On Saturday, one of the founders in our portfolio called to let me know that one of the executives at the company was leaving. He wants to move to cross country for personal/family reasons.
Typically when a great person is thinking about leaving a portfolio company my instinct is to help the…
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I also read a lot about parenting. Not really how-to stuff so much as research and interesting things for parents to know. My friend Pramit and I launched an email newsletter for parents that you might enjoy if you’re a parent. It’s called Outcome Unknown. If you like the latest newsletter, feel free to subscribe. It’s 3-5 links per week delivered to your inbox, spam-free of course.
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From the Republic Records VMA party last weekend with the walnut drive people. @bobboz was clearly making a move on me. He’s handsome.
(Source: https://player.vimeo.com/)
The more rare something is, the more enthusiastic people will be about it.
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Drawing for Ferguson
thank you to my beautiful friend Akynos who posed for this
Life’s too short to suffer half-truths and inefficiencies. Be honest. Be open. It’s magic.
Don’t write email that people can respond to.
If you ask questions in an email, people will respond. If you don’t answer their questions, they’ll ask again. If you write charming email, they will want more. Don’t do those things. Write an email that is impossible to respond to. Answer every question. Tie up every loose end. Write a complete and completely un-respondable email.
Give a good idea to a mediocre team, and they will screw it up. But give a mediocre idea to a great team, and they will either fix it or come up with something better.
Ed Catmull, Pixar (via psql)
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this morning, police raided Greater St. Mark school/church in Ferguson, MO (formerly called St. Sebastian’s Parish).
community members had been using it as a safe space and staging area. police claim that the church is violating housing codes by sheltering protesters, even though the pastor has said it isn’t true.
please please please boost this. help these organizers recover the supplies they lost, and share just how fucking far these cops will sink to make the people of Ferguson suffer.