idea of being entrepreneurial. (Genius here is a bit …

I agree with this but it's tough to prove that there's a causation effect between the two (other than the one person who was fired, which by itself probably is enough to make a val…

Not really connecting waking up early with honesty, but rather a generalized idea of the type of people that tend to live disciplined lives.

I wouldn't liken tax evasion to letting someone use your apartment. I was really just speaking casually about how the situation would unfold. It's also a grey area since this is le…

Most people, myself included, who rent in the city have all of that laid out in the lease agreement. Most landlords probably wouldn't know either way unless they are coming by the …

One of the downsides with a statement like this (i.e x city is making y$/person) is that once you hit enough of a threshold of people on airbnb, it seems like there's going to be t…

I'm not sure this is entirely true. I understand the logic, but it's important to note that theres still a net positive in the more subjective ideas of "greeting the day" and findi…