I can’t believe that 2011 is almost over. It seems like yesterday that I was writing the themeword post for this year…REAP. This year really seemed to fly by in ...
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The Decline of Original Content
Maybe there is no such thing as original thought anymore? Or maybe ...
Why Fake-It-til-You-Make-It is a Bad Policy
"Faking it until you make it" is the new transparency and I ...
OMG. It's That Thing I Never Knew That I Needed!
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A Pink Collar Tech Ghetto?
So why is it so embarrassing to have so many women entering the startup world through such a lucrative entry point? Because, well, it’s embarrassing because we are so few and there is so much hope pinned on our performance. We’ve been begging and screaming to get included and then we show up in high heels talking about designer snugglies and nailpolish.
GooglePlus Makes me Feel Like a GoogleMinus
Sorry G+, but adding 2,500+ people to cute little circles when you have more data than GOD seems wrong to me. Don’t make me work for another social network. Make your social network work for me.
The Key to Winning
Product/market fit is truly the ONLY thing that matters and achieving it before you run out of money is the key to winning.
Does anybody know what we are looking for?
Why would anyone want to enter a frothy market that has an idea that comes from a real place of “let’s make stuff work better for people AND make money?” It’s heartbreaking.
More Isn't Always More
“When you helped the butterfly out of the cocoon, you prevented it from developing the muscles it would need to survive.”
Love vs Greatness …updated
It turns out that, with the right partner, love and greatness are not mutually exclusive. They can exist together! I’m cautious to claim that my experiment has been proven and is completely conclusive as I have yet to achieve much in the department of greatness and the love I’m enjoying is pretty new (only a couple of months in), but I thought I’d share some observations on what kinds of conditions need to exist to make this happen.
A Case for Affirmative Action?
With all this money flying around, why isn’t it landing with female entrepreneurs? Do we universally have worse ideas? Nope. Ours have business models, users and vision. The biggest issue is the people with money (VCs), don’t understand our market.
Getting real. For real.
“I’ll tell you everything, and you tell me everything, and maybe we can get through all the piss and shit and lies that kill other people.” – Claudia Wilson Gator (Magnolia 1999)
