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(via fred-wilson)Nice post by @marcoarment. Wish he is right about #Tumblr. Wait and see!
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Make no mistake, venture capital has been falling consistently, despite all the positive spin the media hype machine used last year — tumbling and spinning numbers, comparing apples to oranges. You read about this last year on the Diligent Venture blog and again briefly here. And here’s…
Fabric wrapped trees by Olsen Zander
Planning our next road trip across Europe: a straight line from Berlin to Istria: Germany, Czech Rep, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, then back to our house in the French Provence via Italy.
My #SlowTravel challenge: to make the kids spot (and enjoy) every possible form and usage of #water across the continent. Can’t wait to share this with them and all of you!!!
Soča river, Slovenia (by rmaltete)
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“And, of course, he’s also gotten very, very rich, another CEO credential. Besides his Current TV payout, he is chairman of his own investment firm and a partner at a venture-capital firm, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Al Gore played a supporting role in inventing the Internet as we know it—but the Internet has played a much larger role in reinventing him. He is a director at Apple and purchased stock options for a fraction of their value, and as a senior adviser to Google, he was able to buy a substantial chunk of options before the company went public—for just a few cents per share, said one business partner.”
Al is now richer than Romney.
Daniel Dittmar was the speaker this March at our Berlin event, where he spoke on the reuse of knowledge to better your creative community. Here are a few takeaways:
Seek out like minded studios/artists/designers whose work you like, and create a connection.
If you run a studio, host an open day every so often to connect with those looking to learn.
Notice patterns, experiment often, make connections.
Next time you’re at an art opening, try talking about the art.
Create a personal dialogue with your environment, and tell stories.
Your network is like your family. Treat them well.
Surround yourself with like minded people and good things tend to happen.
View every working relationship as a co-creation to create interesting dialogue.
Integrated team participation creates a personal connection to the output.
Watch the talk.
