tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59011372011-12-13T22:56:52.253-05:00The Common Sense Think Tank - Fighting Boredom One Blog at a TimePaulnoreply@blogger.comBlogger61100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901137.post-30901037203628474392007-01-07T15:32:00.000-05:002007-01-07T15:53:08.263-05:00

It's astounding to me that VC's are set up just like record labels are - To fail "most of the time". What kind of business does that? Build themselves in a way that it's expected you will fail 90% of the time? People with money, as I've said before, crack me up because they set the rules. You show up with a business plan and a 90% chance of failure and see how far you get. I don't really hate

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Michael Arrington over at TechCrunch has a post entitled "Bubble, Bubble, Bubble" in which he says he believes we're not in a bubble with Web 2.0. I agree, and disagee. This isn't a bubble, this is an extention of Web 1.0 with much cooler heads at the helm and cheaper infrastructure. But still... things could change fast. 1.0 and 2.0 have a lot of similarities.One example he gave for not

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Here's a pretty good site for a list of the various new and old SN sites. It has a list of 380 current sites. Look for your idea for a SN, if you don't find it, good luck - hopefully noone has beat you to it.Noah Kagan's blog is pretty interesting. He's a VC type - but he writes about a little of everything.I read this little nugget on his blog, courtesy of Adam Jusko: Ever heard the advice “Just

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It's funny to look back on your life.This page was a political page where I wrote all manor of prognostications (over 150) on the heavy subjects of the day, and quickly grew bored. I deleted every one of those post when I decided to utilize this space for something else. Well, every post but two.Jan 1, 2004. Looking back so much has changed, and so much hasn't. My love of writing has led me to

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HAPPY NEW .... Oh, you get the idea. 01/01/04. Amazing! Doesn't seem possible. But here it is. And I hope it's going to be a good one for you. This new year presents a lot of challenges for me personally. Last year I showcased for music labels in Nashville -- that brought about my quick retirement from music. I say quick but actually I had spent a number of years in the field. It was a

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Greats in American History Bob Bartley, former Editor of the Wall Street Journal passed away recently. He has joined another great mind, Charles M. Shultz, at the big "Common Sense Think Tank" in the sky. These two men were the epitome of what was right and good about America. Both men, shy and effacing, never wanting to hog the glory and preferring to stay in the background, made a lasting

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