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From what I've read, Kanye is too much of an egomaniac to pull off something like this. From the stories in Ego is the Enemy by Ryan Holloway. And also the "grabbing the mic" incid…

Indeed! And you Stephen, are also very bad at reading people :)

I came cross this book some time in 1991 or 1992, growing up in a developing country. Not having access to or being able to afford Playboy or Hustler, it was popular among my early…

You are clearly a puny human :)

Agreed. Here is an excerpt from the WSJ. I couldn't finish even the excerpt! https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-human-promise-of-the-ai-rev...

Hagiography at its finest! But, a, cool, review!

It is hard to say Seattle "gave them the opportunity". They would likely have succeeded anywhere and one could argue they "gave to Seattle" with their creations. Another billionair…

Could he just be pandering to his hosts? The concentration of talent and a whole ecosystem that supports entrepreneurs is a significant advantage. It will take time for any other r…

why is this on the front page? It is devoid of content.

"Yeah, it pretty simple. If it is hard to raise money figure out how you don’t have to—get to profitability. That discipline is healthy. There are very few companies that have the …

Interesting but I often wonder how much better VCs are than the rest of the population at determining startup success. In hindsight they can always say "see, those two factors were…

Sounds likely, given that GS and Elon are tight. They gave him a huge personal line of credit on extremely favorable terms!

"There’s the old saying that A students become professors, B students become mid-level managers at large corporations and the C students endow buildings and professorships." Is thi…

Perhaps hate is a strong word but he clearly does not like them! He does talk about how they only care about themselves, boss around founders and then claim credit for the founders…

Great read but did Steve Jobs really have personal integrity? He was famously double faced, manipulative and as petulant and petty as a child, often settling personal scores with b…

Not true. To most corporate recruiters 'doing a startup' for a couple of years is almost the same as being unemployed. I faced this myself after years of slogging away at an unsucc…