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Re: Impeachment Now

aarondelcohen — Fri, 04 Oct 2019 11:03:12 -0000

Let's face it. Nobody knows anything. This is well thought out. But, there are many cards still to turn over. If you want to be so focused on numbers, we all know many Republican senators loathe Trump and if they can believe their best path to job security is to impeach him, then they will. Right now the 40% is the 40% and the 95% of Repubs are still that number. If that holds you're right. If it doesn't, all bets are off.

Re: An Insider’s Guide to Finding Superior Dog Food Brands

aarondelcohen — Thu, 10 Jan 2019 18:27:18 -0000

This is an exceptional article. thank you.

Re: The Cannabis Industry’s Future Depends on Its Media Literacy

aarondelcohen — Tue, 28 Aug 2018 17:06:52 -0000

Ricardo -- This is what I really want to discuss. Good piece.

Re: ‘A Visitor’s Guide to Dismaland’ at HighSnobiety

aarondelcohen — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 13:58:41 -0000

This is a spectacular review of Dismaland. Alas I'm unlikely to go which may not have been your intent.

Re: Yesterday Was The End of My Biking Career

aarondelcohen — Mon, 20 Oct 2014 09:50:16 -0000

Brad: My immediate takeaway reading this is that my son cannot play football and i want extra vigilance on helmets with citibike (including me). A scary story. Hope you're biking career ends up not being over. Also check out Peloton Bike NYC. I just gone one, but can't yet endorse but might make sense for you.

Aaron

Re: Bill’s Startup – Wharfie

aarondelcohen — Mon, 17 Mar 2014 10:07:03 -0000

Bill:

Very inspiring. Thanks for giving me something pass along to colleagues which I'm doing now.

Re: Embedding High Quality Getty Images

aarondelcohen — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 10:32:34 -0000

Well done to point this out. Milestone.

Re: The Circle

aarondelcohen — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 12:16:33 -0000

an important endorsement. good job Brad Feld.

Re: - Thisisgoingtobebig.com - Paul Graham and The World Out There

aarondelcohen — Sun, 29 Dec 2013 13:56:37 -0000

I"m with andy charlie. this is a solid piece and I like the metrics you have achieved in the early going. well done.

Re: Sticking With The Struggling Investments

aarondelcohen — Mon, 02 Dec 2013 08:53:24 -0000

Fred: ; The only corollary I might add here is to demand the brand of persistence and tenacity that Paul Graham frequently writes about in his essays. I was at the JETS game yesterday and it was unclear whether the JETS had collectively tried their hardest. Struggle is part of the DNA of any company at some point in their existence. Those challenges must be met with consistent, methodical management over long periods of time. For the average 30 year old who starts a company, it will be at least 3 and possibly 10 years of their life to build something of value. That's 10% to 25% of a total life and nearly 25% to 50% of a career to date. The time pressure can be misleading in startups because of our tendency to talk about high growth of users, but Twitter, YouTube, and Facebook have been at this for years already.

Re: I’m Thankful For the Past 6 Years… and Looking Ahead

aarondelcohen — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 10:42:52 -0000

Great post Darren. Congrats. How about coming to class this Spring?

Re: Small Pieces, Khan, Quizlet

aarondelcohen — Tue, 19 Nov 2013 18:36:15 -0000

good interview talk. good piece.

Re: Soft is the new Hard

aarondelcohen — Thu, 14 Nov 2013 08:35:19 -0000

And so we should wonder how those skills can be taught and practiced. Typically people expect parents to teach children soft skills, but one thing we are learning in education circles is that we are far more capable of learning and therefore improving our weaknesses. We need to teach, coach and work with people to improve these skills.

Aaron

Re: Feature Friday: Embedding Media

aarondelcohen — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 10:28:30 -0000

I had no idea KD did that. Huge smile. Great post.

Re: Ev Williams' Medium is Blogging for the 9%

aarondelcohen — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 11:34:23 -0000

Hunter: Isn't Medium also a way for the 1% to crosspost to this audience? I haven't subscribed to your blog so if I miss you on twitter how do I find you? In this case Media Redefined, but I'm wondering if Medium will be a discovery service for new voices?

Re: Doing Business Before Email

aarondelcohen — Thu, 03 Oct 2013 18:23:05 -0000

#NetHistory comes to AVC. Great job by Jordy to find and you to post.

Re: Turning Ten

aarondelcohen — Mon, 23 Sep 2013 10:02:25 -0000

I find this so inspiring. Thank you.

Re: Mentor/Investor Whiplash

aarondelcohen — Mon, 29 Jul 2013 16:28:50 -0000

This is a really big issue and a great post.

Re: Swimming must be taught to young children

aarondelcohen — Tue, 25 Jun 2013 10:25:44 -0000

We screwed this up Joanne and it could have cost us as well. This is vital advice. Read Freakanomics to find out how much more dangerous swimming pools are than guns.

Re: Happy 20th Anniversary Amy

aarondelcohen — Sat, 22 Jun 2013 10:29:14 -0000

Really a nice thing to do. I'm inspired.

Re: Parenting

aarondelcohen — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 11:53:45 -0000

This may be my all time favorite post. Happy Father's Day

Re: What Would it Look Like if Elon Musk Pitched a VC Today?

aarondelcohen — Fri, 31 May 2013 09:14:59 -0000

This is a top 10 moment in industry clarity. Dorrian that video is absolutely spectacular. Script is pitch perfect. My only issue is the project is too small. We should have a Tesla statue in every city in the world erected with 3d printers. This should be the beginning of something far beyond a statue in the valley. This effort can be a signature moment in #nethistory

Re: Citibike

aarondelcohen — Thu, 30 May 2013 09:02:38 -0000

Still waiting for my membership. Totally fired up. I think everybody should carry a helmet attached to their bags otherwise I'm worried the program is going to get crushed before it even gets started.

Re: - Thisisgoingtobebig.com - The Billion Dollar Aqui-hire of David Karp

aarondelcohen — Wed, 29 May 2013 14:11:38 -0000

I hope you're right about this piece Charlie I agree that David is among the best, but even facebook and twitter (unified around common user experiences) are finding social difficult to scale in anything approaching the way google scaled search. I can't see David taking all of Yahoo's products and creating a turnaround strategy. He's an entrepreneur. It's very, very different.

Re: Interestingness

aarondelcohen — Wed, 29 May 2013 13:34:18 -0000

I have invested a significant portion of my personal time thinking about these issues.