There is a tide in the affairs of menWhich, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;Omitted, all the voyage of their lifeIs bound in shallows and in miseries.On such a full…
“Though only the generals’ names may be remembered in the history of any great campaign, it has been in a great measure through the individual valour and heroism of the privates that victories have been won. And life, too, is ‘a soldiers battle’–men in the ranks…
“Excellence is an art won by training and habituation: we do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather have these because we have acted rightly.”– Will Durant
“But far more numerous was the herd of such, who think too little, and who talk too much”– John Dryden
“It is not ‘Can any of us imagine better?’ but ‘Can we all do better?’Object whatsoever is possible, still the question recurs, ‘Can we do better?’”– Abraham Lincoln, Second Annual Message to Congress, 1862
“If you don’t have a competitive advantage, don’t compete.”– Jack Welch
How does one build a defensible business? In today’s startup ecosystem, where seed financing is abundant and the barriers to building scalable IT tools are steadily diminishing…
“One must put themselves in the path of giants.”– Lillian Cauldwell
Over the last hundred years, five major trends have dominated Silicon Valley (SV): “Electronic Tools,”…
“Aut viam inveniam aut faciam.”(I will either find a way, or make one.)– Hannibal
Dear Friends,
Please see the attached notes on seed-stage or “angel” investing. I hope this document proves a…
“How can I live among this gentle obsolescent breed of heroes and not weep?Unicorns, almost, for they are fading into two legends in which their stupidity and chivalry are celebrated. Each, fool and hero, will be an immortal” — Keith Douglas, Aristocrats, 1943