In other contrarian news... I came across this article today that purports that liberal arts majors are needed at today’s hottest tech startups, even moreso than engineers and other technical folk. As it turns out, software companies still need supporters and salespeople and copywriters. When software interfaces with real, actual humans, there is an...
Remember when a prominent and arrogant venture capitalist called out startup employees to basically stop whining and work harder? He was almost immediately rebuked by one of the subjects of his anecdote as hypocritical, that VCs have everything to gain by squeezing even more productivity out of their startups’ workforces. Apparently we need to be...
The current Citi logo was first created and presented as a sketch on a napkin. In this case, instead being being just a Know Where Man parable, it was a true story from the design...
We live in the age of Code Abundance. It’s never been easier to write, run, and subsequently share a piece of code. The whole Github + software eating the world phenomenon of the past 5 years has increased both the amount of code as well as its applications. Stepping back, it’s also clear that...
Sometimes it takes some good hard numbers to demystify a feel-good situation. I’d hope that most people who work in startups understand how the numbers work, particularly the expected value of equity grants. If...
The NBA Playoffs are happening right now, and as of this writing the teams are about to start the second round of the tournament. This year, the meta story has been how NBA players have...
