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July 2015

Much like the costs of sequencing the human genome,1 the cost of founding a biotech startup is dropping precipitously.2 If current trends continue…

March 2015

We often hear about how the startup world is different – about how it’s less zero-sum and more communal than other industries. Recently I had the…

February 2015

Yesterday Forbes published a piece on “The Billion Dollar Startup Club”. As more attention is paid to the world of entrepreneurship and more and more…

July 2014

I was walking to a team meeting where I was going to announce that we would likely have to lay off nearly all of our employees because we unexpectedly…

January 2014

We all understand the absurdity of that old adage “sleep is for the weak”. That attitude has been put to rest by a bevy of studies empirically showing…

September 2013

For the first time, I’m excited about what’s happening in the world of entertainment. In an industry that has long resisted the sort of disruption…
We all know that exercise is good for one’s brain and body. The benefits are well documented. That didn’t stop me from making a decision many…

April 2013

“We can still learn from history the invaluable lesson that an enormously powerful and profitable evil can be overcome.” –David Brion Davis…