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Re: Book Club: The Book of Why

Tyler Willis — Sun, 03 Mar 2019 02:08:52 -0000

Me too!

Re: Book Club: The Book of Why

Tyler Willis — Sun, 03 Mar 2019 01:32:03 -0000

I liked the book!

Re: What Is The “Third Wave” Of This Generation?

Tyler Willis — Sun, 18 Oct 2015 21:37:40 -0000

I really enjoyed What Technology Wants by Kevin Kelly. It's similar to Singularity is Near in scope.

Haven't read abundance yet, but that may be the more enthralling, less academic read. It's on my list, but I haven't gotten to it yet.

Re: Read Stoicism | Cue the Future | Big Think

Tyler Willis — Thu, 22 May 2014 17:13:36 -0000

Thanks for sharing -- loving all the additional recommendations!

Re: Read Stoicism | Cue the Future | Big Think

Tyler Willis — Wed, 21 May 2014 17:39:41 -0000

Nice addition!

Re: http://bigthink.com/cue-the-future/karma-could-mean-billions-for-facebook

Tyler Willis — Mon, 19 May 2014 22:52:20 -0000

Still a large untapped opportunity. I'm honestly shocked at how immaterial this revenue has been so far (less than $20 million a quarter, by all external estimates I've seen).

Re: http://bigthink.com/cue-the-future/so-you-want-to-be-a-growth-hacker

Tyler Willis — Mon, 19 May 2014 22:46:35 -0000

Asteroids. We're gonna mine asteroids. :)

Re: More Funding for White Swans: Announcing the Merger of 500 Startups and Y Combinator

Tyler Willis — Tue, 01 Apr 2014 14:38:03 -0000

This is actually the only April Fool's Day joke that I laughed at. Well done.

Re: How to Keep a Library of (Physical) Books | Thought Catalog

Tyler Willis — Mon, 17 Mar 2014 20:31:32 -0000

Slight correction, he wrote: "...that I didn't *wish* I had a physical copy of."

Wishing you have a copy of something, and being able to get it, are two different things.

Re: The Hardest “No” in Angel Investing

Tyler Willis — Wed, 23 Oct 2013 17:39:17 -0000

In the past I've told an entrepreneur that I didn't believe his team, as it existed today, could get the job done. This leaves the door open for them to agree they need to improve the team without being insulted, but still gives direct feedback.

Re: Launching FG Angels To Make Investments on AngelList

Tyler Willis — Thu, 03 Oct 2013 14:24:08 -0000

I believe it's an LLC setup to make the investment and own the shares (similar to how SecondMarket has historically done transactions).

Re: See what your Facebook friends were doing a year ago today

Tyler Willis — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 19:09:48 -0000

For the record, we're still in the lovey dovey posting stuff on each others walls phase. :-)

Re: What’s the best age to launch a startup? Founders young and old tell us

Tyler Willis — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 16:07:21 -0000

So, basically, great people are solid bets at any age. Good examples here to combat ageism (of both old and young).

Re: How People Sit in Meetings and What it Really Means

Tyler Willis — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 19:39:27 -0000

Definitely needs "remote worker" and "sitting backwards in my chair."

Re: Notes on the acquisition process

Tyler Willis — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 20:51:40 -0000

Re: what you tell employees, I've always been a fan of the idea that the people who are involved with this process are insulating the rest of the organization from distraction.

You can answer a direct question with something as simple as "i've met with them a few times, but nothing big to update the team on yet. It's my job to take meetings like this because while they might turn out to be valuable, they are usually just huge distractions and time sucks. So part of my value is shielding the rest of the org from wild goose chases."

Re: Futurist's Cheat Sheet: Holographic Displays

Tyler Willis — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 20:21:16 -0000

If this were a regular column you did, I would be really happy about it. Love to read more about these kind of trends.

If you're looking for a source: http://www.kurzweilai.net/ is a pretty good site devoted to stuff like this, but they cover more of the minutia vs. covering the trends.

Re: Jesus' General: Give a barrista a tip and he'll feed his belly; but give him your cocoa remnant, and he'll attain chocolaty bliss

Tyler Willis — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 02:00:08 -0000

50 Shades of Mitt Romney.

Re: Marissa Mayer Named Yahoo CEO, Will Start Tomorrow

Tyler Willis — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 16:55:42 -0000

This is california, we value innovation over non-competes.

Re: http://bigthink.com/cue-the-future/karma-could-mean-billions-for-facebook

Tyler Willis — Sat, 19 May 2012 17:38:28 -0000

Just updated the settings, it should work now. Let me know if you still have a problem.

Re: http://bigthink.com/cue-the-future/the-new-literacy-rate

Tyler Willis — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:56:29 -0000

I agree on both fronts - and while I think many more people will possess exposure to programming concepts, we'll still see a very wide range of how well people can functionally apply that knowledge.

Re: http://bigthink.com/cue-the-future/the-new-literacy-rate

Tyler Willis — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 02:46:34 -0000

It's not that everyone will become a programmer, just as today we don't think everyone is bound to be a novelist.
That said, I think that a passing intimacy with the tools of the programming trade will become common.

Re: http://notes.rahmin.com/post/21222166670

Tyler Willis — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:56:07 -0000

Reminds me of something Andrew Chen wrote recently: "As anyone who’s taken a little statistics knows, when you have a small dataset and lots of variables, you can’t predict shit. And yet we try!"

http://andrewchenblog.com/2...

Re: Whither the Facebook Mafia? | Betabeat — News, gossip and intel from Silicon Alley 2.0.

Tyler Willis — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 19:47:13 -0000

Paypal exited in 2002. Linkedin launched in 2003, Yelp in 2004, and YouTube in 2005. None were thought of as immediate successes (except, arguably, YouTube). Having an alumni network appear takes some time, having that network produce notable success takes even more.

With that said - Quora, Asana, and Path are all fast-growing and engaging products, counting them out because someone "doesn't have high hopes for them," is absurd.

Re: http://bigthink.com/ideas/42633

Tyler Willis — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 03:32:42 -0000

I meant to make it clear there were two sections, but it may have been in a confusing order. Just switched them, that help?

Re: http://bigthink.com/ideas/42437

Tyler Willis — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:15:27 -0000

Agree - it's ridiculous that this still happens. Apparently the issuers were all C-level as well.