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You are supposed to break the rules

You are supposed to break the rules

By Jevon MacDonald on July 23, 2014

Great entrepreneurs truly do not care about the rules. If you haven’t noticed, there are a lot of rules. Some come and go with the times, others never seem to go away: You are supposed to dress a certain way Finance your company this way You pitch deck should look like THIS You, in your industry, […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged airbnb, Big Ideas, Bitcoin, break rules, startups

Is your company about to be BlackBuried?

Is your company about to be BlackBuried?

By Anshu Sharma on April 22, 2014

I had an interesting conversation with a fellow executive at Blackberry 4 years ago who wanted my opinion on their product strategy. What I said to him was so obvious that I almost hesitated – build an Android phone. Now, this was common wisdom in silicon valley that if you ran BB you would have […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged android, Bitcoin, Blackberry, blackburied, blackbury, iPad, microsoft, Satya Nadella

What is Really Not Being Said About Bitcoin?

What is Really Not Being Said About Bitcoin?

By Anshu Sharma on March 3, 2014

Bitcoin is not a game. The key players are asking ordinary people to invest their real-world money into a virtual currency that has a lot of potential to save us on transaction costs and speed but is also one of the easiest ways to lose half a billion dollars with no recourse! Brian wrote an […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Bitcoin, Coinbase, Financial services, Mt.Gox | 1 Response

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Bitcoin is Not like Gold

By Anshu Sharma on November 26, 2013

Bitcoin has a uniqueness problem – Bitcoin has lots and lots of unique features and advantages that you can read about. However, I find one particular risk that you can drive a truck through. Compared to US Dollar (or Euro, Pound, any national currency) which by definition can have only one of each – and therefore […]

Posted in Business | Tagged Bitcoin, currency, Federal Reserve | 3 Responses

Identity and The Rise of Borderless States

Identity and The Rise of Borderless States

By Jeff Nolan on July 30, 2013

I had this conversation with @andredurand a few weeks ago. What services does a government provide? – Identity – Central bank-backed currency – Law-and-order (optimally in equal proportions) – Defense Of course there are more but many of the things we associate with government, e.g. social services, are in fact choices that a citizenry has […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Bitcoin, cis, Identity, Ping Identity, verification

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