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I got around to reading another Buffet letter tonight, this one from 1978. It was pretty pedestrian, but the candor of this sentence jumped out at me.
Frank DeNardo came with us in the spring of 1978 to straighten out National Indemnity’s California Worker’s Compensation business which, up to that point, had been a disaster.
Emphasis […]
Almost exactly two years ago my wife and I were married in New Zealand. We spent two weeks there and, because my wife is a social butterfly, we met a lot of Chinese expats. Of course, we know a lot of them here in the US, but most of them are in their twenties and […]
Here’s something you don’t expect to see: Malcom Gladwell being interviewed on a sports web site and comparing himself to quarterbacks, particularly one whom I happen to like and who nevertheless breaks my heart every year.
To stretch the quarterback analogy here, I’m Jake Plummer: I work in an offensive system designed to make me look […]
This is one of those things that’s smart both operationally and from a PR perspective:
The company has decided to store search records from the site outside of the country in order to prevent China’s government from being able to access the data without Google’s consent, said Peter Norvig, Google’s director of research, speaking Monday at a […]
Begins: Wed, 01 Mar 2006 at 9:37 PM
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The BrainJam is designed to get people together to share ideas, meet interesting people, explore opportunities and perhaps start new ventures, whether commercial, non-profit, political or personal.
It is not a “networking” event in the mould we’ve come to know and hate, where you try to sell insurance or recruiting or whatever. Rather, it’s an opportunity for us to connect and learn.
There are two requirments:
Also, though we’re holding this event at a venture capital firm, this is not a VC pitch fest. If you’re starting a company and looking for capital, that’s nice, but don’t come to this with the goal of raising money. Instead, come with the goals of adding value for the other attendees, exploring common interests, meeting new people and learning something you didn’t know the day before.
After all the presentations, we’ll break into ad-hoc groups around
Sounds like you? Then register here. Remember, you will be expected to present something
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