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That's definitely not true. There are only a few dozen unicorns, and hundreds of self-sustained businesses that "print" small amounts of money. If you join any large city's small b…

One of the things I find fascinating about this article is how cyber warfare deterrence requires that you publicly show force (and thus, your cyber capabilities), which also puts y…

It also depends a lot on the company's strategy. If you are building a complex product then a small, highly qualified team makes sense. If your product is basic and requires a lot …

Oh boy, that sprint to the bank sounds absolutely devastating. :(

haha, good point! But I'm not sure if that's how other people would see it, but touche. :)

I'm the CEO of a 20-person startup and we've been on the brink of failure twice. Both times, our employees were never aware of it from the symptoms other people might expect (e.g.,…

Interesting; and that's a shame. I guess I just mean to say that a mistake like that could legitimately be a mistake. I'd be horrified if our employees thought we were going bankru…

I'll be writing a longer response in a few minutes. I am the CEO of a 20-person startup and there were a few scenarios we've had where payroll was truly late because of bank issues…

Hi Devon, thanks for writing this. Have you spent much time reading Jane Jacobs or "Seeing Like a State"? Both talk a bit about the lack of ability to truly plan cities (and even m…

I really want to be respectful here but your comment shows a large level of ignorance around the difference between public monopolies, public UTILITIES, public (regulated) goods, a…

Completely agree. It took us to 15 people before we hired an Office Manager. Silly in hindsight, but not obvious at all, and we debated it quite a bit.

Curious if anyone is aware of usage stats for Office365 (and Excel + Excel API) in the workplace? This sounds "neat" but nearly all of our customers do not use Office365 and I'm cu…