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Comment on American Express talks about Entrepreneurs by Jon Biz

Jon Biz — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:45:12 +0000

“Despite our national self-image as a nation of small businesses and entrepreneurs, the United States small-business sector is proportionately not as large an employer as the small-business sectors in the rest of the world’s rich economies.”

http://www.cepr.net/documents/publications/small-business-2009-08.pdf

Comment on Salary vs. Enjoyment by Kento Khromatic

Kento Khromatic — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 11:05:03 +0000

Hugh Macleod, a cartoonist who made his success through edgy comics on the back of business cards wrote an article once called “The Sex and Cash Theory” (Ch. 17 in “Ignoring Everybody), where he argued that it’s better to keep your day job and differentiate between artistic work that’s for money and for creative purposes, and to not necessarily mix up the two. He argues that this duality is never transcended by the artist and that additionally success comes from understanding the reality of living in this duality.

Professions that appear like “winner” professions can often have a lot of “losers” who thought that their profession would give them “sex” (creative fulfillment) all the time but only turned “sex” into “cash”. Maybe an affirmation of this duality is the best way to push up into the winner category, which might even mean doing “loser” jobs to help create the space and inspiration for “winner” work.

Comment on Salary vs. Enjoyment by mike peloqiun

mike peloqiun — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:59:44 +0000

Right to the point! If you will it, you can change it. Career salary, life in general.

Comment on Salary vs. Enjoyment by Sarah Q Browning

Sarah Q Browning — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:08:14 +0000

I love maps like this. The people who consistently impress me are those who are superbly well-aligned with their work and naturally move to the top right. For example, my husband, an IP lawyer who loves his work.

Comment on The Business of Being Jonas (aka: Why the iPhone is even more important than you think it is.) by Kovacs

Kovacs — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 11:41:13 +0000

If only there was a do-the-dishes platform too…

Comment on Smartness vs. Right Choice by Mike

Mike — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 23:29:15 +0000

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Comment on The future of humanity: the un-conference by blake borgeson

blake borgeson — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 23:41:35 +0000

Incredible lineup. I’m really looking forward to it.

Here’s a question: With the goal of impacting the progress of AI as much as possible in the long run, and generating substantial value in the short term, what technologies and applications do you think entrepreneurs and vcs are undervaluing or overlooking most right now?

Comment on The Do Button by Trust and Transparency for Intelligent Agents :: SciVestor Insight

Trust and Transparency for Intelligent Agents :: SciVestor Insight — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 04:28:57 +0000

[...] and services are being targeted for automation by this new class of intelligent agent technology (see the Do Button). The challenge that emerges is figuring out a “trust model” that will allow these agents [...]

Comment on The future of humanity: the un-conference by Artificial-Intelligence » STAR WARS TECH: Artificial Intelligence

Artificial-Intelligence » STAR WARS TECH: Artificial Intelligence — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 07:03:50 +0000

[...] The future of humanity: the un-conferenceThe three panels, posed as “debates”, are focused on synthetic biology, artificial intelligence, and longevity intervention. I have the distinct pleasure of moderating the artificial intelligence debate which brings together four … [...]

Comment on The future of humanity: the un-conference by Artificial-Intelligence » AI - Artificial Intelligence - Intelligenza Artificiale[DivX - ITA ...

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 07:09:51 +0000