A deck is often the first impression a VC, Angel or potential customer will have of your product or company. How can you make sure it is a great one? First off, I get that there is much to love about your business, and I assume you’ve worked really hard to get it to where it is today. It…
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Below is Emma Watson’s “He for She” campaign speech. If you haven’t seen it yet it’s a worthwhile 8 mins of perspective. As she said, “How can we effect change when only half is invited?” … “Both men and women should feel free to be sensitive. Both men and women should feel free to be…
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Last year we really enjoyed opening our office up to OpenCo and revealing how we think and work as well as how we see technology transforming the world we live in. We ended with a look at “2023” and what all that may mean over the next decade. This year, after we were asked to…
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OpenCo is the city’s answer to the question: “What makes San Francisco – San Francisco?” Instead of trying to explain the nuances to the culture here the founders of OpenCo decided the best way to describe it is by opening the doors to as many offices as possible within and allow people to come in…
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One of our talented engineers Aseem sent this out over email this morning to the group. I really enjoyed it for a few reasons, and figured I would share it as well. First, it is a lecture from the inventor of the compiler; second, it is a lecture from someone in the military; third, she ( Grace Hopper) is very…
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Check out this cool little tool: Google N-Grams It shows a graphical representation of the frequency words used in books over a rangeof years. It is based on on all the books google has scanned into their database to date. This TED talk is what turned me on to the project. The project, the tool…
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In the Garage – Weezer The Legend of Zelda – RMaster Nerd Versus Jock – MC Frontalot The neverending Story – The Hitsingers Ramble On – Led Zepagain