3 months ago
By the way, we are not prudes. We expect your web presence to represent who you are, not who you think an employer wishes you were, so don’t waste a lot of time sanitizing your web presence before sending us there. It will just confuse your friends.
We Are Hiring - Union Square Ventures: A New York Venture Capital Fund Focused on Early Stage & Startup Investing (via fred-wilson)
Unfortunately for me my web presence shows that I’ve been rather busy over the past few weeks at work. Albert, Brad, Fred, Dorsey - Don’t be afraid to jump back in the archives, there’s plenty of good stuff there.
This year’s squad for Ed Wade’s DisAstros. Standard 5x5 Yahoo! League with 10 members. I had 7th pick overall.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-3-28)
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Purely Digital Payments
I had to cancel my credit and debit cards because of strange charges to a New Jersey Target, and I’m suffering. I had to get a temporary debit card just to have access to cash, but the real pain came when I got home and tried to buy music from Amazon, a book on my Kindle, authorize a shipment on Alice, and send someone money for a fantasy baseball league. Each one of these online accounts is tied to my physical debit card number, so obviously none of these payments executed.
There’s always a possibility that I’m completely missing out on a great service that would solve this problem, but I’d really like a way to link my online accounts at Amazon, Yahoo, Alice etc… directly to a bank account so they weren’t tied to my physical cards. I know you can do this on Paypal, but I need the solution to reach all of the other services.
Are there any services that do this?
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The National - Bloodbuzz Ohio
Can’t really find the right words to best describe how excited I am about this song except for: wow! Album of the year?
Get this song in high quality here.
(via bijan & jenrobinson)
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-3-21)
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Continuations: Winner Take All and Early Stage Valuations
The range for early stage valuations is probably broader than I have seen it since the first Internet bubble. I am aware of raises at the moment all the way from pre-moneys of below $2 million to $50 million. These are all early-stage pre-revenue companies but with launched services.
What…
Social makes the internet feel more monopolistic. When services rely on your friends participation (or just a large populations participation) then fewer companies offering similar services can become big hits. This isn’t true of all services though, and I believe that social aspects are the main driver of the winner take all effect.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-3-14)
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The National - Terrible Love (live, from Jimmy Fallon)
New song off the upcoming new album “High Violet”!
No need to be nervous Hunter, it’s going to be good.
Album art for The National’s upcoming album, High Violet.
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