Sam Gerstenzang

Building something new. Previously building products, teams, and companies at @sidewalklabs & @imgur, investing at @a16z http://samgerstenzang.com

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Sam Gerstenzang

Jun 3, 2015

The difference between hard things and impossible things

I’ve recently been talking to a number of people about ideas for the future. I’ve been surprised by how strong an inclination there is to shy away from hard things, ie schlep blindness.

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Perfect Storm: the next-generation weather company

I have a suspicion that there’s a new enterprise weather company to be built. To be completely honest, I don’t know very much about weather. I started reading and asking questions a few months ago. But last time I tried this, I met some great…

The Questions You Must Not Answer

There are some answers that aren’t worth knowing. At least not right now. It might take too much effort to find. The question might be wrong. The world might change. It might be unknowable.

Silicon Valley’s Original Sin: The Traitorous Eight

Silicon Valley’s original sin was an act of betrayal. Eight employees left Shockley Semiconductor to found their own company, and William Shockley named them the Traitorous Eight.

The newly formed company, Fairchild Semiconductor, was as…

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