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A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY MAY 19, 2012 The Darwinian Evolution of Startup Hubs This weekend finds NYC in between Internet Week (which I largely missed because of my London trip) and Disrupt NYC (which I will be at on and off this coming week). So the development of NYC as a startup hub is very much on my mind. And so I thought I'd post about the development of startup hubs. That was not meant to be a comprehensive history. | | | BABBLING VC MAY 19, 2012 Let's Not Go Overboard Now That Facebook Is Public YOU are not Marc Zuckerberg. I, too, am not Mark Zuckerberg. Only he is celebrating becoming a millionaire (no, billionaire) overnight. Well, technically, he is just collecting his due after eight years of hard work. Whether he deserves it or not is a whole other story and not something I am getting at. Keep at what you are doing regardless. Or not! | | | | | | | |
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DIEGO BASCH | SATURDAY, MAY 19, 2012  The End of a Seven-Year Cycle: Leaving LinkedIn
Gentle readers, the time has come to pause my usual sarcasm and dry humor until my next post. Hope you’ll understand! Warning: this post is very personal. It may be very uninteresting to others. In 2005 I started a search consulting business named Flaptor, which would later become known as IndexTank. He’s a phenomenal leader. MORE >> -
 Why You Must Have a Social Mission
Co-founder Neil Blumenthal talks about his disruptive eyewear company's roots and mission MORE >> -
CAMPUS ENTREPRENEURSHIP | SATURDAY, MAY 19, 2012 University Efforts Grow in Support of Student Entrepreneurship | Chronicle of Higher Education
I was fortunate to speak with Beckie Supiano of the Chronicle of Higher Education as she put together a piece on the efforts of various universities to support student entrepreneurs. Teaching students to start their own businesses is one way to give them a leg up after graduation. am quoted and referenced near the end of the piece. For his Ph.D., MORE >> -
DAVID LEE | SATURDAY, MAY 19, 2012 The Best Thing I've Read in 5 Years by David Lee
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JOEL.IS | SATURDAY, MAY 19, 2012  What online gaming taught me about startups
Whilst researching for the Achieving overnight success: Kevin Systrom piece I published two weeks ago, I was excited to see that one of Systrom’s earliest recollections of something that impacted his journey with startups was that he played Doom II a lot: “That was how I got into it actually. I’ll credit Doom II for everything.” MORE >>
- Neil Blumenthal: What's Next for Warby Parker FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | SATURDAY, MAY 19, 2012
- The Best Thing I’ve Read in 5 Years DAVID LEE | SATURDAY, MAY 19, 2012
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