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My Life, Starting Up
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Have you ever wondered what it's like to start a company? Or where to find the instruction booklet? Well, wonder no more. My life in Silicon Valley.
Recent Posts
Prius drivers are the absolute worse drivers in the world! They suck and I know why...
This idea first settled into my head about a year and a half ago. It's been germinating ever since. I've always been interested in finding patterns in noise and this one was just too easy to discern.Why are Prius drivers the worst drivers on the pl...
I\'m Back! And Working Full Time
After another long hiatus, I've decided to try to begin writing regularly again. There are lots of times over the past few months when I thought about putting pen (keyboard) to paper (screen), but just couldn't get myself to do it. Part of it was t...
My Long Hiatus - Machu Picchu
I seem to be taking off large chunks of time from writing this blog. I always said I wouldn't do that, but some days it's hard to write.Quite a bit has been going on these last few weeks, including a two week trip to Peru. I have to say, Machu Picc...
What a Great Story - "Telkom ADSL speed beaten by pigeon"
I had to share this. Here's an example of a company that is probably resting on its laurels. From Business Day (here):"Homing pigeon Winston has made history by beating a Telkom ADSL line in delivering 4GB of data from Howick to Hillcrest, outside ...
We're Switching Teams - WSGR
Two years ago I met with WSGR to discuss legal representation for our startup. I met with one of their parnters, Mark Rienstra, who I got along with really well. After much deliberation, we decided that their deferred payment terms were too high. ...
GeckoGo
Yesterday afternoon I met with travel startup GeckoGo. They're part of the Facebook Fund startup class and are developing a travel content provisioning system. They've been around for a couple of years and have some pretty good traction in terms of...

