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Concepts of tools to go to Mars and back to the Moon, via Boston.com’s incredible The Big Picture.
We need to start the spacefaring revolution and we need to start it yesterday. Where are the VCs on this one? You have a couple things getting done like Virgin Galactic but it’s not enough!
On this subject of unleashing the power of capitalism to start an aerospace revolution see this fantastic talk by visionary aerospace designer Burt Rutan at TED:

Concepts of tools to go to Mars and back to the Moon, via Boston.com’s incredible The Big Picture.

We need to start the spacefaring revolution and we need to start it yesterday. Where are the VCs on this one? You have a couple things getting done like Virgin Galactic but it’s not enough!

On this subject of unleashing the power of capitalism to start an aerospace revolution see this fantastic talk by visionary aerospace designer Burt Rutan at TED:

bijan:

Just installed an advanced copy of the iPhone 2.0 software.
When you click on the camera app this is the first thing you see. It’s a dialog box that says:

“Camera” would like to use your current location.

And then you have the choice to select ‘don’t allow” or “ok”
iPhone 3G is Day 1 of location based services. Here we go!

Amen! Now watch Loopt replace Facebook.

bijan:

Just installed an advanced copy of the iPhone 2.0 software.

When you click on the camera app this is the first thing you see. It’s a dialog box that says:

“Camera” would like to use your current location.

And then you have the choice to select ‘don’t allow” or “ok”

iPhone 3G is Day 1 of location based services. Here we go!

Amen! Now watch Loopt replace Facebook.

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The Benchmark portfolio current has over 15 companies north of $50MM in revenues, and they are all private. This would have never happened in 1995 (even pre-bubble) where most of these companies would ALREADY BE public.

I don’t think we have a demand problem, we have a supply problem. No one wants to manage a public company.

  VC Bill Gurley on the IPO drought (via Fred Wilson)
Best Fortune Ever (via l0ckergn0me)
Best Fortune Ever (via l0ckergn0me)
When a sales rep says, “You know, after hearing your situation, I think you’d be a lot better off with my competitor’s product instead, here’s her number,” it actually creates positive word of mouth and long-term growth. When a brand manager says to the product development people, “I’m not proud of this design, we’re not going to market it, so you better make something else,” it actually creates market share growth. And when a CEO says to Congress, “Our industry relies on chemical X and we’re going to keep using it as long as our competitors do, so please ban it,” she creates a long-term path to stability and growth.   Seth Godin
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CBR Review of Astonishing X-Men #25
I’m ordering this for my office. X-Men rocks and this issue starts off with one of main characters Hisako Ichiki using Twitter to express her unhappiness with her superhero name “Armor”.
How cool is that!
Thanks @Biz for the heads up.

bijan:

CBR Review of Astonishing X-Men #25

I’m ordering this for my office. X-Men rocks and this issue starts off with one of main characters Hisako Ichiki using Twitter to express her unhappiness with her superhero name “Armor”.

How cool is that!

Thanks @Biz for the heads up.

3. What’s on his computer screen

Don’t be surprised to see Facebook, Twitter, Brazen Careerist, ESPN, Gmail, Word, Excel and Powerpoint all open at the same time on your Gen Yers screen. In fact, only having those tabs open would be a fairly focused afternoon for me. But it’s OK. We can still get our work done. All that stuff is open because, quite frankly, we’re all a little ADD. Sending out a tweet or leaving a comment on a blog is a necessary distraction every 20 minutes or so. Honestly, lots of Gen Yers wonder how anyone can sit at a desk and do nothing but work for 8 straight hours without going insane?

  “7 Things to Look Past When Managing Gen Y” par Ryan Healy sur Employee Evolution (July 1st, 2008)
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Giving away other people’s money may be charitable, but it is also unethical. In the modern corporation, executives often need reminding that they are employees rather than owners, and that their first duty is to shareholders. A preoccupation with corporate social responsibility helps them to forget.   Creative Capitalism: Do as I say, not as I did (via mlherold)
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La crêperie de la rue des Canettes

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La crêperie de la rue des Canettes