winkjones

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14 years ago @ Highway 12 Ventures - Moose Crossing? · 0 replies · +1 points

another reason moose shouldn't be given driver's licenses. or the vote.

14 years ago @ Feld Thoughts - Email – The Orig... · 2 replies · +1 points

i used to work for a company called Netidentity that owned 30,000 + surname-based domains and used them to provide personalized (firstname@lasname.com) email addresses. we always hoped that the use of the email address as the primary identifier would add huge value to the business and allow us to build partnerships with large portals that wanted to build sticky, lasting relationships with their users by giving them a truly personalized identifier. unfortunately, nobody ever bit on this concept, and we got bought based instead on the value of our domains and cash flow from ad clicks. i was surprised to have read your post and see that this idea still might have some legs, if i'm reading it right.

14 years ago @ Highway 12 Ventures - Good Books For Entrepr... · 1 reply · +1 points

I second the comment on atlas shrugged. I read this in my early 20s and started my first business a few months later.

Also, Talib Nassim's 'Fooled by Randomness' is fantastic. Also not really a 'business book' per se, he wrote this a few years before 'The Black Swan' and it has much of the same message, but focuses more on statistical theory and the nature of information and knowledge. The big takeaway for me and application to business was that we need to question everything, especially when it's being spouted from the so-called experts. It also impacted my outlook on economics, making a case for strongly distrusting economists - they base their models and predictions on faulty, ideal-world assumptions, setting up the very Black Swans they're trying to predict and prevent. I think having an understanding of the nature of knowledge and information can make us that much more effective in creating value as entrepreneurs and investors.