- Funny *and* true! RT @jboutelle: OH at #TIE2010 "Silicon valley has a great echo-system for startups." #
- Who would have thought that @reachanika would be so excited about 'eating' water with a spoon! http://twitpic.com/1o3ozs #
Monthly Archives: May 2010
Twitter updates for 2010-05-15
- #20tweets is a format I came up w/ for my talk (http://k9.vc/20tweets). Wd love to see others use it. Forces brevity/clarity. #
- RT @chrisyeh: I'm intrigued by #20tweets presentations. No bullets, no pictures, just text. An example from @manukumar http://bit.ly/9dHbgK #
- Congrats @howietl RT @tomiogeron: Newly Seeded Etacts Seeking Holy Grail Of The Unified Inbox – Venture Capital Dispatch: http://is.gd/c95t2 #
- RT @founderdating: Bay Area entrepreneurs: Find your cofounder. #FounderDating SF event June 22 Apply by June 8 http://www.founderdating.com #
- lol RT @photomatt: RT @iA: Apple responds to Adobe's ‘We ♥ Apple’ advertisement – http://yfrog.com/83n4fp RT @issaco via @fontblog #
- RT @garrytan: Want to know what it's like to work at a startup? Sign up now. http://www.workatastartup.org/ #
- And they both deserve to die. RT @raanan: RT @rstevens: Voice mail is the new fax machine. #
- Cool. cc @wences RT @Skype: Say hello to group video calling http://bit.ly/aozyIq #
- RT @mkapor: Info graphic of Facebook privacy settings shows what a mess they are http://nyti.ms/ats25z #
- hmm… not sure I want two lenses on my phone RT @techreview: 3D Camera for Smart Phones http://bit.ly/ah80oW #
- RT @martenmickos: A small team of A+ players can run circles around a giant team of B and C players. – Steve Jobs #quote #
- Good stuff. RT @novaurora: Just uploaded '10 Things CEOs Need to Know About Design' to SlideShare. http://slidesha.re/9VctLI #
- +1 RT @ECorner: "We think there's going to be a whole new wave of consumer electronics cos, particularly here in Silicon Valley." (@pmarca) #
- The #20tweets presentation is now on the @k9ventures blog at http://k9ventures.com/blog (permalink: http://k9.vc/20tweets) #
- The #20tweets presentation is now on the @k9ventures blog at http://k9ventures.com/blog (permalink: http://k9.vc/apFpi1) #
Twitter updates for 2010-05-14
- RT @Bowei: @manukumar how are you tweeting while giving a presentation? #unbelievable #20tweets http://yfrog.com/5ei8nwj #
- RT @eugmandel: Startup vacation policy: if it's sunny & U don't want to come to work, don't. Worked great in Pittsburgh #20tweets @manukumar #
- Gotta tweet! RT @jrushin: at a presentation that started w/directive to turn phones ON! props to @manukumar for being progressive! #20tweets #
- Had fun at @CarnegieMellon talk. Thanks all for your questions. Esp. thanks to @sourgh & @mchwang for being my ghost-twitters for #20tweets #
- When entrepreneurs hit a wall, they either climb over it, bore through it, or, go around it #Resourcefulness #20tweets #
- “One you’ve done a startup, you are ruined for life” :Demmler, CMU “If you want to be an actor, move to Hollywood” :Roseman, CMU #20tweets #
- A bird in the hand may not be your best choice, if you haven’t explored what’s in the bush. #KnowYourOptions #CreateTheMarket #20tweets #
- “With great power comes great responsibility” :Spiderman’s Uncle Ben! #20tweets #
- A founding CEO should be able to quote the cos. cash position & burn rate to the closest 1000 dollars at any time #CashIsGas #20tweets #
- “You can’t live on dreams, at some point you have to make money” – wise words from Mexican entrepreneur on NPR #20tweets #
- 100% of zero is still zero. Your own sweat, blood and tears, but someone else’s dime. #OptimizeValue #CapTableWoes #20tweets #
- Raising money is not an indicator of success, making money is. #RightMetrics #RevenueBias #20tweets #
- Titles are thoroughly overrated. They change the expectation, behavior/role to match title rather than what the company needs. #20tweets #
- The three most important (and difficult) things in startups are: People, People, People! #20tweets #
- Never hire friends/family. In other words: Never hire someone you can’t fire. #20tweets #
- Learning from the mistakes of others is a lot less painful than failing on your own #AvoidPitfalls #GetGoodAdvice #20tweets #
- Making *a* decision is sometimes more important than making the *right* decision. #AnalysisParalysis #20tweets #
- For a startup, there is no such thing as 50-50. Buck stops with one person. “A startup is not a democracy” :Frank Demmler, CMU #20tweets #
- If you are serious about doing this company, the best time to incorporate was yesterday (ASAP is second best). #20tweets #
- It is NEVER a bad time & ALWAYS a good time to start a company. Start when you have an idea you can't shake off. #AlwaysHard #20tweets #
- You can't learn to *really* ride a bicycle, until you take the training wheels off. Falling/getting back up are part of process. #20tweets #
- The greatest position of strength is when you have nothing to lose.#20tweets #
- The greatest position of strength is when you have nothing to lose. #
- If you’re in it for the money, you’re in it for the wrong reasons. #
- # Definition of Entrepreneurship: “Insane perseverance in the face of complete resistance” :Jack Thorne, CMU #20tweets #
- Here to give a talk for @carnegiemellon alumni event: A Tale of Two Startups and #20tweets — at Wilson Sonsini Law http://gowal.la/c/KA4y #
- Tweet-sized advice for tech founders #20tweets will be live this evening from @CarnegieMellon Alumni event http://k9.vc/bOyKwi (open to all) #
Twitter updates for 2010-05-13
- How about Desktop speed!? RT @TechCrunch: With A Small, Simple Feature, Gmail Continues Its Assault On Desktop Email – http://tcrn.ch/9j3v8A #
- RT @Stanford: Stanford’s Autonomous Car Parallel Parks By Sliding Sideways into Space, Stuntman Style: http://bit.ly/b9F6sa (via @popsci) #
- Real.ly? 😉 RT @robconeybeer: anything.ly is the new hotness – an up-to-date version of .com or an e-prefix #
- RT @peHUB: Barney Frank Says: Don’t Mess with VCs or Angels http://dlvr.it/wZHS #
- The biggest disservice that Google did is to make a generation on entrepreneurs get stuck on thinking only about advertising. #PetPeeve #
- Duke Global Entrepreneurship Network Angel Pitch Event — at Dog Patch Labs http://gowal.la/c/Kmm1 #
- Taking a walk down memory lane as I prep for my A Tale of Two Startups & #20tweets talk tomorrow at 6pm @ WSGR Palo Alto http://k9.vc/bOyKwi #
- Congrats @trotzke & @gopsig on @sproutbox's Sprout #5 @Proposable being named a killer app by Inc Magazine http://k9.vc/a2yPzv #
Twitter updates for 2010-05-12
- Congrats! RT @johnolilly New blog post: What's Next for Me (But Not Yet!) http://john.jubjubs.net/2010/05/11/whats-next-for-me-but-not-yet/ #
- Will be there. RT @ryanspoon: Duke+@DogPatchLabs+8 great co's pitching to a panel of investors=DukeGEN event tomorrow!! http://bit.ly/bHRqLt #
- RT @dnanexus: What do you think: will cloud computing revolutionize DNA sequencing, or is it hype? http://dnanexus.com/blog #
- RT @ECorner: Tomorrow, 4:30, Stanford's Skilling Aud – @pmarca (Marc Andreessen), entrepreneur and co-founder of Netscape #
- lol RT @chrisyeh: "I was going to give a speech in Arizona, but with my accent I was afraid they would deport me." –Arnold Schwarzenegger #
- Kudos @braintreeps RT @newsycombinator: Paypal and Authorize.net: Help End the Credit Card Hostage Situation http://bit.ly/bCFdGi #
- Is @Sequoia_Capital going to do a "Good Times are Back Again" presentation? So *many* deals happening. #FrothyValley #CrazyValuations #
- There has to be a better solution to this problem. #FlowControl RT @fredwilson: I Am Declaring Email Bankruptcy Again http://bit.ly/bb6X9X #
- What if using your credit card became a check-in? or vice versa? #
- WOW! WP3 is going to rock. Going to wait to redo site. RT @photomatt: WordPress 3.0: The 5 Most Important New Features http://shar.es/mh2WV #
- Playing with Keynote for the first time (I know, late to the party!) and realizing what I've been missing. #NightAndDay #
- Catching up w/ @jgelsey — at Cafe Epi http://gowal.la/c/JXQc #