Mar 7, 2021

On art and business and context and mirrors

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  Jean-Michel Basquiat - Untitled, 1981 Estimated value $300,000-400,000 1/ It used to be that value could be determined by scarcity. The le...
Jan 18, 2021

You'll Figure It Out

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  I'm sure we're taller in another dimension You say we're smaller and not worth the mention - Frank Ocean When I worked at AOL,...
Dec 6, 2020

Get No (perceptions of user experience)

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I attended a "progressive" (read: hippie) school  on the Upper West Side  called Walden. In 2nd or 3rd grade, our teacher Gloria p...
Oct 27, 2019

Everything about venture capital . . . you can learn from music lyrics

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Here I go, it's my shot, feet fail me not This might be the only opportunity I got As I get older, I find that I need to give my...
May 5, 2019

What Do You Think?

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The whole freaking world was full of people who were bound to tell you they weren't qualified to do this or that but they were determ...
Jan 20, 2019

Ghosts and Ancestors

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People will tell you where they've gone They'll tell you where to go But till you get there yourself  You never really know ...
May 20, 2018

Control

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What is the future that will unfold? Some like it hot , others like it cold But we all want to hold the remote control -Beastie Boys...
Feb 11, 2018

Addition by Subtraction

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“Dangerfield eliminated everything from his act but the setups and punchlines” Alex Halberstadt’s essay on Rodney Dangerfield is a m...
Nov 12, 2017

Dreams

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If dreams came true, oh wouldn’t that be nice Most of my sleep dreams are mundane if I can even remember them. The other night I dreamt t...