Great Google Tech Talk by Steve Blank on the military origins of Silicon Valley.

I rented the movie on iTunes which somehow had it available to rent 1 month before it came to the theaters. I had seen the trailer, but unlike other reviewers, … Continue reading “”

Courtesy of xkcd.com

The movie is one of the best movies of the year. The acting is fantastic and the movie has by far the best dialogue of any movie this year. More … Continue reading “”

I like a good conspiracy theory as much as the next guy and some of the Hitler Angelgate parodies are really funny, but the alleged attempted collusion is a nonissue … Continue reading “”

It’s not really a double blind controlled study and many of the benefits might come from just resting in a quiet room for an hour, but the positive evidence for … Continue reading “”

I had written about how America’s success might be because America’s entrepreneurs are hypomanics (Hypomanics to the rescue 🙂). The New York Times just wrote a great article on hypomanic … Continue reading “”

Old and cliché but fun 🙂

The cat is out of the bag. We had not planned on disclosing the investment, but given the sheer number of people aware of the transaction (all of our employees … Continue reading “”

There is no denying Apple has had an incredible run. Steve Jobs’ return and the Mac’s resurgence After a number of strategic and execution mistakes, the company almost went bankrupt … Continue reading “”

To see if we could significantly move the needle in terms of traffic and brand awareness, we just launched our first TV campaign for OLX in Russia. We hope the … Continue reading “”

I just rented Kick-Ass on Zune HD and had a blast! The movie much more violent than I expected; yet, somehow the violence was extremely funny. Choe Moretz who plays … Continue reading “”

Like in Shrek 4, the themes of Toy Story 3 are very grown up as they deal with growing up, moving on, and letting go. I loved the movie and … Continue reading “”

One of the wonders of entrepreneurship is that sometimes we can get lucky and make millions. Paul Buchheit wrote a good article on what to do when that happens. His … Continue reading “”