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only true for very few internet based startups. Big counterexample : Trilogy E-Business - took 3 years before the first sale, made somewhere in range of $30mn in the 5th year.

This is a great writeup. I have also come to disagree with the specific PG essay mentioned in the post. Entrepreneurship needs to be more sustainable than what is made out in the c…

Couldn't disagree more on his statement: "Never start a company just to start it. You start a company because you have an idea that you think will be great for some customer and gr…

I did a course on randomized algorithms which referenced the book on the topic he wrote. The man was almost a genius, The book is as ground breaking as the knuth series.

Former UN under-secretary general, current indian politician on twitter. More:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shashi_Tharoor

maybe it is firefox-killer and not google-killer

Search for "wolfram alpha" -> http://imgur.com/mbda5.gif

Do this. 1. Read the countless photoshop tutorials on the net and learn it. (if you can't the startup aint going nowhere anyways). 2. Read the book 'Dont make me think.'. 3. Read i…

how about not playing prostitute to a VC - most dont have balls anyways.

Not to counter your argument against H1B visa, but parts of your arguments are based on inaccurate prejudiced data. 1. "people who are smart enough to get jobs in some of the top c…

check out meetupdiary.com on alexa - the spike is due to connect.

The follwoing is her first Cisco post - a tad too rabid for a CTO. It is an exciting time to join Cisco. Cisco is the company whose leadership legacy defines “The Network” in many …

I read her blog once. She didnt sound honest at all - assuming that she wrote her blog herself.

Business plan is the biggest piece of bull crap. You should know your business or do whatever it takes to learn it and persist - that is the only thing that is required and a smart…

It might sound surprising but CNet also uses similar techniques to generate huge parts of their product reviews. The technique is the biggest threat to the current crop of 'content…