Diego Segura
@diegosegura
designer, writer, founder. currently obsessed with monetary theory, high finance, corporate law, regretting dropping out of high school, and sudoku. author of a 2018 book, “the dropout manifesto.”
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He recalled a relevant piece of 20th-century Chinese history—the war between Mao and Chiang Kai-shek , in the 1940s, which Mao won, and which led the Nationalists to retreat to the island of Taiwan. “From the perspective of Mao and his people,” Steve continued, “the Nationalists stole the treasury, and they stole the art treasures of China. There... See more
May the Schwarzman Be With You
In the same way that a natural gas shortage in Europe resulted in record prices for coal worldwide, enforcing scarcity of the most desirous sources of protein would result in a significant inflationary pulse across the entire protein complex
Almost immediately, I raised $1.1M from an all-star cast of angel investors and venture capital firms, including Max Levchin, Chris Sacca, Ron Conway, Naval Ravikant, Collaborative Fund, Accel Partners, and First Round Capital. A few months later, in May 2012, we raised $7M more. Mike Abbott from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB), a top-tier... See more
Reflecting on My Failure to Build a Billion-Dollar Company
As one of the top automakers in the world, the company generates nearly $300 billion a year in revenue and invests $10 billion annually in research and development
it is initially strange to me that Chubb hasn't started a direct to consumer channel for individual policies, but then again having deeper relationships with the entities they insure probably makes their underwriting practice infinitely better
Like everything Warhol touched, it could turn mass culture into counterculture, and vice versa, just by squinting.
Michael Schulman • The Legacy of Interview Magazine and a Trip to 1988
The idea behind Gumroad was simple: Creators and others should be able to sell their products directly to their audiences with quick, simple links. No need for a storefront.
I built Gumroad the weekend I thought up the idea, and launched it early Monday morning on Hacker News. The reaction exceeded my grandest aspirations. Over 52,000 people checked... See more
I built Gumroad the weekend I thought up the idea, and launched it early Monday morning on Hacker News. The reaction exceeded my grandest aspirations. Over 52,000 people checked... See more