Check out The Anatomy of a Large Scale Social Search Engine, best paper I’ve read since coming to Stanford (co-authored by Sep Kamvar). What if there were a social media 2.0? Something to build on the mass of friend networks and status updates to do something really interesting—beyond just interesting visualizations? Vark does that. It’s ...
Did I read this right? Is a VC offering startups $10K plus use of a Menlo Park office, fully-stocked kitchen and even a shower—without taking an equity stake? Above: Info page on Summer Fellowship Program from Lightspeed Venture Partners Lightspeed Venture Partners offers a Summer Fellowship program that surprised me last week. I’d spent the ...
I use the word “cheat” here as in “cheating death”—to avoid something unnecessary that gets in the way of enjoying yourself and having a good time (i.e. no Honor Code violations, just time savings). This habit began at the age of 7. My parents bought us the World Book Encyclopedia. It included a special service: ...