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“I know that there's a huge emotional challenge that comes with starting a business. But right now, we're going to push on and ride out the ups and downs.”

“The goal of the game is to use Google shares to buy as many properties as you can without landing in the deadpool and losing your stock. As with any great board game, there’s a very real metaphor to what’s more...

Up to 20% of venture backed startups may have been convinced by their financial advisors to put much of their spare cash into something called Auction Rate Securities, on the promise of money market-like liquidity with better returns. Now, that more...

"You do not have to be a fucking genius to make it work"

“The last thing that Dan Lyons (Newsweek columnist and author of Options: The Secret Life of Steve Jobs) wrote as Fake Steve Jobs is Reality Check’s foreword. It is, in my opinion, the best foreword in the history of man.”

“What has this got to do with technology, software and making product? Well, I've been doing some research for a new product I'm working on. I want users to have the power of access to their data. But before today, more...

Created by a venture capitalist for venture capitalists, our hope is to create a community for venture capitalists to share opinions and feedback on startups and their founders.

“According to the efficient market theory all stock price fluctuations are attributable to the changes in fundamental values. Economists have been especially successful in explaining the relative value of different securities thanks to the power of arbitrage. Yet a lot more...

Take all that talk about the exponential growth of various web sites. Don't people realize that those curves are actually sigmoidal? The initial stage of growth is approximately exponential; then, as saturation begins, the growth slows, and at maturity, growth more...

“If you want your customers to start talking about your products and services, this book is a must read.”

“the story of the birth and evolution of Wordpress as well as his ’secret’ to success”

Ideas are worthless, this 'chute was designed 523 years ago

“This long and storied history has afforded our firm an unparalleled number of opportunities to completely screw up.”

“Fake reviews seem to be part of the norm these days, however most companies are smart enough to cover their tracks; Slide employees on the other hand post from accounts that are part of the Slide Inc Facebook network.”