December 2009
28 posts
Dec 1st
November 2009
36 posts
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Nov 30th
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Lying & Entrepreneurship
Jonah Lehrer wrote a very interesting piece recently entitled Lying & Creativity.  In it, he makes the profound point that learning to contain our inclination to confabulate, or lie, is fundamentally at odds with our urge to create. Quoting Picasso, Lehrer writes: “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.” From the perspective of the...
Nov 29th
“During the hiatus, many advertisers, including sports-apparel maker Nike, still...”
– Woods Cancels Meeting With Police, Says Accident Was His Fault - WSJ.com Wow!  TV viewership of golf dropped almost 50% with Tiger’s absence.  Talk about moving the needle.  Tiger has to be the highest impact athlete for his sport as any, ever.
Nov 29th
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“My mother and he always celebrated Shabbat dinner on Friday night. And they...”
– Op-Ed Columnist - The Wizards’ Wizard - NYTimes.com RIP Abe Pollin.
Nov 29th
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Nov 29th
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ListenHot Chip, Take It In New Hot Chip.  Take it in!
Nov 28th
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Nov 27th
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Nov 26th
Nov 26th
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Nov 25th
Nov 25th
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Nov 24th
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Listenzachklein: Girls - Hellhole Ratrace My song of...
Nov 23rd
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Nov 22nd
Nov 20th
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ListenSolange Knowles, Stillness is the Move (Dirty...
Nov 20th
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Nov 18th
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Nov 17th
Listenbijan: Come In Please - Edward Sharpe & the...
Nov 16th
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ListenAnya Marina, Whatever You Like (T.I. Cover) I...
Nov 15th
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Nov 13th
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Nov 12th
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ListenRadiohead, I Might Be Wrong (Live) Emblematic of...
Nov 10th
The Berlin Wall: 20 Years Later - The Berlin Wall:... →
Incredibly powerful imagery.
Nov 8th
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ListenMissy Elliott, The Rain [Supa Dupa Fly] Going old...
Nov 8th
“The Jay-Z/Sinatra link isn’t so far-fetched. Both grew up on the poor fringes of...”
– Jay-Z Boasts He’s the New Sinatra - NYTimes.com
Nov 8th
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ListenVampire Weekend, Everywhere (Fleetwood Mac cover) ...
Nov 6th
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ListenFrank Sinatra, New York, New York Obligatory.
Nov 5th
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Staying The Course
There’s been a lot written lately about VC seed programs and some of the issues they present for entrepreneurs.  Most notably, Chris Dixon has written a number of excellent posts on the topic.  See here and here. We’ve approached seed investing at Spark a bit differently, and we think it helps alleviate some of the concerns Chris and others have raised. The basic premise of...
Nov 4th
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ListenJohn Legend, Save Room Shout out to fellow Penn...
Nov 4th
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ListenNirvana, Lithium New, live, Nirvana.  Still (and...
Nov 3rd
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ListenJulian Casablancas, 11th Dimension The new one...
Nov 2nd
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The Myth of Free Classifieds
My friend Jeremy Philips wrote a great review for the WSJ recently of The Curse of the Mogul, a new book on the plight of the media industry by Jonathan Knee, Bruce Greenwald and Ava Seave.  I recently started reading the book, and it’s quite a good read.  But I want to focus here on one very insightful point Jeremy made in his piece: For an example one need look no further than online...
Nov 1st
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Email AutoReply of the Year (thus far)
I received the following response to an email I sent today: I am offline until mid December and will respond when I return.  If this is an urgent matter, please contact my assistant… Jealousy is an understatement.
Nov 1st
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ListenDrop The Lime, Devil’s Eyes (Luca’s...
Nov 1st