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The Begrudging Death of the Social Media Superstar

I’m not sure what’s in the water, but there’s a general unrest right now with people in their jobs, careers, and industries. Especially people whose roles involve social, either…
LENGTH: 4 minutes (1240 words)

The Productivity Paradox Revisited

Computers have been around for awhile.  For a long time though, nobody could say if they were doing us any good or not.  As economist Robert Solow put itin 1987, “You can see the…
AUTHOR:Greg
LENGTH: 7 minutes (1879 words)

Marc Andreessen On The Future Of The Enterprise

In doing research for a post on “The Enterprise Cool Kids” at the tail end of last year, I interviewed Silicon Valley veteran  Mark Andreessen about where he thought the enterprise was headed. While…
PUBLISHED: Jan. 27, 2013
LENGTH: 33 minutes (8473 words)

Kevin Rose Reigns As The Zen Master Of Silicon Valley Chatter

Friday 1 p.m. Heading south on King Street. "This place. I can't believe this place. San Francisco is amazing--ah-MAAAY-zing. Full of all these kids who are gonna make a billion dollars before they…
PUBLISHED: Jan. 9, 2013
LENGTH: 19 minutes (4963 words)

Mr. China Comes to America

Near the end of this year’s second presidential debate, Candy Crowley of CNN pointed out that iPads, iPhones, and other globally sought-after Apple products are all made in China. What would…
LENGTH: 29 minutes (7372 words)

Dan Shapiro » Vesting is a hack

Posted: April 6th, 2012 | Author: Dan | Filed under: Startups | 18 Comments » Vesting in general (and founder vesting in particular) is an oft-misunderstood tool that has a tendency to really…
AUTHOR:Dan
LENGTH: 5 minutes (1386 words)

Vast Mexico Bribery Case Hushed Up by Wal-Mart After Top-Level Struggle

MEXICO CITY — In September 2005, a senior Wal-Mart lawyer received an alarming e-mail from a former executive at the company’s largest foreign subsidiary, Wal-Mart de Mexico. In the e-mail and…
PUBLISHED: April 21, 2012
LENGTH: 30 minutes (7602 words)

The Villain

The U.S. Federal Reserve was founded 99 years ago, as a bulwark to the banking system and an antidote to its frequent runs and panics. Strictly speaking, it was America’s third attempt at a…
LENGTH: 32 minutes (8148 words)

Twitter, the Startup That Wouldn't Die

Life inside successful Web startups—especially the really successful ones—can be nasty, brutish, and short. As companies grow exponentially, egos clash, investors jockey for control, and…
LENGTH: 12 minutes (3177 words)
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