July 2009
10 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-7-26) →
P!nk (5)
Linkin Park (2)
Finger Eleven (2)
Seether (2)
Puddle of Mudd (2)
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Jeff Bezos: Regret Minimization Framework
bijan:
This is fantastic.
via Jeff Bezos, 2001
I went to my boss and said to him, “You know, I’m going to go do this crazy thing and I’m going to start this company selling books online.” This was something that I had already been talking to him about in a sort of more general context, but then he said, “Let’s go on a walk.” And, we went on a two hour walk in Central Park in New York City and...
Trust for sale
“Mistrust makes life difficult, trust makes it risky.” - Mason Cooley
There are a number of reason why it’s hard to start a payments or financial startup. Aggressive regulators, capital requirements, partnerships… but the hardest part is gaining the trust of your customers.
As usual, the market has a solution - brands for sale. Companies like Verisign, McAfee,...
WatchGay penguins break up - and CNN is there.
WatchI hate to be a conspiracy theorist, but I don’t know, I’m skeptical that the moon landing actually happened. It’s just such a huge technical feat, achieved in 1969, and then after some subsequent visits we haven’t been back in like 30 years, despite advances in technology which should have made it orders of magnitude cheaper and easier.
I guess you can argue that there...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-7-12) →
Day26 (6)
Turbulence (3)
P!nk (3)
Fat Joe (1)
Ludacris (1)
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My breakup song to @ryanelman… it’s...