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Third — and here I can only describe what I am observing across the industry — marketing seems to be substituting for real, hard science in the presentation of these startups.
Danny Crichton • Lux Capital Page Not Found
he helped start a research group called MIDAS, which stood for Mining Data at Stanford.
Steven Levy • In The Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives
Santos and Nathan argued about how to use the infusion of cash. Santos wanted much of it to go to marketing; Nathan thought it should go to coders to strengthen the back end. But within six months of the funding announcement, the arguing stopped — Nathan left.
Courtney Rubin • How a Hot $100 Million Design Startup Collapsed Overnight
Hurley decided these calls for creativity were too daunting, arguing that they should encourage “real personal clips that are taken by everyday people.”
Mark Bergen • Like, Comment, Subscribe
a curious outsider
David Epstein • Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
“cliometrics” or economic history.
Charles R. Morris • The Tycoons: How Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould, and J. P. Morgan Invented the American Supereconomy
Curation businesses — universities, bootcamps, accelerators — are incredibly powerful.
Erik Torenberg • How to Build Curation Businesses
Might I suggest, for starters: