August 2011
14 posts
Misadventures in VC Funding: The $24 Million Moz... →
caterpillarcowboy:
Fantastic post (and, depressingly, one I can relate to) about how awful the VC fundraising process is for most startups.
Raising money is easy except when it isn’t which as most startup vets know is more often then not.
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Oprah!
A story of our political reality:
I participated in a focus group yesterday. When I got there I found out the purpose was to assess sentiment to lowering the corporate tax rate. It started out with the participants discussing the weak economy and general dissatisfaction with the President actions in that area (although most said it was Bush that caused it in the first place). I was not...
“My son recently passed a developmental milestone that is not mentioned in any...”
– Robert Sullivan, I Wanna Be Your Man, from a 1996 article in the New Yorker (I wish the whole thing was online).
I clipped this out of the New Yorker in 1996 and it’s been on my night stand ever since. It’s time for my kids to make their choices, and I too am nervous.
(via newspeedwayboogie)
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“In other words, all the candidates were essentially saying that they wouldn’t...”
– Debate Showed Why Americans Hate Government - NYTimes.com
via @cbtacy. (via tedr)
To be fair @tedr you left this paragraph out of your quote from the article: “But that’s just it — what any independent-minded voter saw in that moment were eight people who were not, in fact, serious about...
“Keynesianism is not about chanting “big government good”. It’s about viewing...”
– http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/12/the-cracked-conservative-mirror/?smid=tw-NytimesKrugman&seid=auto (via cdixon)
@cdixon the problem is government spending has rarely or ever been temporary - that’s why a large portion of the public is skeptical of keynesian policies.
“…the average federal income tax rate for millionaires in America is around 22% -...”
– Thom Hartmann (via azspot)
@mikehudack - gotta call bullshit on this. According to this federal income tax calculator -http://www.moneychimp.com/features/tax_calculator.htm - a teacher (or anyone) who makes $50,000, has 2 kids and claims the standard deduction filing separately would pay $5,325...
“…the average federal income tax rate for millionaires in America is around 22% -...”
– Thom Hartmann (via azspot)
@mikehudack - gotta call bullshit on this. According to this federal income tax calculator -http://www.moneychimp.com/features/tax_calculator.htm - a teacher (or anyone) who makes $50,000, has 2 kids and claims the standard deduction filing separately would pay $5,325...
“Q: At 150 percent of GDP, that’s a debt rate similar to Greece’s. Obviously...”
– China Debt | Local Government | Victor Shih
“Here’s a quick and fascinating breakdown by total amount held and...”
– Who owns America? Hint: It’s not China – Global Public Square - CNN.com Blogs
“What if the crisis spreads from Italy to Belgium or France? Would China...”
– RealClearPolitics - The Big Danger Is Europe
“Older Americans do not intend to ruin America, but as a group, that’s what...”
– Why are we in this debt fix? It’s the elderly, stupid. - The Washington Post
“It’s difficult to see how it could have ended otherwise. Virtually no Democrats...”
– Democrats will lose now. But they can win later. - Ezra Klein - The Washington Post
Sawickipedia says: And that is the #batshitcrazy part of the negotiations. Republicans complete failure to see the long game - that in fact they have no leverage at the end of 2012. Hence why the compromise of some...