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Jan 10, 2017

Notes on synergy, network effects, and ecosystems

A first-principle formalism of a high-level technology strategy that enabled Google, Amazon, Netflix, and Uber to dominate markets. Co-authored by Niraj Pant. — An installation of the “Notes” series. Formalisms in technology, business, and philosophy. Lots of attempted formalisms. A difficult search for generality and rigor, as the two are at odds. Let’s begin with a formalism of the notion of synergy. While the…

Startup

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Notes on synergy, network effects, and ecosystems
Notes on synergy, network effects, and ecosystems
Startup

7 min read


Jan 1, 2017

Notes on Visionaries, Icarus, and Conor McGregor

An installation of the “Notes” series. Formalisms in technology, business, and philosophy — Recently, I watched a movie about Steve Jobs and got to thinking about visionaries and what makes one. The Fassbender rendition gives him a portrayal that outlines him as a socially indecorous outlier — borderline psychopath. Personally, I find this account the most plausible, which explains why I enjoyed…

Entrepreneurship

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Notes on Visionaries, Icarus, and Conor McGregor
Notes on Visionaries, Icarus, and Conor McGregor
Entrepreneurship

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Sep 15, 2016

The path integral less traveled

Life is a Non-Conservative Path Integral, or something like that. — I’m sitting in class listening to our professor lecture. He emphasizes that we should keenly pay attention to the lecture, not taking notes, but clinging to every word and anticipating the next. “It is imperative you focus on the concepts (that is a direct quote). Think about what is being…

Life Lessons

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The path integral less traveled
The path integral less traveled
Life Lessons

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·Mar 6, 2016

Serendipity, training montages, and how my friend automated himself out of a job

“No one person’s Hollywood success story has anything in common with anybody else’s Hollywood success story.” - Old Hollywood saying One day my friend Luke and I were working on a school project in an empty classroom. We got side-tracked — as usual — and I took the opportunity to…

Programming

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Serendipity, training montages, and how my friend automated himself out of a job
Serendipity, training montages, and how my friend automated himself out of a job
Programming

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Feb 15, 2016

Introducing College Entrepreneur

Over the past few months a few close friends and I have been working on a publication called College Entrepreneur. We’re building a network of passionate contributors to help generate and source content. …

Entrepreneurship

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Introducing College Entrepreneur
Introducing College Entrepreneur
Entrepreneurship

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Jan 31, 2016

Live-Tweets from the 2016 SocialFuse kickoff

SocialFuse is a pitching and networking event that occurs every few months here on the UIUC campus. It seeks to unite entrepreneurial community members with a night of attendees pitching their startup ideas, finding teammates, improving presentation skills, and getting feedback. …

Entrepreneurship

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Live-Tweets from the 2016 SocialFuse kickoff
Live-Tweets from the 2016 SocialFuse kickoff
Entrepreneurship

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Jan 17, 2016

Everything Will Change, Nothing Will Change: A Reflection On #TECSV16

Over the past week, 25 UIUC students and I went on a trip put on by the University of Illinois Technology and Entrepreneurship Center. The TEC works to build the entrepreneurial community around campus. …

Startup

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Everything Will Change, Nothing Will Change
Everything Will Change, Nothing Will Change
Startup

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Jan 8, 2016

16 Hypotheses for 2016

Every year for the past decade, I’ve made the same New Year’s resolution: don’t accidentally write the wrong year when you write the date. I love to challenging my awareness against my own negligence. 2015 proved just too easy to remember, so as an additional exercise to bring in the…

Startup

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16 Hypotheses for 2016
16 Hypotheses for 2016
Startup

7 min read


Nov 4, 2015

Notes on being Less Than “Fine” at the University of Illinois

Written by Luke Frye, edited by Wiley Jones For my first few years here, whenever a new or prospective student asked me advice about college, I said the same thing everyone had told me: learn time management. Structure your time so that you can do every single one of the…

Education

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Notes on being Less Than “Fine” at the University of Illinois
Notes on being Less Than “Fine” at the University of Illinois
Education

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Nov 4, 2015

I want to be a better writer, but I refuse to write

Many of us, including myself don’t write as much as we’d like to. For me, it boils down to three reasons: I feel obliged to make it long-form, 140 characters or less is reserved for Twitter! I feel obliged to write at the highest quality I am capable of. I…

Drafts

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Drafts

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